I don't know the reasoning behind it, but coffee shops and recipes typically say to use a cold brew method if you plan to use your coffee for iced drinks. I typically just make a quick shot of espresso, since I have a machine, that I then pour over ice and add milk to for my iced coffees. I'm the only coffee drinker in our house so it works well for me. Its really good, but I know that's not as reproducible if you don't have the espresso maker. Sometimes I just pour leftover coffee I've brewed using hot water over ice but it often ends up watery and not so great. So I have tried cold brewing coffee a couple times now and it definitely results in a much nicer iced coffee option. Its super simple, just takes some time! But you can make up as much as you want and refrigerate it for using up to several days. After 4 or 5, even being kept in the fridge, the coffee will start to have a more sour taste. Hope this helps others enjoy their caffeine fix despite the summer heat!
Cold-Brew Iced Coffee
2 liters fresh water
4 oz (113g) ground coffee
Place ground coffee in a large bowl or container. Pour in water and stir together. Cover with a lid or plastic wrap and allow to sit on the counter at room temperature for 12-18 hours. Strain out coffee grounds and refrigerate coffee until ready to use. Serve over ice and if you like it with milk, I find that about 2 parts coffee to 1 part milk works nicely--just do it to taste! Try making a vanilla simple syrup for sweetening it with!
Notes: I used a small mesh strainer to get a lot of the larger grounds out of the bowl. Then I poured the coffee through a colander lined with a paper towel (or a coffee filter or cheese cloth would work too) to get out more of the smaller residue.
For me, 2 liters of water makes enough for several days of coffee. I would not make more than can be consumed in 4-5 days at a time. Also, if you don't want to use a simple syrup for easy sweetening, you could stir in sugar prior to refrigerating. You can easily double, triple, or quadruple the recipe to make it for a party or something so long as you have the containers to brew it in!
Cold-Brew Iced Coffee
2 liters fresh water
4 oz (113g) ground coffee
Place ground coffee in a large bowl or container. Pour in water and stir together. Cover with a lid or plastic wrap and allow to sit on the counter at room temperature for 12-18 hours. Strain out coffee grounds and refrigerate coffee until ready to use. Serve over ice and if you like it with milk, I find that about 2 parts coffee to 1 part milk works nicely--just do it to taste! Try making a vanilla simple syrup for sweetening it with!
Notes: I used a small mesh strainer to get a lot of the larger grounds out of the bowl. Then I poured the coffee through a colander lined with a paper towel (or a coffee filter or cheese cloth would work too) to get out more of the smaller residue.
For me, 2 liters of water makes enough for several days of coffee. I would not make more than can be consumed in 4-5 days at a time. Also, if you don't want to use a simple syrup for easy sweetening, you could stir in sugar prior to refrigerating. You can easily double, triple, or quadruple the recipe to make it for a party or something so long as you have the containers to brew it in!
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