I love iced coffee.
I could chug it until I get the shakes.
And sometimes I even do. Both chug it AND get the shakes.
But it’s well worth the jitter fingers.
My method & “recipe” for making Iced Coffee:
Brew coffee as usual
Drink all the hot coffee you want and take whatever is left over and put that in the refrigerator. That becomes tomorrow’s chilled coffee for iced coffee.
I don’t recommend making iced coffee with freshly brewed hot coffee. I do it in a pinch but the hot coffee melts the ice, it gets watered down, and it’s not ideal.
You can also add excess coffee to ice cube trays and freeze. The resulting iced coffee cubes are excellent to use as the ice for iced coffee.
I never just pour extra coffee down the sink. It either becomes iced-coffee-coffee or iced-coffee-cubes.
Take the sufficiently chilled/refrigerated coffee, add ice to it.
Add any of the following is of interest to you (or none of this):
milks: half and half, milk, nut milk, flavored creamers (I have previously discussed my love of Coffeemate French Vanilla)
sweeteners: stevia, liquid stevia (I find that liquid stevia is far superior to powdered stevia when working with cold beverages) and NuNaturals Vanilla Stevia Drops are my go-to; real sugar (however there can be dissolving issues whereas “artificial” sweeteners like Splenda, Equal, Sweet ‘n Low will dissolve much better); or use a simple syrup (i.e. 1 part sugar to 1 part water dissolved in boiling water), honey, or agave.
others: vanilla/hazelnut/almond/cocoa bean extract, vanilla bean scrapings, cinnamon
dessert-like iced coffee: cocoa powder, whipped cream/Cool Whip, chocolate sprinkles, chocolate or caramel sauce drizzles on top or lining your cup with chocolate or caramel sauce first
I use lots of French Vanilla Coffeemate, a splash of half & half, and a few drops of NuNaturals Vanilla Stevia drops.
Some people shake the whole mixture up in something like a Blender Bottle or a martini shaker or by inverting an empty glass over the top of the full glass with the coffee + ice cubes, but I just stir with a spoon or my straw.
I have to have a straw for iced coffees!
I love the local coffee in Aruba.
I can drink it hot…
…or cold.
I can suck one of these down in a hurry. Times two.
I love coffee, in general.
I’ve reviewed dozens of coffee brands
…from TJ’s
to Starbucks
to flavored Smores Coffee
Lots of coffee reviews hereAnd I’ve posted about Caffeine Addiction. Oh well. But I do love coffee, caffeine and all.
real iced coffee is fantastic coffee. it has different taste than the other coffee.i love so much iced coffee.
That iced coffee looks delicious! My mom is so awful at making coffee at home, it is as thin as water and tastes like battery acid… but when I get good iced coffee (no black! so bitter.) I savor it :) and coffee ice cubes is genius!!
Black coffee. no sweetener. hot or cold. i almost went all day without any, but I ended up stopping on the drive home from the canyon to get some. First iced coffee of the season with many more to come.
have you ever cold brewed iced coffee? I like it a lot better, though I use both your methods above too.
I love coffee…so much. I drink Papua New Guinea Organic coffee every morning and I brew it by the cup so that it is strong and really hot. I like my coffee scalding hot and I add a bit of unsweetened organic soymilk to it. It is the best. I drink 2 of those every morning. Later in the day if I want a cup of coffee, sometimes I do cold and I always add the NuNaturals Vanilla Stevia to it then. For me, iced coffee HAS to be sweet. Love your post about blogging! Even though I am not a blogger, I love to read them and your post was good stuff! :-)
My coffee: Iced (especially in the summer months!) americano or regular iced coffee sometimes with a splash of soy and tiny drizzle of agave, sometimes w/o… but lately i have been using this coconut milk creamer – just a little goes a long way – it’s hazelnut flavored and pretty good – i liked the vanilla one more though!
I just won a stevias naturals giveaway, they are waiting for me at home, i will have to try this with it!
Yum, the coffee sounds wonderful!
1. Yes, usually what ever whole beans are on sale at Costco and Trader Joe’s.
2. With vanilla or chocolate hemp milk and a little stevia.
3. Yes and I need to try cold compressed coffee soon – yum!
I absolutely love coffee. It has to be iced though. I can’t stand hot coffee for some reason, it just doesn’t compare to cold coffee!
Best way to drink iced coffee?
Put the cold coffee, some ice cubes, and a scoop of vanilla protein powder in a blender.
It tastes just as good as a frappuccino from starbucks to me except it actually has some nutritional value
I had no idea you were a coffee lover like myself :) :) The thing I love about iced coffee is that I CAN CHUG IT <3 The faster I can get it down, the more time I have to drink more!
I LOVE ICED COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YUM!
stevia is the besttt in iced coffee!
I do love coffee! And I like mine pretty strong. I don’t use sugar, but I do need nondairy creamer or milk. I make the coffee ice cubes, too. I hate watered-down iced coffee. Now I want some!
Loved your Coffee post! I love coffee am definately an addict hehe I usually dont go a day without one big cup, but I prefer it hot. My ultimate favourite coffee which I am drinking right now is a Soy Misto from Coffee Bean with Vanilla its heavenly! xo
YUM. lovee iced coffee in the summertime! I just can’t really drink it because I definitely get the shakes. Which is why i usually put ice into hot coffee so it gets watered down a little. It’s not ideal, but i’ll take what i can get :)
I started drinking coffee when I was about 6 … I’d get up and have a cuppa and read the paper with my dad. When I got older, I noticed I liked the smell a lot better than the taste and stopped drinking it. Now, if I even get a little caffeine, I’m up all night … so I settle for smelling it, which is heavenly.