Cold Brewed Iced Coffee

Who wants to boil water when it is seven bazillion degrees outside?  Here’s a way to make GREAT iced coffee without heating up the stove.

 

Iced coffee w/o boiling

Time: 5 minutes, plus 12 hours’ resting

1/3 cup ground coffee (medium-coarse grind is best. Use good coffee to make good coffee!

Milk (optional)

1. In a jar, stir together coffee and 1 1/2 cups water. Cover and let rest at room temperature overnight or 12 hours.

2. Strain twice through a coffee filter, a fine-mesh sieve or a sieve lined with cheesecloth.

3. In a tall glass filled with ice, mix equal parts coffee concentrate and water, or to taste. If desired, add milk.

Yield: Two drinks.

NOTE: To make hot coffee, dilute concentrate one-to-one with water and heat in the microwave.

This from the web:

Freeze some of the concentrate into cubes. Matched with regular ice cubes, they melt into the same ratio as the final blend.

Try it. Do you like it? Leave a comment with your tips!