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Making iced coffee at home is absolutely one of the easiest recipes. Also, it costs much less and you can get a better size portion to your liking.
I love cooking and sharing, but am not use to writing it down and measuring everything. I kinda shoot from the hip when I cook, so bare with me while I learn to document all of this to where you can replicate it.
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The Cabana Boys Iced Coffee Recipe
This is the Cabana Boys take on “How to make iced coffee at home.” For some of us out there that still actually make a real pot of coffee in the mornings this recipe will possible resonate with you.
We all usually have a cup or two left over in the pot when we get home in the afternoons. Well, during the hot Arkansas summer afternoons I really do not want to drink something hot. Instead, I have started making iced coffee out of those leftover cups of coffee.
If you think about it just set the carafe in the fridge. Leave it there while you are at work. When not using it to make a drink; take the leftover coffee and make ice cubes out of it.
Just pour the leftover coffee into a plastic ice cube tray. Let it freeze; then empty out into a freezer bag. All these leftovers will be the start of something very tasty. Here is how I make what I like. You will need the following.
How to Make Iced Coffee at Home
Southern Cabana Boy
Here's the perfect way to get your Starbuck's fix at the house or office.
3/4Leftover coffeeIf you are Keurig only. Make an extra cup in the morning and stick in the fridge for later or make at night for iced coffee for morning time. Make a couple extra cups. Refrigerate one and freeze one in your favorite cup; where its half way assembled.
1/4Half and half Healthy version are Almond / Coconut / Cashew milk
2-3tspFlavored coffee syrup - I use Sugar FreeI like vanilla, but they make a lot of different flavors of this.
4-6cubesIceCoffee ice cubes will keep you from having a watered down taste.
Instructions
Making the Iced Coffee Magic:
Get you a glass of your liking. I use a 24oz. Tervis.
Fill it about half way up with ice/coffee cubes.
Put in the syrup. Depends on how sweet you like yours. I do not like mine real sweet, so I use 2.
Pour the glass about ¾ full of coffee and then fill the rest of the way with the half and half or your choice.
Stir it up and then enjoy!
Notes
I make these all the time during the hot summer months down south. They are very refreshing.
I have learned it’s just crazy to pay what these cost when you purchase them out. You could even do this with your leftovers at the office, that is if there’s access to a Fridge/Freezer. By some chance there’s not one, get a great insulated cup. Stick your coffee cubes in it; add cream & flavor of choice.
These glasses will keep cold until your ready later in the day. [I recommend you not leaving it out in the heat though.] Let morning office coffee cool, then add it for an afternoon caffeine fix. If available just refrigerate it and make something super refreshing and tasty.
Maybe this will inspire you to not throw out the left over cup of java and I’ve shown you it’s super easy & how you can make iced coffee at home.
Looking for a Little More Kick in Your Iced Coffee Recipe?
If iced coffee is something that you love, but you think that it could be even better? I have just the thing for you! An iced coffee recipe with a kick! Drunken Iced Coffee might just be for you. I know I love it!
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I love to grill, bake, and cook. Red wine and beer are a passion. Very near and dear to my heart, right next to Jesus. Guess you can’t be a true southern guy and not love beer. We love to entertain family and friends. I hope you will enjoy my post and try some of my recipes.
How do you make a good iced coffee? The key is to brew a strong coffee concentrate: I let mine steep overnight, then I strain it, and chill it. I don't add ice until I'm ready to drink my iced coffee; I don't want the ice cubes to melt and dilute it!
How do you make a good iced coffee? The key is to brew a strong coffee concentrate: I let mine steep overnight, then I strain it, and chill it. I don't add ice until I'm ready to drink my iced coffee; I don't want the ice cubes to melt and dilute it!
In the morning, stir a few coffee ice cubes into your freshly-brewed coffee. The cubes will cool off your coffee without watering down the flavor like regular ice would. Once your coffee has cooled, stir in sugar and milk to taste, then top off with regular ice or more coffee ice cubes.
As with hot coffee, adding a pinch of salt to your iced coffee will make it taste way better. Why? Because, salt has a way of neutralising bitterness in general, so adding it to coffee is a great way to remove some of the bitterness of coffee; leaving you with a smoother drink.
Use a higher coffee to water ratio: When brewing cold coffee, use a higher coffee to water ratio than you would for hot coffee. This will help to create a stronger, more concentrated coffee that will be less watery when chilled. Brew with cold water: Instead of using hot water to brew the coffee, use cold water.
To be clear, iced coffee is not simply hot coffee poured over ice — at least it shouldn't be. Doing that not only dilutes the coffee, but can make it bitter, as well.
Iced coffee is brewed hot coffee that has cooled and poured over ice. If you pour ice over a hot cup of coffee, you dilute your coffee and make it taste bitter. You can easily make sweet iced coffee with hot coffee right in your home and enjoy a bold, refreshing cup of coffee.
Coffee should be at room temperature or chilled before adding the ice cubes. Otherwise, the ice will melt quickly and you'll end up with a very watery brew.
Can you use regular K-Cup® pods for iced coffee? The short answer is yes. You can use any variety of K-Cup pods® to make iced coffee. But if you're brewing over ice, you might want to consider using ICED K-Cup® pods which are specially crafted to deliver rich, full flavor when using this method.
The likely causer bitterness is over-extraction. Over-extraction can happen when the brewing time is too long or the coffee grounds are too fine. Try again with a fairly coarse grind and don't exceed 24 hours of immersion. Cold brew is also closer to a coffee concentrate than to a regular coffee.
The quality and freshness of your coffee beans directly influence the flavor of your iced coffee. Stale or low-quality beans can produce a watery or bland taste, regardless of the coffee-to-water ratio and grind size. To ensure a flavorful iced coffee, use freshly roasted beans and grind them right before brewing.
Bitter coffee comes down to two things: (1) bad beans and (2) bad brewing. If you buy low-grade, robusta species, or super dark roast beans—I'm sorry—but there's nothing to be done there. Low-quality coffee just tastes bitter, which is why we suggest buying specialty-grade beans (the highest quality grade).
She recommends using 1.8 oz of coffee, brewed with 18.4 oz of water. Once you have brewed it, using your preferred method, you can pour it over 10.4 oz of ice in a glass carafe. The coffee will melt the ice cubes, so transfer them into a new iced coffee cup, filled with ice, and it'll be ready to drink.
Let it sit for at least a few hours or overnight.Then, put the frozen coffee to good use. You can add the cubes to the cold coffee sitting in your fridge to guarantee it will never get watered down.
I generally place a spoon into the sugar container, left out my required amount, place it into the iced coffee and stir. If you find it does not dissolve easily, make yourself a sugar syrup - cup water to cup of sugar, heat to help dissolve. Have this on hand to sweeten when you need it.
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