How to Make Iced Coffee
I get a ton of questions asking how I make my iced coffee, so here’s a little picture tutorial to demonstrate the process. To brew my coffee, I use a standard auto-drip coffeemaker.
- Start with 12 cups of water.
- For 12 cups of water, I use 7 tbsp of ground coffee. If you prefer stronger coffee, use more ground coffee (8 tbsp); less for weaker coffee (6 tbsp). If you have a 10-cup coffeemaker, you could easily adjust these measurements. A good way to determine the coffee grounds to water ratio is 1 tbsp of coffee for every 2 cups of water.
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- I typically use heaping spoonfuls of ground coffee because I like my iced coffee strong!
- Brew coffee as you normally would.
- Pour coffee into a pitcher or thermos. If you do not have either of these, you can just put the coffepot itself into the fridge (once its temperature cools a little).
- Chill iced coffee in the refrigerator overnight.
- Pour over ice and enjoy!
Posted by: Tina 40 comments
Posted in: Uncategorized, how to
Tags: how to make iced coffee
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Great tutorial!! Thanks!
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Super awesome post Tina! Love the step by step instructions.
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 11:12 am
I love iced coffee! Thank you so much for this! By the way…LOVE your coffee maker.
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 11:31 am
YAY! that’s how i make my iced coffee, too!
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I am such a coffee addict! This iced coffee recipe will certainly come in handy…
Also, Tina – Just wanted to say that I loved your FoodBuzz 24,24,24 beer pairing/pub food blog post from a few months ago. I brainstormed a special dinner for my blog and my proposal was accepted by FoodBuzz for the month of March. Your adventurous and down-to-earth approach to food is very inspiring
http://runnerskitchen.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/foodbuzz-24-24-24-manhattan-from-north-to-south/
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 11:38 am
yeah~~~ That’s a simple way to make iced coffee!
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Great stuff!!
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Iced coffee is so good! I don’t even have to add anything to it – it reminds me of coffee flavored ice cream!
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Yum! Thanks for the tutorial!
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Yay, delicious! I never would have thought to make iced coffee this way!
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Delish! I’ve always wondered how that was done! GREAT tutorial i will definitely be trying this soon!!
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I feel like this was posted before…? Like a couple months ago?
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Thanks for the how-to!
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
who cares?
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 5:42 pm
J–
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
“who cares?”
Obviously all of us!!! lol.
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
Tina, this seemed eerily familiar to the way I make coffee. I store my coffee in the exact same container, and brew my coffee in the exact same coffee maker! Did you do a lot of shopping at Crate and Barrel??
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
@Sarah: I don’t think so? Maybe another blogger did?
on Mar 29th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
@Liz: Yes! And Mal and I registered there for our wedding!
on Apr 5th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
[...] although we didn’t have time to make fresh coffee, I had planned to try Tina’s iced coffee, so I had some cold coffee from Saturday in the fridge waiting for [...]
on Apr 6th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
On all the information I read about iced coffee, I have two questions that go unanswered…how long does the coffee keep in the fridge and is there a best time to put it in the fridge (can you put it in hot straight from the coffee maker directly after brewing it or should you wait awhile…and I know not to put it in glass so as to not break it with temp difference)
on Apr 6th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
@Tracy: I’m not sure how long it keeps in the fridge– maybe a couple of weeks? Mal and I drink ours in about 3-4 days! As soon as the coffee is done brewing, I pour it into our big thermos and put it in the fridge. I don’t allow it to cool at all. However, if you’re putting your coffee pot in the fridge to cool it, I would wait until it cools down a little.
on Apr 14th, 2009 at 7:02 am
[...] also included an iced coffee with soy milk and agave [...]
on May 1st, 2009 at 7:11 am
[...] a glass of iced coffee with chocolate soy milk and agave [...]
on May 3rd, 2009 at 10:16 pm
If I have leftover brewed coffee in my thermos and I refrigerate it, how long can it keep?
‘Cause I tried putting the leftover brewed coffee that was still hot (still in the thermos) into the fridge and several hours later I opened up the thermos and the coffee was still ‘hot’. How can it stay fresh in the thermos in the fridge if it doesn’t cool down?
I thought I could refrigerate my hot leftover brewed coffee in the thermos in the fridge.
What should I do with all my leftover hot brewed coffee that’s still in my thermos?
on May 4th, 2009 at 7:02 am
@Isabel: It’ll probably keep for 1-2 weeks. Mal and I drink it so fast, it never lasts even a week! I would take the cover off the thermos because the point of iced coffee is having it be cold and it doesn’t sounds like yours is getting there.
on May 17th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
[...] iced coffee. I brew a hot pot of coffee, pour it into a big thermos, and chill it over [...]
on Jun 9th, 2009 at 7:06 am
[...] the warm weather rolls around, I cannot get enough iced coffee in my life! Man, it’s GOOD! I even dream about the stuff! It’s such a weird-o [...]
on Jun 10th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Oh My Gosh!
I need this in my life – i exercised this morning so I can pre it during my evening off…
is it weird I’m excited about it!?
on Jul 2nd, 2009 at 5:58 pm
I’ll have to try this, it looks like a really easy recipe! What’s your favorite type of coffee to use for iced drip coffee?
I just experimented with a recipe for iced chai with ginger, fennel seeds and fresh mint, it turned out really yummy! If you ever feel like taking a break from the iced coffee, here is the recipe:
Iced Summer Chai
http://chaiandyoga.com/iced-summer-chai/
on Jul 7th, 2009 at 7:17 am
[...] usual, I drank homemade iced coffee with [...]
on Jul 17th, 2009 at 6:52 am
[...] this morning! Ugh. I chugged a glass of water then immediately poured myself an iced cold glass of homemade iced coffee. Just what I [...]
on Jul 24th, 2009 at 7:12 am
[...] also drank my usual glass of homemade iced coffee with vanilla soy milk and agave [...]
on Jul 30th, 2009 at 7:10 am
[...] a good batch of iced [...]
on Aug 1st, 2009 at 3:19 am
Yum…your method looks great. I also have a (new) Cuisinart coffee maker (great minds think alike, I noticed yours in the pic) but I am not that organized to brew the night before. I brew at like 630am and when I need my 3pm ice coffee, it’s plenty cold from just sitting at room temp and then I pour over ice.
on Sep 5th, 2009 at 7:44 am
[...] out of homemade iced coffee, so we’re heading to Starbucks. I’m bringing my travel mug for an iced coffee with soy [...]
on Sep 14th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
[...] caffeine) and potent pomegranate antioxidants. Pretty cool if you ask me! Of course, I enjoy my own homemade iced coffee, but if I was on the go, I’d probably buy the POMx over another brand just for the healthy [...]
on Sep 21st, 2009 at 6:54 am
[...] even existed! A reader recently suggest these to me as a more environmentally-friendly option to my iced coffee habit. Who knew they made stainless steal straw? Neat, [...]
on Sep 29th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
[...] made the most delicious-looking iced coffee this morning, so I just had to have one too. Even though I’ve made the “switch” [...]
on Feb 16th, 2010 at 8:20 am
Do you use any milk and/or sweetener in your coffee? If so, regular milk or soy milk? Regular sugar or sugar substitute? I’m trying to cut back on sugar so lately I just drink my coffee black with Splenda. Is there a low cal/sugar free milk alternative that you can recommend? Thanks
on Mar 12th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
YUM!! I was just about to ask you on your breakfast post this morning how you make your iced coffee, and yet I had a feeling that it would be in your recipe collection
Thanks so much for sharing the recipe. I can’t wait to make this and try it for myself!!
Trishelle