Iced Coffee

As the dog days of summer are coming upon us I no longer want a piping hot cup of coffee in the morning.  Instead it is definitely time to enjoy a nice iced coffee!  I came upon this method in a Food Network Magazine and on pinterest, so i took this as fate that I had to try it.  This method had great results but I warn you it is time consuming.

Needed:

1lb of ground coffee

1 gallon of water

coffee filters or cheesecloth

Pour the entire 1lb bag of coffee into a big bowl.  Next pour the gallon of water into the bowl.  Make sure all the coffee is saturated.  Cover and leave for at least 12 hours or overnight.  Next set up a fine mesh strainer with coffee filters inside (or layered cheesecloth)  ladle the coffee/water mixture into strainer and allow to strain into a pitcher.  This is a slow process and you may need to replace the coffee filters a few times before reaching the end.  I set up my pitcher in the sink and walked away a few times as it filtered through.

The result a nice strong iced coffee.   The concentrate can stay in the fridge up to a month.  

Options to dilute and add in:

chocolate milk

milk

various flavored syrups

sweetened cream mixture (1 can evaporated milk and a can of sweetened condensed milk milk)

As you can see it was a slow process to filter the coffee.