How to Make Cold Brew Coffee (Iced Coffee) Recipe - The Cookie Rookie® (2024)

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For the Iced Coffee

• ▢ 4 quarts filtered water or tap water
• ▢ 8 ounces dark roast coffee grounds

For the Sweetened Homemade Creamer

• ▢ ½ cup heavy cream or half-and-half
• ▢ ½ cup sweetened condensed milk

Optional Add-ins

• ▢ Coffee syrups
• ▢ Sugar
• ▢ Caramel sauce
• ▢ Chocolate syrup
• ▢ Ground cinnamon

For the Coffee

• Pour half the water in two half-gallon pitchers. Sprinkle 4 ounces ground coffee over the water in both pitchers. Cover and let sit 30 minutes; after 30 minutes, stir.

  4 quarts filtered water, 8 ounces dark roast coffee grounds

• Cover again and let sit at room temperature overnight.

• Line a fine mesh strainer with a double layer of fine cheesecloth or a coffee filter set over a large bowl or pitcher. Pour the coffee mixture through the strainer and allow the liquid to run through. The coffee mixture will take several minutes to strain, and will need to be done about 2 cups at a time. When finished, discard the coffee grounds.

• Pour the strained coffee in a covered container in the fridge until cooled.

For the Homemade Sweetened Creamer

• In a pitcher or bowl whisk together the heavy cream and sweetened condensed milk. Store in the fridge in an airtight container until ready for use.

  ½ cup heavy cream, ½ cup sweetened condensed milk

For Assembly

• Fill a glass with ice (or better yet, coffee ice!). Pour ¾ full with coffee. Fill the remaining ¼ with the creamer mixture. If you prefer a sweeter and creamier iced coffee you can do equal parts instead.

• Add in optional add-ins if desired.

  Coffee syrups, Sugar, Caramel sauce, Chocolate syrup, Ground cinnamon

• Pour some cold brew into an ice cube tray and freeze it to make coffee ice cubes. You’ll never have to drink watered-down iced coffee again!

Storage:Store cold brew in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

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I make my iced coffee with instant coffee, but this might be a game changer…

Love the ice coffee from the Recipe

How long does the black coffee keep in the fridge?

During the winter when I make a full pot of coffee, and it doesn’t all get used, I pour it into ice cube trays, freeze it and store the cubes in ziploc bags till summer. Then use those coffee cubes instead of plain water, so as they melt you keep drinking coffee instead of watered down coffee. I do the same with tea.

Is the 8 oz of coffee grounds in weight? Or dry volume (8 oz = 1 cup)?

Why make iced coffee and then add regular ice cubes? I make a full pot of chocolate flavoured coffee and allow it to go cold. I then pour it into ice cube trays and freeze it. It makes 5 full trays of ice cubes. Then when you have your iced coffee it never dilutes into watery dregs at the end. I do the same thing when I make iced tea.

What is the best brand of coffee that you would recommend for this?

Wouldn’t it be easier to put the grounds in a filter and swaddle them in cheesecloth and leave that in the water overnight?

Want to try this recipe but am confused. Your directions call for coffee grounds but the video looks like you are using coffee beans. Is it grounds or beans? Thanks for the directions….can’t wait to try.

Where is the video to this besides on YouTube? I need some videos on cold brew and ice coffee alone with the recipes to post on FB. Other recipes I see on FB doesn’t come from YT and it gives a link to this site.