Now that the awful weather that makes you want soup is over and Boston’s starting to feel like it’s supposed to in June, it’s time to talk iced coffee. When it’s hot and sticky and humid out, the last thing I want to do is reach for a boiling hot cup of coffee. I love Dunkin Donuts’ iced coffee, but they rarely get my order right and buying iced coffees every day can really add up. So, like with many things, I make my own iced coffee and it’s actually a lot easier than I thought and cheaper.
The key to making iced coffee is to cold brew it. There’s a lot of articles out there (including this one, if you care to read about it) that tell you that cold brewing is the only way to go. I personally haven’t tried other methods like making it hot and letting it cool down, because the cold brew method works really well and I didn’t need to try anything else. The one thing to note is that this recipe makes a coffee concentrate that is pretty strong. Depending on your tastes, you can dilute it with equal parts water and coffee or more or less. Then sweeten as you like. Me, I just add a splash of skim milk pop in a straw, and I’m good to go.
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