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    Home > Drinks Recipes > How to Make Best Iced Coffee at Home

    How to Make Best Iced Coffee at Home

    Last updated July 1, 2020. Originally posted May 22, 2019 By Jyothi Rajesh 55 Comments

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    Getting your caffeine fix got so much more better with this guide to how to make the best iced coffee at home. With just 4 ingredients and under 5 minutes(with coffee concentrate ready), this refreshing iced coffee is ready to beat the heat. If you are a coffee lover, then this one is a must try! Forget the gourmet, high on pocket take out coffee, make great tasting iced coffee at home everyday.
    Getting your caffeine fix got so much more better with this guide to how to make the best iced coffee at home. With just 4 ingredients and under 5 minutes(with coffee concentrate ready), this refreshing iced coffee is ready to beat the heat. If you are a coffee lover, then this one is a must try! Forget the gourmet, high on pocket take out coffee, make great tasting iced coffee at home everyday.
    Getting your caffeine fix got so much more better with this guide to how to make the best iced coffee at home. With just 4 ingredients and under 5 minutes(with coffee concentrate ready), this refreshing iced coffee is ready to beat the heat. If you are a coffee lover, then this one is a must try! Forget the gourmet, high on pocket take out coffee, make great tasting iced coffee at home everyday.
    Getting your caffeine fix got so much more better with this guide to how to make the best iced coffee at home. With just 4 ingredients and under 5 minutes(with coffee concentrate ready), this refreshing iced coffee is ready to beat the heat. If you are a coffee lover, then this one is a must try! Forget the gourmet, high on pocket take out coffee, make great tasting iced coffee at home everyday.
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    homemade iced coffee served in 3 glass cups with text
    homemade iced coffee served in 3 glass cups with text
    homemade iced coffee served in 3 glass cups with text
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    easy homemade iced coffee serving in glass cups with text overlay
    Getting your caffeine fix got so much more better with this guide to how to make the best iced coffee at home. With just 4 ingredients and under 5 minutes(with coffee concentrate ready), this refreshing iced coffee is ready to beat the heat. If you are a coffee lover, then this one is a must try! Forget the gourmet, high on pocket take out coffee, make great tasting iced coffee at home everyday.

     Learn How to Make Best Iced coffee at home with best tips and tricks. Refreshing coffee is perfect drink to beat the heat. 

    Best Homemade Iced Coffee in 3 glasses with ice cubes

    Originally Posted May 2016– Photos & Post Updated May 2018.

    Getting your caffeine fix got so much more better with this guide to how to make best cold coffee at home. With just 4 ingredients and under 5 minutes(with coffee concentrate ready). If you are a coffee lover, then this one is a must try! Forget the gourmet, high on pocket take out coffee, make great tasting coffee at home everyday.

    Call me saint, because I don’t drink coffee or tea. Yeah you heard me right. I can “occasionally” drink coffee but never tea. My entire life I might have had just exactly one sip of tea, that’s it! And when the world started talking about green tea and how healthy it is, I stayed away from it, the only reason, “I don’t like tea”, and so I assumed green tea would be same as normal tea.

    After a while when I was trying to tone up and loose weight, I thought “I will make peace with green tea and give it a try”! The first sip made my eye balls roll. No, not because I loved the taste, but because I couldn’t gulp the sip.

    I struggled and managed to swallow it. And since hubby insisted me on trying a couple of more sips, I struggled to take it down. But, I did not like it. Later I tried a couple of other flavors, told myself it’s not that bad(was trying to trick my brain). Now I can manage to drink green tea if someone offers me.

    Ingredients Needed

    • Coffee beans (roasted and coarsely ground)
    • Half n half (or milk or even condensed milk)
    • Sugar Syrup (simple syrup)
    • Ice cubes
    • And scoop of vanilla ice cream if you are looking to jazz it up!

    Pouring half and half for iced coffee recipe

    Coffee!! I don’t hate it at all. It’s just that I don’t drink it on regular basis. And when we friends meet up at coffee shop I enjoy my cappuccino. But that doesn’t tempt me to drink coffee every day. I LOVE my homemade fresh filter kapi (we call It degree kapi). The aroma of coffee brewing in the old traditional coffee maker is very tempting. While I love my hot filter kapi, I also love Ice cold coffee.

    Best drink to have in summer to keep you cool and refreshed. Cold coffee is a boom to all coffee lovers on hot summer days. Forget spending $4 for a cup at some fancy coffee house! Forget queuing at local or gourmet cafes, once you try this recipe you will go “oh so easy to make at home!”. It’s easy to make at home, perfectly creamy and sweet every day. All under $4. This is going to be the best iced coffee of your life!

    3 glasses of iced coffee with steel straw

    Yes cold coffee is much more expensive than its piping hot counterpart (at least in India). The reason the cafes charge you more for a cup of iced cold coffee is the amount of labor that goes in making a cup of cold coffee. The preparation time is longer and the coffee concentrate is quite strong that is used to make chilled coffee.

    Iced coffee is not simple hot coffee concentrated poured over ice. The amount of coffee beans or coffee powder (coarsely ground ones) to make 1 cup of coffee concentrate is quite a lot, that’s how I do my homemade iced coffee. We use about 3 to 4 cups of coffee powder.

    That’s a loooot of coffee powder you see. Thin watery coffee is a big disappointment. Since we add ice cubes to the cup of coffee you want to have the coffee concentrate ridiculously strong. Don’t compromise there. You won’t enjoy your coffee otherwise.

    Pro-Tip : If you want to make best iced cold coffee at home without compromising on the taste, you could freeze coffee decoction (coffee concentrate) and use coffee ice cubes instead of plain ice cubes. Top coffee ice cubes with simple syrup, half n half and serve immediately. No more watery cold coffee! Only delicious and best iced coffee at home.

    iced coffee ingredients to make iced cold coffee

    Iced Coffee Recipe

    Ice Cold coffee is very simple to make. All you do is brew the coffee, add chilled milk, sweetener. And if you are in the mood to indulge, add a big scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, who doesn’t want another excuse to eat dessert! You can use coffee concentrate made the traditional way using Indian coffee maker too.

    Or do it the simple way, brewing freshly and coarsely ground coffee powder with water in a bowl overnight and strain over coffee mesh. With just 4 ingredients and 5 minutes, this refreshing coffee is one of the best way to beat the heat if you are a coffee lover!

    Pouring coffee concentrate for iced coffee recipe

    Tips for Making Great Cold Coffee at Home

    • Coffee to water ratio– To make best coffee you’ll need the strong coffee concentrate. Use coffee to water ratio depending on your taste. 4:1 yields medium strong coffee. If you are a strong coffee lover then go experiment with the ratio. Use 6:1 ratio or even 8:1.
    • Coffee Beans – Use good quality coffee beans. You’ll need medium or dark roasted coffee beans and coffee beans.
    • Freshly Ground – The coffee tastes so much better when you ground it coarsely and it’s freshly ground. If grinding at home get a good coffee grind.
    • Brew coffee overnight so it has enough time to chill. The coffee is never heated to make cold coffee. Rather coarse coffee grounds are added to water and allowed to steep at room temperature or in the refrigerator over night.
    • Jazz it up – If you are feeling adventurous, then flavor your coffee. Put on your creative caps and add flavors that you think might work with iced coffee. Would you like to hear some of my go-to list of flavors for cold coffee? Read on..

    A glass of best homemade iced coffee with ice cubes

    Jazz it Up (Flavoring  Options)

    Add flavors to your coffee that all works together. Flavors that blends well. Flavors that works for your mood.

    Have you ever had iced coffee in winter?! Oh it’s perfect, trust me. And if you can flavor it with all winter warm spices like pumpkin spice. You will be hugging your jar of iced coffee.

    Or think about flavoring with fresh mint for summer. Lovah!

    Vanilla bean to coffee.

    A dash of sea salt sprinkled over cup of coffee with whipped cream.

    Cinnamon powder.

    Cocoa powder.

    Alcohol!  It really works. Alcoholic coffee drinks are a great stress buster after a long day of work.

    So many possibilities. Simply choose a flavor that suits your mood!

    Chilled glasses with iced coffee

    How To Make The Best Iced Coffee At Home

    Homemade cold coffee is the easiest thing to prepare ahead of time. This refreshing cold brew coffee will quickly become one of your favorite drinks. And it’s damn easy to make too.

    Start by brewing coffee overnight so you have good chilled coffee concentrate ready in the morning.

    Also make simple syrup my stirring in 1 cup of sugar with 1 cup water on medium heat until sugar is fully dissolved.

    When you are ready to drink – fill up your cups with ice cubes. Pour coffee concentrate, simply syrup, and half and half. Stir! That’s it.

    It’s a great pick-me-up-and-go drink to get you charged or keep you cool and refreshed any time of the day.

    Filling glass with ice for iced coffee recipe Pouring coffee concentrate for iced coffee recipe Pouring simple syrup for iced coffee recipe Pouring half and half for iced coffee recipe

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    Pouring half and half for iced coffee recipe

    Iced Coffee

    With just 4 ingredients and under 5 minutes(with all prep work done), this refreshing coffee is ready to beat the heat. If you are a coffee lover, then this one is a must try! Forget the gourmet, high on pocket take out coffee, make great tasting iced coffee at home everyday.
    4.94 from 16 votes
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    Course: Drinks
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 25 minutes
    Cook Time: 5 minutes
    Total Time: 30 minutes
    Servings: 3 glasses
    Calories: 155kcal
    Author: Jyothi Rajesh

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup strong coffee made from 3 cups good quality coffee powder
    • 4 tablespoons of half and half

    For simple syrup –

    • ½ cup sugar
    • 1 cup water

    For serving-

    • ⅓ cup chilled water or ice cubes
    • Scoop of vanilla ice cream optional

    Instructions

    • Brew coffee in coffee maker. I usually brew my coffee previous night so the coffee is ready and cooled down to room temperature. We are making iced coffee, hot coffee is no-no. We need coffee at room temperature or chilled.
    • To make simple syrup – stir sugar and water in sauce pan over medium heat. Keep stirring until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and cool completely.
    • Pour coffee, simple sugar and half and half into serving glass, Stir well. Top it with ice and serve it immediately.

    Notes

    If you like frothy iced coffee , then just blend the coffee mix in blender for few seconds and serve it immediately. I also like to sprinkle some fresh roasted coffee powder over my coffee before serving. This step is completely optional.
    Pic from 2016 Frothy iced coffee

    Nutrition

    Serving: 0g | Calories: 155kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 14mg | Potassium: 64mg | Sugar: 33g | Vitamin A: 70IU | Calcium: 21mg
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    Getting your caffeine fix got so much more better with this guide to how to make the best iced coffee at home. With just 4 ingredients and under 5 minutes(with coffee concentrate ready), this refreshing iced coffee is ready to beat the heat. If you are a coffee lover, then this one is a must try! Forget the gourmet, high on pocket take out coffee, make great tasting iced coffee at home everyday.
    Getting your caffeine fix got so much more better with this guide to how to make the best iced coffee at home. With just 4 ingredients and under 5 minutes(with coffee concentrate ready), this refreshing iced coffee is ready to beat the heat. If you are a coffee lover, then this one is a must try! Forget the gourmet, high on pocket take out coffee, make great tasting iced coffee at home everyday.
    Getting your caffeine fix got so much more better with this guide to how to make the best iced coffee at home. With just 4 ingredients and under 5 minutes(with coffee concentrate ready), this refreshing iced coffee is ready to beat the heat. If you are a coffee lover, then this one is a must try! Forget the gourmet, high on pocket take out coffee, make great tasting iced coffee at home everyday.
    Getting your caffeine fix got so much more better with this guide to how to make the best iced coffee at home. With just 4 ingredients and under 5 minutes(with coffee concentrate ready), this refreshing iced coffee is ready to beat the heat. If you are a coffee lover, then this one is a must try! Forget the gourmet, high on pocket take out coffee, make great tasting iced coffee at home everyday.
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    Comments

    1. Lucas Martin

      October 24, 2020 at 3:13 pm

      Delicious recipe! I’m excited to try this iced coffee. Thank you for all the detailed instructions. I appreciate your work!

      Reply
    2. Reshma

      September 12, 2019 at 7:52 pm

      So clear and detailed Recipe, Jyoti, Thank you for providing such great clean recipe.

      Reply
    3. Sandhya Ramakrishnan

      May 24, 2019 at 5:14 am

      5 stars
      We all love a good iced coffee and I agree that the homemade ones are so much better than the thin ones at the coffee stores. We grind fresh coffee beans for our coffee and it adds so much flavor. This is a must have for the summer evenings!

      Reply
      • jyothirajesh

        May 24, 2019 at 7:24 am

        Absolutely. One of the best way to keep refreshed on hot days

        Reply
    4. Ramona

      May 23, 2019 at 5:30 pm

      5 stars
      This iced coffee it’s exactly what I would love to have right now. I cannot wait to get home and make one to cool my day off a little – delicious and so refreshing.

      Reply
      • jyothirajesh

        May 23, 2019 at 7:01 pm

        Thank you Ramona

        Reply
    5. Cheese Curd In Paradise

      May 23, 2019 at 6:02 am

      5 stars
      I love iced coffee as the weather gets warmer. I love the slight sweetness from the simple syrup with the creamy coffee- yum!

      Reply
      • jyothirajesh

        May 23, 2019 at 2:29 pm

        Thank you

        Reply
    6. Danielle

      May 22, 2019 at 10:51 pm

      5 stars
      This is the second time today that I’ve stumbled upon a delicious ice coffee recipe – I feel lucky! It is better to have as many ice coffee options for this summer as possible – it is going to be hot!

      Reply
      • jyothirajesh

        May 22, 2019 at 10:59 pm

        Yes, lots of water, cooling drinks and iced coffee will help us get through summer 😀

        Reply
    7. sonal

      May 22, 2019 at 7:58 pm

      Pretty pictures there. Iced coffee or famously called cold coffee is a must in my house when the temps go high.

      Reply
      • jyothirajesh

        May 22, 2019 at 9:16 pm

        Thank you Sonal

        Reply
    8. Karly

      December 03, 2018 at 12:13 am

      I’m not a tea person either but I love iced coffee. It’s the only coffee I actually drink. Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
      • jyothirajesh

        December 03, 2018 at 12:47 am

        Glad you liked it thanks

        Reply
    9. Kelly

      June 06, 2018 at 3:31 pm

      Though I am not a die-hard coffee lover I am so in love with your Iced coffee recipe. specially the one with whipped cream. It makes my day.

      Reply
      • jyothirajesh

        June 06, 2018 at 4:51 pm

        Thanks Kelly.

        Reply
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