Iced Coffee

Since the warm weather has come, my coffee dates lately have all included iced coffee. Pioneer Woman posted once about the 'art' of making iced coffee- it's not as simple as brewing coffee and letting it cool!

Now you can make iced coffee that way, but according to PW and the local coffee roaster at Shenandoah Joe's, a cold brew tastes better. I bought some Columbia roast and decided to try!

1. Mix water and coffee in a large container, using the ratio 1/2 lb ground coffee: 4 qts water. Roughly 3/4 C coffee grounds to 1 qt water.

 

Let steep 8-12 hours or overnight.

 

2. Line a fine mesh strainer with cheese cloth or paper towels and pour coffee through into another container.



 

I did this small amounts at a time, paper towels needed replacing every few cups.

 

This sludge was what was left in the paper towels.

 

And this is my first batch of cold brewed coffee!

 

Into an air-tight container and this can last last 2-3 weeks. I'm hooked, though, and I'm not so sure it will last that long :)