Now I'm just hot all the time and the thought of further heating up my body by drinking a hot drink in the morning just makes me...sweat. Enter the iced coffee. I came across this pin for easy cold-brewed coffee (no special tools needed!) and homemade coffee creamer too!
It's a pin-win!
I followed the recipe precisely the first time I made it (as I almost always do) and it came out awesome. After that I made some adjustments to suit my personal preferences. For instance, I don't have a pan or pot big enough to do an entire gallon, so I do a half a bag of beans and fill my big soup pot up to the brim. It's still plenty strong. Trust me. (The first time I made it with the full gallon and split it between two pots, but that's just more dishes to do and I really don't mind making it more often. Let's keep it fresh, people. I also use a reusable coffee filter because I find it a million times less messy than disposable coffee filters and a mesh strainer. Here's something similar to what we have:
On the creamer side of things, I discovered one day when I was out of creamer and about to make another batch that I didn't have any more evaporated milk. I used regular milk. Obviously this affects the expiration date of the creamer, but that's ok. I also store the creamer in a recycled store-bought creamer bottle. Finally, I use the fat-free versions of sweetened condensed and evaporated milks. It doesn't change anything but the fat content.
Recently I've taken to just a small spoonful of sugar in the coffee instead of creamer. This home cold-brewed coffee is really that good. I recommend you try it!
The way Jason makes cold brew iced coffee sounds like it might be easier and less messy than this method. He gets the biggest coffee filters he can find and makes pouches of ground coffee. (I'm not sure specifically how much ground coffee it requires.) He uses plastic hair clips to tie off the pouches. They're reusable and not as gross as a rubber band or something metal like a twist tie. The pouches go in the pitcher of water to soak overnight, sometimes with a bowl on top to push the pouches down, since they float. After 12 hours, he takes out the pouches and throws them away. Whole pitcher of cold brew coffee ready to be poured into a glass of ice and creamer.
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