Iced Coffee

Here is how to make the best iced coffee at home from any type of ground coffee with no special machines or equipment.

This is a simple, basic iced coffee recipe that anyone can make and enjoy. If you want to up your game, then I’d recommend learning how to make cold brew coffee at home.

Related: How to make Whipped Coffee, Iced Mocha, and Mocha Frappe.

Ingredients

• Ground Coffee
• Water
• Milk or Cream
• Sweetener
• Ice

How to Make Iced Coffee

In a large pitcher, combine the water (cool or lukewarm) and ground coffee.

Give the mixture a stir and let it sit for about 8 hours. I usually mix this up before bed and let it sit in the refrigerator (covered) overnight. After it’s set, strain the coffee through a coffee filter, or cheesecloth and fine mesh strainer.

This will take a few minutes, and that’s normal. I will usually start the straining process after I wake up and check it after I’ve already gotten our (toddler) son ready and myself (easily like 30-45 minutes later).

Now you have your iced coffee base. This size will usually last me a few days to up to a week.

Fill a glass with ice and pour in your chilled iced coffee. I love it plain or with a few generous tablespoons of cream.

You could also freeze some of the iced coffee into ice cubes and use those in future batches for more of a red eye coffee version.

More Iced Coffee Recipes:

• Coffee Soda
• 5 Cold Brew Coffee Recipes
• Pumpkin Spice Syrup Recipe – to add to your iced coffee
• German Chocolate Cake Iced Coffee
• Coconut Coffee Creamer – no dairy or refined sugar
• Lavender Iced Coffee

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Homemade Iced Coffee

How to make the best iced coffee at home.

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword coffee, iced coffee

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Soak Time 8 hours hours

Total Time 8 hours hours 5 minutes minutes

Servings 5

Calories 8kcal

Equipment

• pitcher

Ingredients

• 2 ½ quarts water
• 5 ounces coffee ground

US Customary – Metric

Instructions

• In a large pitcher, combine the water (cool or lukewarm) and ground coffee.
• Give the mixture a stir and let it sit for about 8 hours. I usually mix this up before bed.
• After it's set, strain the coffee through cheesecloth or a funnel and coffee filter into another pitcher.
• Fill a glass with ice and pour in your chilled iced coffee. I love it plain or with a few generous tablespoons of cream.

Notes

You can add a sweetener or cream to this iced coffee recipe. 

Freeze the iced coffee into ice cubes to use in future glasses of iced coffee. 

Nutrition

Calories: 8kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.3g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Sodium: 25mg | Potassium: 30mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 0.2g | Vitamin A: 6IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 0.5mg