The iced coffee is one of the pleasures of summer (even of the whole year for some people), just like a glass of rosé, minus the alcohol (and it's not negligible!). The problem? As much as preparing a glass of rosé is really not rocket science, when it comes to making your own iced coffee, it's a little more complicated. If you are lucky enough to have a Starbucks near your home, you are saved, but then beware of the budget which can quickly explode. We looked for different methods to prepare it at home.
This is the easiest and fastest option. However, be careful with the taste because adding ice cubes to hot coffee dilutes it enormously. To avoid this, we therefore think of preparing the coffee stronger than usual or better, of providing ice cubes in the coffee. Ditto if you like iced coffee with milk, we think of preparing milk ice cubes. It is better to wait 15-20 minutes for the coffee to cool before adding the ice cubes, it allows you to add less (and dilute the drink less)… If you have a blender, you don't hesitate to do the coffee + ice cube mixture directly in it (it avoids waiting for the ice cubes to melt).
Well, clearly, it takes longer than adding ice cubes to a coffee, but it avoids diluting it... So we prepare one or more coffees that we place in a carafe. Leave it out for 1 hour before placing it in the refrigerator for at least two hours. There you go!
This is the most technical option. You can follow the instructions of the Huffington Post . To make it, you need a French press coffee maker. We start by grinding the coffee if it is in beans (or we opt for ground coffee), dosing 1/3 cup of beans for a coffee. Place the ground coffee and cold water (filtered, if possible) in the coffee maker, without pushing the plunger. Place the coffee maker in the refrigerator between 12 and 48 hours. Just before the tasting, we push the plunger and… tadaaaam! It's ready!
Of course, this is just the basics. We can then let our imagination run wild and add syrups (caramel, vanilla, etc.), fresh fruit (yes, yes!) or even alcohol for an Irish Iced Coffee. Good tasting!
