It's pretty much summer here in Pittsburgh. We are greeting ready to transplant our plants into their forever homes.. our new big garden. We are quite excited to experiment with a real garden at our new place. (oh yeah we moved to a bigger, better place for cheaper! yay!) I have a feeling we are going to have more produce than we know what to do with.. good thing we have family, friends, & co-workers that will gladly help us out.
I have eight kale plants & they are producing a ton of leaves. It's been a lot of fun gardening. Trevor is really into too.
Anyway the reason I decided to blog real quick was to post a iced coffee recipe. After experimenting with a ton of recipes & methods this is the best way I've found to do it.
Cold Brew Iced Coffee
1 1/2 cups coarsely ground coffee
2 cups cold water
one french press or cheese cloth or cone filter
(this is the ratio you will want to follow if you'd like to make more or less coffee)
We use a french press it is the easiest and cleanest way we've found to do the ice coffee but you can also use cheesecloth or a cone filter.
The idea is to steep the coffee in cold water for 8 - 12 hours either in the fridge or on the counter, we do the latter. If you are using a french press make sure to stir the grounds around ensuring all the grounds are wet. When the coffee is done steeping push down the plunger & wa-la! You have iced coffee. It is a concentrate so you will need to use a 1:1 ratio. One part coffee & one part water or milk (if you like lattes) You can easily use water as your ratio & add cream, milk or sugar like you would with normal iced coffee.
Now if you don't have a french press never fear you can still make iced coffee... simply steep the grounds in a bowl with a cover using the same method as I described above. Then after 8 - 12 hours simply pour the mixture over cheesecloth or cone filter (this gets a little messy) into another bowl or pitcher.
It will keep for two weeks in the fridge. I usually store it in a glass pitcher or mason jar. It's so easy to make & we go through a lot of it. I simply put it together before we go to bed & by morning we have iced coffee. Which has been nice on these hot days
Any questions, let me know! happy brewing!!
