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    How To Make Iced Coffee At Home

    Published: Apr 21, 2022 by heather · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Learn how to make iced coffee at home with just a few simple ingredients. Make your own perfect iced coffee in a matter of minutes.

    Tall glass of ice coffee.

    There is nothing like a delicious iced coffee drink on a warm morning or afternoon. Forget driving to the coffee shop, iced cold, creamy coffee with a hint of sweetness is surprisingly easy to make at home with just a few ingredients.

    If you like easy coffee drinks be sure to try coffee with evaporated milk, coffee with sweetened condensed milk, and coffee with chocolate.

    Why making your own coffee drinks at home works

    • Simple: This drink is so easy to make once you have made and chilled your coffee.
    • Customizable: You can adjust the ingredients to taste and add in other flavors like vanilla syrup, caramel syrup, whipped cream, and more.
    • Budget friendly: A coffee shop habit can get expensive with $5 drinks. You can make your own homemade version for a fraction of the cost.

    Ingredients needed

    Ice – I recommend using larger pieces of ice so that it melts slower. You can also make coffee ice cubes out of coffee to help prevent watering the drink down.

    Coffee – Brew your favorite coffee. Let it cool and then place in the refrigerator to chill.

    Cream – Cream is optional. Use your favorite like half and half, whole milk, heavy cream, or a flavored coffee creamer. If you would like something lighter try 1% milk, 2% milk, coconut milk, or oat milk.

    Sweetener – This is also an optional ingredient. You can add the sweetener of your choice to taste.

    How to make iced coffee

    This is a super easy recipe and all of the ingredients can be adjusted to taste.

    Step one: Pour cold coffee over a tall glass filled with ice. Leave a little room at the top for cream.

    Coffee pouring into glass with ice.

    Step two: Pour cream into the glass. Add sweetener if using and gently stir.

    Cream pouring into glass with iced coffee.

    Recipe tips

    • Keep your iced coffee drink cold for a longer period of time by placing your glass in the freezer 15-20 minutes before making.
    • Help prevent your drink from becoming too watery by using ice cubes made with coffee.
    • You can add the sugar into the hot coffee before chilling so that it completely dissolves. You can also use a simple syrup as a sweetener.
    • If you are short on time in the morning, brew your coffee the night before so that it can chill in the refrigerator overnight.
    • To make ice coffee cubes, fill an ice cube tray with coffee, room temperature or cold. Place in the freezer until they have frozen solid.

    Variations

    Syrups: Add some extra flavor with different syrups like chocolate syrup, hazelnut syrup, caramel syrup or others.

    Creamers: Try different flavored coffee creamers in place of milk. You can also use sweetened condensed milk for extra creaminess.

    Spices: Add in some ground cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice for an extra boost of flavor.

    Cocktail: Turn this into a boozy coffee cocktail by adding a splash of Bailey’s, RumChata, or Frangelico.

    How to make iced coffee with instant coffee

    Did you know you can use instant coffee granules to make iced coffee?

    1. Add one tablespoon of instant coffee granules to a tall glass or mason jar. Pour in 1/3 cup of creamer. Stir to combine.
    2. Pour in 3/4 cup cold water and keep stirring until granules are dissolved. Add ice and enjoy.
    Is iced coffee the same as cold brew coffee?

    The way these coffee drinks are prepared is different. Cold brew is made using cold water. Iced coffee is made with brewed coffee and then cooled.

    Top down shot of glass of iced coffee.

    More coffee shop drinks

    • Chai Tea Latte
    • Copycat Starbucks Medicine Ball Drink
    • Copycat Mocha Frappuccino
    • Copycat Puppaccino
    • Cold Brew Coffee

    Did you try this drink recipe? Let me know your favorite things to add to your coffee in the comments below.

    Tall glass of ice coffee.
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    How To Make Iced Coffee At Home

    Learn how to make iced coffee at home with just a few simple ingredients.
    Prep Time10 minutes mins
    Total Time10 minutes mins
    Course: Drinks
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: iced coffee
    Servings: 1
    Calories: 69kcal
    Author: Heather

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup ice
    • 8 ounce brewed coffee
    • 1-2 tablespoons cream creamer of choice
    • 1-2 teaspoons sugar or favorite sweetener

    Instructions

    • Brew coffee. Let cool and then chill in the refrigerator.
    • Fill glass with ice. Pour chilled coffee into the glass leaving room for cream.
    • Pour in cream and then stir in sugar. Serve cold.

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    Notes

    • Keep your iced coffee drink cold for a longer period of time by placing your glass in the freezer 15-20 minutes before making.
    • Help prevent your drink from becoming too watery by using ice cubes made with coffee.
    • You can add the sugar into the hot coffee before chilling so that it completely dissolves. You can also use a simple syrup as a sweetener.
    • If you are short on time in the morning, brew your coffee the night before so that it can chill in the refrigerator overnight.
    • To make ice coffee cubes, fill an ice cube tray with coffee, room temperature or cold. Place in the freezer until they have frozen solid.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 69kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 20mg | Potassium: 125mg | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 221IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg
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