The best iced coffee recipe, in the comfort of your own home.
♥ Stir, freeze, pour, and enjoy
This iced coffee trick is so simple, there’s no excuse not to try it!
Simply stir the ingredients right in the glass, and the result is a chilled coffee beverage that could very well be the best iced coffee recipe you’ve ever had – no trip to Starbucks required. It allows you to sip your iced coffee leisurely, without worrying about the ice melting and diluting the rich coffee flavor.
I was standing in the kitchen of my apartment on Saturday morning, cleaning the breakfast dishes and trying to pawn the last cup of coffee off on a friend because I hate wasting food, when my friend looked at me and said ten simple-yet-brilliant words that forever changed the way I look at coffee:
Why don’t you freeze it in an ice cube tray?
So, having nothing to lose, I tried it…
Game-changer.
So simple, and yet so brilliant.
 
The Best Iced Coffee Recipe – How To:
- Step One: Brew coffee as you normally would.
- Sep Two: Mix in sugar/sweetener of choice – Use the type and amount you’d normally stir into iced coffee.
- Step Three: Pour coffee into an ice cube tray, and freeze.
- Step Four: Place 5-8 coffee ice cubes into a glass (more = stronger), then pour a glass of milk (I like Silk cashewmilk) over the top. Watch as the two magically mix together for a delicious and non-watery homemade iced coffee!
*For a frozen twist, try blending the frozen coffee ice cubes with your milk of choice instead of simply stirring together. Hello instant Frappuccino!
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Such a brilliant idea!!! I’m totally trying this. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Christina | http://www.cuddlepill.com
Hey Katie,
Love this idea and have it many times in the past but such a chore to get the ice cubes out…any thoughts? Not liking the idea of spraying Pam. Maybe I need a special (or just different) ice cube tray. Having a ice maker, I just grabbed cheap ones at the Dollar Store…
And what’s UP with iced coffee as a recipe?? Where’s the CHOCOLATE!! HEHE oops see the squares below it…phew they look great with iced coffee!
Silicone 🙂
With the cheap plastic trays – grab opposite corners of the tray and twist slightly until the cubes pop!
oh my gosh, yes!!!! Can’t wait to try this with some of my delicious breakfast recipes 🙂
I have tried this recipe and I think its a great idea. the only thing is that the milk is at fridge temperature and the ice cubes wont melt fast enough. next time I am going to microwave the milk and then put the iced coffee cubes in.
thanks!
I had the same issue.. but great tip about microwaving the milk first so it’ll melt a bit faster! =)
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Nice one I will love making this
i went through an iced tea phase a few years ago and I used to do the same thing! I’d freeze the tea so my iced tea wouldn’t get diluted.
I do love iced coffee too, I should give this a try!
Okay. So delicious non the less. However, it is June, and my ice cubes hardly melted in my soy milk. Gah! I drank it anyway. They were still not melted by the time I got to work 40 minutes away. So the ice cubes were in the milk for an hour… It still tasted good, and I will probably try again. It tasted more like coffee milk. This morning after Carmel Gavalia almond milk ice coffee, I went for blending this one. Again, coffee milk flavored slush. Gah! Sorry for all the Gah!s. Either I need stronger coffee or there’s something wrong with me. I will be trying again none-the-less.
My paragraph is very redundant. I should be ashamed.
Love that coffee trick–neat. Thanks.
I love this recipe! I’ve been using this for so long now that I’ve sadly gotten bored with it a little:( but I know you love adding banana to your recipes so I thought I’d share a little trick I like to add! Instead of sweetener I put almond milk into the cube tray and then when those are frozen I blend those along with cold brewed black coffee and a frozen banana! It gives it a thicker Starbucks-frappachino like texture and tastes great!