Wake me up enough to make coffee iced coffee
I’m a caffeine addict. Have been since I worked in retail and measured my day in glasses of Coke and Dr. Pepper. My preferred caffeine delivery system has been cold and quick ever since then. My wife has been bugging me to try to move to coffee in the morning, because for one, it’s cheaper, and two, you don’t have to keep running to the store to get more.
Fair enough.
The problem is that if I had the energy to make a pot of coffee in the morning, I wouldn’t need the caffeine. It dawned on me that iced coffee can sit in the fridge, ready for my zombie like morning clawing. I made some last night, and it turned out just about right.
I like my coffee moderately sweet and light, so feel free to adjust the lactose and sweetness to suite your own needs
- Brew 12 cups of coffee, using twice the recommended amount of coffee grounds.
- While it’s going, pour 4 cups of milk, the equivalent of 1.25 cup sugar, and 3 shots (6 oz) of hazelnut or mint syrup into a not glass pitcher. I use Splenda. Use what you like.
- When the coffee is done brewing, add to pitcher.
- Stir and cool in the fridge over night.
A cup of this stuff is about as strong as a cup and a half of hot coffee. It’s nowhere near as smooth and milky as a Frappuchino from Starbucks, but those are too smooth and milky for me. This still tastes like coffee. The cold temperature and extra milk help offset the extra bite from using very dark coffee.
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February 9th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
I have three recipes:
Option 1: Put espresso in espresso machine. Put water in espresso machine. Turn on espresso machine.
Option 2: Drive to work. Get coffee from office pot.
Option 3 (Emergencies): Fresh ground coffee. Spoon.
February 9th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Is coffee really cheaper than soda? I’ve always kept coffee in the “luxury” category (also the “addictive” category, but who’s keeping score).
Also, Hiero: you’re not going to plug Coder’s Coffee (which is neither cheap nor healthy)?
February 9th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s cheaper. A 2 ltr of pop, like a bottle of wine, is supposed to be 6 glasses. At $1.50, each glass comes out to $.25 a glass.
According to multiple results of a google search, a lb of coffee is supposed to produce between 30 and 40 cups, so lets say 35 cups. I buy my coffee at costco at $10 for 3 lbs. $10/(35*3) = $.09 a cup.
No, the volume of “glasses” and cups aren’t the same, but I consider that to be one drink. However, if you want to just look at cost per caffeine delivered, 8oz of coffee has 60-120 mg, and 12 oz of Coke (highest pop listed) has 34 mg.
February 9th, 2007 at 11:11 pm
It’s not really a luxury as long as you’re brewing it at home rather than buying it by the cup at a coffee shop.
Also, as for the recipe, a thought - possibly try it with coconut milk. I’m pretty sure that’s what they use in the Thai Iced Coffee at Mint Cafe, and that stuff’s yummy.
February 10th, 2007 at 12:26 am
Bog-standard grounds go in the “necessities” category.
Fresh-roasted whole bean Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee goes in the “luxeries” category.
As with anything else, quality matters.
February 10th, 2007 at 12:55 am
Arashi, that is what is what they use, and it is indeed very good. I’d use it for special occasions for sure.
February 10th, 2007 at 1:29 am
I can’t stand most iced coffee, but almost more importantly than being cheaper than soda, it’s a whole fucking lot better for you (unless you drink those starbucks fraps, or super diet cola, which has its own problems) on account of having almost 0 calories. Of course the milk you put in it has some, but it’s probably still less than a bottle of Mountain Dew.
February 10th, 2007 at 9:51 am
And it’s milk. It’s not like that’s going to kill you.