Iced Coffee

ICED COFFEE - It's a complicated thing !

Don't pour the brewed coffee into a glass full of ice and call it ICED COFFEE.

You get a perfect iced coffee when you follow the cold brew method .

Here goes the recipe for everyone who is addicted to Iced cofffee !!

Begin with dumping 1/3 cup of ground coffee (not instant coffee) in to a jar.

Pour in 1 1/2 cups of cold water ..

Give it a good stir.

And let it rest at room temperature overnight.

Next, strain it a number of times through a fine mesh sieve or a cheesecloth.

You can stock this in the fridge.It will last for a month.

Now when you need iced coffee, grab a glass and fill it to the top with ice.

Pour in equal parts of coffee and water .

And add a splash of milk. If you have half and half in your fridge, add that.

Add 1 Tbsp of Sugar and stir to combine.

And this is how you make a good ICED COFFEE .

Now here is the another variation of iced coffee : EISKAFFEE (GERMAN ICED COFFEE )

You will need a scoop of good vanilla ice cream.

Place the icecream scoop in a wine goblet or a tall drinking glass and pour equal parts of coffee and water into it

Cover it with a mountain of sweetened whipped cream.

And finally sprinkle it with some chocolate chips or krokant. Krokant is a hard sugar candy which is very similar to chikki.

And here is another variation - VIETNAMESE ICED COFFEE

Fill a glass with ice.

Add 2 or 3 Tbsp of sweetened condensed milk.

And pour equal parts of coffe and water.

love love love vietnamese iced coffee!!

Another variation of iced coffee : THAI ICED COFFEE

Bring to boil 1/2 cup of milk with 1 Tbsp of Sugar.

Smash two cardamom pods and add it to the milk.

Fill a glass full of ice and 1/2 cup of chilled coffee concentrate.

Strain the milk and pour it slowly in to the coffee glass.

 *Like!*

ICE CAFE (ISRAELI ICED COFFE)

Throw equal parts of milk and coffee concentrate cubes in to a blender.

And blend till smooth.

Add 2 or 3 Tbsp of  chilled coffee and blend it till they are nice and smooth.

So smooth and delicious!!

And finally COLD COFFEE (INDIAN ICED COFFE)

Add some crushed ice in to a blender.

Pour 1 cup Milk

1 Tbsp Instant Coffee powder.

2 Tbsp Sugar..

And blend till smooth and frothy.

What a great way to start the day !

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 This is how I rank these recipes.

1. COLD COFFEE
2. REGULAR ICED COFFEE & THAI ICED COFFEE
3. VIETNAMESE COLD COFFEE 
4. EISKAFFE
5. ICE CAFE

RECIPE

COFFEE CONCENTRATE (adapted from smittenkitchen.com)

Ingredients :

• Ground coffee - 1/3 cup
• Water - 1 1/2 cup

Directions :

• Mix the ground coffee and water in a jar and keep it at room temperature overnight.
• Strain it twice through a fine mesh sieve or a cheese cloth.
• Chill it in the fridge.

ICED COFFEE (adapted from smittenkitchen.com)

Ingredients :

• Coffee concentrate (chilled) - 1/2 cup
• Water - 1/2 cup
• Ice - to fill the glass
• Milk - 1/4 cup (Adjust to taste )
• Sugar - 1 Tbsp (Adjust to taste )

Directions :

• Fill the glass with ice
• Add equal parts of coffee conetrate and water.
• Add milk and sugar.
• Give it a stir and serve it with a straw.

EISKAFFE (adapted from food.com)

Ingredients:

• Coffee concentrate (chilled) - 1/2 cup
• Water - 1/2 cup
• Vanilla icecream - 1 scoop
• Sweetened whipping cream - to cover top of glass
• Chocolate chip or krokant - to sprinkle on top

Directions :

• Place a scoop of ice cream in the glass.
• Add coffee and water .
• Top it with whipping cream
• Sprinkle it with chocolate chips or krokant.

VITNAMESE ICED COFFEE (Adapted from allrecipes.com)

Ingredients :

• Coffee concentrate (chilled) - 1/2 cup
• Water - 1/2 cup
• Sweetened condensed milk - 3 Tbsp
• Ice - to fill the glass 

Directions :

• Fill the glass with ice
• Add Sweetened condensed milk
• Add water and coffee
• Stir to combine.

THAI ICED COFFEE (Adapted from steamykitchen.com)

Ingredients :

• Milk - 1/2 cup
• Sugar - 1 Tbsp
• Cardamom pods - 2
• Ice - to fill glass
• Coffee concentrate (chilled) - 1/2 cup

Directions :

• Heat milk with sugar and cardamom.
• Fill the glass with ice
• Add coffee concentrate.
• And finally slowly add milk in to it .

ICE CAFE (Adapted from allrecipes.com)

Ingredients :

• Coffee cubes - 5
• Milk cubes - 5
• Sugar - 2 Tb sp
• Chilled coffee - to blend the coffee till it is smooth.

Directions :

• Freeze coffee with sugar in an ice tray
• Freeze milk in an ice tray
• Blend it together with chilled coffee in a blender till smooth. 

COLD COFFEE (Adapted from manjulaskitchen.com)

Ingredients :

• Cold milk - 1 cup
• Instant coffee powder - 1 Tbsp
• Sugar - 2 Tbsp
• Crushed ice - to fill a glass

Directions :

• Blend everything together in a blender till smooth.