How to make Iced Coffee

How to make Iced Coffee? Forget high end coffee shops and make it easily at home in a fraction of the cost, and you don't need an espresso machine or cold brew. It is made in under 2 minutes using instant coffee.

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword homemade iced coffee, iced coffee with instant coffee, instant iced coffee

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 0

Total Time 1

Servings Serving

Calories 231kcal

Author Maria Doss

Ingredients

½ cup water
1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
1 tablespoon sugar
¼ cup + 2 tablespoons milk preferably whole milk
Ice to serve

Instructions

Add water, instant coffee and sugar into a microwave safe cup, microwave until lukewarm (10 to 15 seconds). Remove from microwave and stir until coffee and sugar is dissolved.
Pro tip: Don't make it hot! You need water to be barely warm enough, to dissolve the instant granules and sugar. This produces a coffee concentrate that's smooth, full of flavor and low in acid.
Let cool for about 2 minutes and then stir in milk. Pour into a glass filled with ice, enjoy!
Pro tip: Choosing the right ice is key! Crushed ice will water your drink down very quickly, I recommend medium or large sized cubes. Large ice will be much better, if you have it around, because it melts very slowly keeping your drink cold.
Tip: Refer above blog post tasty flavorings/variation suggestions.

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Notes

Coffee - We used Nescafe Classico Dark Roast instant coffee. Other good brands -

Cafe Altura instant organic
Starbucks VIA instant veranda blend
Nescafe Taster's choice house blend
Mount hagen organic fair trade
Jacob's kronung
Maxwell house original blend

Don’t reduce sugar – Sugar makes this taste delicious just like you would get at Starbucks. Reducing it might make it healthier but might also not be as tasty.

Milk – Use your favorite variety.

Don’t heat until hot – This not only affects the taste but also takes longer to cool down. Heat just until lukewarm to dissolve the sugar.

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