The Daily Morsel

Here’s an easy way to have rich, strong, cold coffee ready to make your favorite cold coffee drink.  Use this concentrate for iced coffees, iced lattes, iced mochas, and frappes!

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Inactive Prep Time: 10-12 hours

Serves: Makes about 1 quart

Ingredients

1 lb coffee beans

2 quarts of water

Equipment

A large non-reactive pot, a pitcher, fine mesh sieve

Procedure

Grind the coffee to a course grind.

Pour the coffee in a large pot and cover it with 2 quarts of cold water.  Place a lid on the pot and let it sit overnight or for up to 12 hours.

Strain the coffee concentrate through a fine mesh sieve into a bowl, and then pour the concentrate into the pitcher.

The concentrate will keep for up to two weeks in the refrigerator.

Tags: beverage, coffee, cold, iced

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