This Iced Coffee Recipe is so easy to make, and even more delicious than what you can buy at Starbucks! If you’ve ever wondered how to make iced coffee at home, you’ve come to the right place. This Cold Brew Coffee recipe is EASY, delicious, perfectly sweet, and so addicting. Having a glass of this Homemade Iced Coffee Recipe is the best way to start your day.
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How to Make Iced Coffee at Home
Making Homemade Iced Coffee is so much easier than you think. There are lots of recipes for how to make Iced Coffee on the internet, but I happen to think ours is the BEST ICED COFFEE RECIPE you’ll ever try.
We have a few little secret tips and tricks that will take you from pretty good to AMAZING and start your day with just the right amount of sweetness and caffeine first thing in the morning.
This Iced Coffee Recipe is my go-to Coffee Recipe and also my favorite thing to make in bulk for new moms!!
Iced Coffee Recipe
I’m not going to try to make you do anything complicated with this Iced Coffee Recipe. I want things to be EASY and SIMPLE, especially in the morning. I am NOT a morning person, and coffee is something I need right away to even be pleasant to those around me.
Even though we aren’t going to be doing anything super stressful, I’m also not going to let you use chilled brewed coffee. We are better than that, come on!
Homemade Cold Brew Coffee
This Cold Brew Coffee Recipe is as simple as letting your favorite coffee grounds soak in water overnight, straining in the morning, and then mixing with our favorite perfect homemade creamer.
You can use as little or as much as you want, to make this Iced Coffee exactly how you like it. You can keep the creamer and cold brew separate in the fridge and enjoy every morning. Sounds awesome, right?
Easy Iced Coffee Recipe
You can pour over ice or make coffee ice cubes (just freeze brewed coffee in cute ice cube trays and you’re in business!) and you’re ready to rock any day.
Our creamer is an amazing mixture of half and half (milk and cream) and sweetened condensed milk. SHHHHHH! Don’t tell anyone. It can be our little secret.
It’s SO GOOD, creamy, and just the right touch of sweetness. Apart from the sweetened creamer, we aren’t going to add any extra sugar or sweetener to this coffee. Awesome, right?
You have what it takes to learn how to make iced coffee at home. What are you waiting for?!
The Best Iced Coffee at Home
A great cup of coffee is the perfect way to start any and every day. Some mornings I just simply don’t want hot coffee…I want it cold!
Summer will be here before we know it, and we all need the ultimate easy Iced Coffee Recipe to keep ourselves perky, alert, and productive. I’m so glad you’ve found this one!
If you want to love mornings even more, be sure to check out some of our favorite breakfast recipes, like Ham and Cheese Breakfast Casserole or Baked Breakfast Sliders. If a smoothie is more your speed, take a stab at our Glowing Skin Smoothie or Simple Mango Smoothie!
We LOVE Iced Coffee first thing in the morning! Check out some other variations like Caramel Frappuccino, Thai Iced Coffee, or this Iced Honey Flat White.
Be sure to watch the video on How to Make Iced Coffee at home! This Iced Coffee Recipe is the best!
More Coffee Recipes
We love this Iced Coffee Recipe, but once you learn how to make iced coffee, be sure to check out of our caffeine filled favorites as well.
If you make this recipe be sure to upload a photo in the comment section below or leave a rating. Enjoy!
How To Make Iced Coffee (Iced Coffee Recipe)
Ingredients
For the Iced Coffee:
- 8 ounces dark roast coffee grounds
- 4 quarts filtered water or tap water
For the Sweetened Homemade Creamer:
- 1/2 cup heavy cream or half and half
- 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
Optional addins
- coffee syrups
- sugar
- caramel
- chocolate syrup
- cinnamon
Instructions
For the Coffee:
- Pour half the water in two half-gallon pitchers. Sprinkle 4 ounces ground coffee over the water in both pitchers. Cover and let sit 30 minutes; after 30 minutes, stir.
- Cover again and let sit at room temperature overnight.
- Line a fine mesh strainer with a double layer of fine cheesecloth or a coffee filter set over a large bowl or pitcher. Pour the coffee mixture through the strainer and allow the liquid to run through. The coffee mixture will take several minutes to strain, and will need to be done about 2 cups at a time. When finished, discard the coffee grounds.
- Pour the strained coffee in a covered container in the fridge until cooled.
For the Homemade Sweetened Creamer:
- In a pitcher or bowl whisk together the heavy cream and sweetened condensed milk. Store in the fridge in an airtight container until ready for use.
To assemble your iced coffee:
- Fill a glass with ice (or better yet, coffee ice!). Pour 3/4 full with coffee. Fill the remaining 1/4 with the creamer mixture. If you prefer a sweeter and creamier iced coffee you can do equal parts instead.
- Add in optional add-ins if desired.
- Enjoy!
Last step! Don’t forget to show me a pic of what you made! Upload an image or tag me @thecookierookie on Instagram!
Nutrition Information
How long does the black coffee keep in the fridge?
I would say about 3-4 days!
During the winter when I make a full pot of coffee, and it doesn’t all get used, I pour it into ice cube trays, freeze it and store the cubes in ziploc bags till summer. Then use those coffee cubes instead of plain water, so as they melt you keep drinking coffee instead of watered down coffee. I do the same with tea.
That’s such a great tip!!
Is the 8 oz of coffee grounds in weight? Or dry volume (8 oz = 1 cup)?
Why make iced coffee and then add regular ice cubes? I make a full pot of chocolate flavoured coffee and allow it to go cold. I then pour it into ice cube trays and freeze it. It makes 5 full trays of ice cubes. Then when you have your iced coffee it never dilutes into watery dregs at the end. I do the same thing when I make iced tea.
What is the best brand of coffee that you would recommend for this?
Wouldn’t it be easier to put the grounds in a filter and swaddle them in cheesecloth and leave that in the water overnight?
Want to try this recipe but am confused. Your directions call for coffee grounds but the video looks like you are using coffee beans. Is it grounds or beans? Thanks for the directions….can’t wait to try.
Hey! I’m so sorry…that’s an error in the video that I’m actually having redone. You use GROUNDS, not beans. SO sorry for the confusion! Thanks for saying something :)
Also, dark roast has WAY less caffeine than light roast. FYI! =)
Where is the video to this besides on YouTube? I need some videos on cold brew and ice coffee alone with the recipes to post on FB. Other recipes I see on FB doesn’t come from YT and it gives a link to this site.
I haven’t posted this video except on youtube and the blog :) Have a great night!
Just in time for it to start getting warm out. I’m trying this!
Exactly! I ordered my first iced coffee of the season last week and knew it was time to learn!
I neeeeed this!!!!!!
Looks fantastic!
Thank you!