Iced Coffee and Creamer (cheap&easy)

So, I love iced coffee and hate paying $3+ for a glass of it. I've come across a few sites of how to make it and my favorite so far is this:

You'll need a pitch or a bowl with a pourer, coffee grounds (the coarser, the better), water, brown sugar, cinnamon (you could even do some pumpkin pie spice), and vanilla extract. Put about 2-3 cups of coffee grounds, 4-6 cups of water, 2 tbsp brown sugar, 2 tsp of cinnamon and/or pumpkin pie spice (if you do both, I'd do about 1 tsp of each), and 1 tsp vanilla. Stir it up, cover it and let it sit overnight. This is called "cold brewing" I think?

Now for the fun part (sarcasm)... Get a mesh strainer, coffee filters and a bowl that the strainer will sit on/in (but not too far in). Stir the coffee mix up and put a filter or 2 into your strainer, pour coffee mix into filter and wait for it to go through. I use a new filter each time it drains through to help not clog them and make it a super slow process. This takes a little while- but it's worth it!

Store it in the fridge in mason jars, a pitcher, milk jug- whatever you'd like. I wouldn't keep it longer than a week or 2 (I wouldn't go longer than a week- but mine never lasts that long anyways).

To drink- put ice in a glass, pour some cold coffee in and either drink it black or add your favorite creamer and sugar.


Also a super easy and less artificial ingredient creamer is a can of sweetened condensed milk and a can of evaporated milk mixed up and stored in the fridge. I use a blender (the sweetened is difficult to work with) and add some vanilla extract. I've also made it with cocoa powder, cinnamon, and coconut cream-- not all together of course!! I'm sure there's other things to use to add more flavor!

It's so cheap, easy, and it tastes pretty dang good! I'll try to remember to take pictures and post them next time I make some!