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iced coffee

I know I previously claimed that I don’t drink iced coffee in cold weather. I was pretty adamant about it, in fact. But I’m a liar. I do drink it in fall and wintry weather, and the older I get, the more I prefer my coffee strong and cold (like RP once said, is just the way she likes her mens). I’m getting off topic.

Lately, I’ve been trying to knock off my Caribou habit because it’s really just ridiculous how much dinero I spend there. One of the ways I’m trying to do this is to brew my own iced coffee at home. If I have the time, I make coffee-ice cubes… but usually I don’t have the patience to brew two pots of coffee. ‘CAUSE I’M LAZY, PEOPLE… THAT’S WHY. So I was surfin’ the Internets for some other ideas, and I came across Matt Yglesias’s suggestion, via the Internet Food Association (via Serious Eats):

What you need to do is fill a pitcher with a mixture of water and coffee (if you’re grinding your own, aim for a coarse grind) in a ratio of about 1 cup of coffee to about 4.5 cups of water. Stir it up to mix, and stick it in the fridge for, ideally, a 12 hour overnight brew. In the morning, strain the mixture. If your strainer isn’t fine-meshed enough (mine isn’t) you can supplement it with a paper coffee filter. Now you’ve got a delicious pitcher of coffee concentrate. Pour some over an ice cube and enjoy! Most authorities I’ve consulted actually suggest that you dilute the concentrate with some water or milk. I don’t, personally, find that to be necessary since the cold-brewing process leaves you with a coffee that’s all singing flavors and no acid and bitterness, but who am I to contradict the authorities if that’s how you prefer to drink it.

Yum. Sounds like it’ll hit the spot. I shall try it on Sunday… without milk. Milk is for losers and for people that can tolerate their lactose.

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