Not quite that time of the year, but I'd like to start collecting some recipes. I have an Aeropress and I've read that it's an excellent tool for making iced coffee. Anyone have any recipes/insight/advice?
I live in Dunkin Donuts heaven (New England). They make great ice coffee, and it's much the same method that someone else suggested. Brew the coffee with twice the amount of ground coffee that you normally use. Then, fill the glass with ice and pour in the strong mix. It will end up stronger at the beginning, with a smoother, light finish as the ice melts. I drink my coffee black without sugar, including ice coffee. I get similar reactions from the clerks at Dunkin Donuts when I order this, as you do when you tell someone you are shaving with a straight razor...
The other problem is if you like sugar in it (I like hot coffee without but cold with) there's the dissolving-it problem in cold coffee, so do the sugar when it's still hot.
Not quite that time of the year, but I'd like to start collecting some recipes. I have an Aeropress and I've read that it's an excellent tool for making iced coffee. Anyone have any recipes/insight/advice?
You might want to try a Toddy Cold Brew System to make concentrate:
http://www.toddycafe.com/
Just dilute it to taste, mix in sugar/milk, et voila! Iced coffee.
Typically the problem with iced coffee is that the ice waters down the coffee, so you need to start with it really strong to have it taste good, but the aeropress is very good at 'strong and smooth' so it works well.
The other problem is if you like sugar in it (I like hot coffee without but cold with) there's the dissolving-it problem in cold coffee, so do the sugar when it's still hot.
One solution to the watery problem is to use coffee to make the ice cubes.
My favorite iced coffee is 'Vietnamese Style', that is, mix some very strong hot coffee with a few tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk, then add ice. Now that is good. Vietnamese restaurants have these little stainless drip contraptions that fit on top of a cup, and take quite a while to work (thus the strength). Sometimes they use French-style coffee with chicory (like the canned stuff from Cafe du Monde).
It's also good hot.
I also use this to get coffee concentrate to flavor my homewbrewed imperial-style coffee stouts.
I live in Dunkin Donuts heaven (New England). They make great ice coffee, and it's much the same method that someone else suggested. Brew the coffee with twice the amount of ground coffee that you normally use. Then, fill the glass with ice and pour in the strong mix. It will end up stronger at the beginning, with a smoother, light finish as the ice melts. I drink my coffee black without sugar, including ice coffee. I get similar reactions from the clerks at Dunkin Donuts when I order this, as you do when you tell someone you are shaving with a straight razor...