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Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate

Easily make iced coffee at home using this homemade coffee concentrate recipe. Customize to your liking with sweeteners, spices, or milks.
Yield: 6-8 cups iced coffee depending on your desired strength
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Inactive Steeping Time: 8 hours
Total Time: 8 hours 5 minutes
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8

Ingredients

Coffee Concentrate:

  • 1 ½ cups dark roast coffee beans, roughly ground
  • 3 cups filtered water

Iced Coffee:

  • ½ cup coffee concentrate
  • ½ cup water or milk

Instructions

  • Add coffee grounds to French press container. Pour in water and stir vigorously to combine. Cover and allow mixture to steep overnight (8-12 hours) at room temperature.
  • Gently press down on French press plunger to separate grounds from liquid. Pour coffee concentrate into another container. Keep chilled in the fridge until ready to use.

Iced Coffee:

  • For strong coffee (1:1 ratio), pour 1/2 cup coffee concentrate and 1/2 cup water in a serving glass filled with ice. For standard iced coffee (1:2 ratio), combine 1/2 cup coffee concentrate with 1 cup water. Customize with sweeteners, milk, or cream as desired.

Notes

  • I use this French Press from Amazon
  • Infuse additional flavors during brewing process. Add vanilla bean, cinnamon sticks, and other spices along with ground coffee.
  • Pre-ground coffee can be used in place of freshly ground coffee beans.
Storage and Leftovers:
  • Coffee concentrate will keep in the fridge for one week.