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This recipe makes 1 Gallon of Iced Coffee Concentrate. You can easily double everything if you’re serving a large crowd. By the way, this is an awesome party drink on a hot summer day (or even if it’s just a little warm out, you should go ahead and make a batch).
I took my jug of coffee to my parents house for Sunday lunch and my creative sister Alla added a little extra condensed milk and poured it into a blender to make an amazing coffee frappe. Yeah it’s seriously awesome. It’s just as good (maybe a little a lot better) as the stuff in coffee shops that are $4-$5 a cup.
Be your own barista and offer iced or blended (don’t forget to put out a tip jar!). We love having this iced coffee concentrate in the fridge; it’s so easy to make an amazing iced coffee on the go!
Ingredients for Perfect Iced Coffee:
1/2 lb Ground Coffee (~3 1/4 cups)
8 cups Boiling Water
8 cups Ice Cold Water
1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
What You’ll Need:
Either a large french press or a fine mesh sieve with 6 layers of cheese cloth
How To Make Iced Coffee with Condensed Milk:
1. Pour ground coffee in a large heat proof bowl or pot. Add in 8 cups boiling hot water. Stir to get all of the coffee grounds wet then let it sit 5 minutes. (Note: if grinding your own coffee, don’t grind it too fine or it will go right through your cheese cloth).
2. If you have a french press, put it through the press in a couple batches, otherwise, Place the colander over a clean, heat proof bowl or jug and line the sieve with 6 layers of cheesecloth (this will catch the stray coffee grounds)
3. After the coffee is all strained, discard the coffee grounds and add in 8 cups ice cold water to the coffee. Refrigerate until ready to use. This concentrate lasts 3 weeks to a month in the fridge (it will likely be consumed long before that, but just in case you’re wondering).
4. To serve, fill a tall glass or mason jar almost to the top with ice. Pour your coffee concentrate to the top of the ice. Add 1-2 Tbsp sweetened condensed milk depending on how much of a sweet tooth you’ve got. I thought it was perfect with 1 1/2 Tbsp. Stir with a spoon until the condensed milk is well incorporated (it tends to sink to the bottom). Add a straw and drink it on a hammock in the shade. 🙂
Oh yeah… I just don’t think you could really over-do it with condensed milk (It’s just as good as nutella; there I said it).
So, iced or a blended frappuccino?
What’s your favorite summer drink?
Iced Coffee with Condensed Milk Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb Ground Coffee, ~3 1/4 cups
- 8 cups Boiling Water
- 8 cups Ice Cold Water
- 1 Can Sweetened Condensed Milk
Instructions
- Pour ground coffee in a large heat proof bowl or pot. Add in 8 cups boiling hot water. Stir to get all of the coffee grounds wet then let it sit 5 minutes. (Note: if grinding your own coffee, don't grind it too fine or it will go right through your cheese cloth).
- If you have a french press, put it through the press in a couple batches, otherwise, Place the colander over a clean, heat proof bowl or jug and line the sieve with 6 layers of cheesecloth (this will catch the stray coffee grounds).
- After the coffee is all strained, discard the coffee grounds and add in 8 cups ice cold water to the coffee. Refrigerate until ready to use. This concentrate lasts 3 weeks to a month in the fridge.
- To serve, fill a tall glass or mason jar almost to the top with ice. Pour your coffee concentrate to the top of the ice. Add 1-2 Tbsp sweetened condensed milk depending on how much of a sweet tooth you've got. Stir with a spoon until the condensed milk is well incorporated (it tends to sink to the bottom).
This recipe was adapted from 2 lovely ladies: The pioneer woman’s iced coffee and Steamy Kitchen’s Vietnamese Coffee.
Just what I was looking for for my Eid day open house. Pakistanis are crazy tea drinkers and I can’t be making tea all day long with two toddlers on top if everything else. I’m going to try a variation and add choc to this recipe. Really want something like that these days and hopefully it will satisfy the guests’ caffeine craving.
Let me know how adding chocolate works out, I’m curious now… I hope your open house goes well :).
Ohhhh this is an awesome recipe! I have a 12 cup coffee maker and wonder if I could make this using a coffee maker? Would I brew the coffee with 8 cups water and then add another 8 cups after it’s brewed?
I don’t know if it will be strong enough. If you are going to use a coffee maker, use the “strong” setting if you have one. I think this is best outside of a coffee maker, but I guess it can be done 🙂
Hi Natasha!
I just happened to stumble across your website while looking for ways to use up leftover sweetened condensed milk. I’m a HUGE iced coffee lover and was hoping to find something regarding this and that and was thrilled to see this! I make my own iced coffee at home and even though I don’t use a french press, I just use a regular coffee maker and just brew the coffee extra strong. 🙂 I’m wondering though, I’m not a milk drinker. I don’t like the taste of it at all. But, I’m assuming the coffee would hide the milky taste?
Anyways, I can’t wait to try this! Perhaps I will tomorrow!! 🙂
Oh the coffee maker sounds like an easy way to do it! I wish mine had an extra strong setting. Do you mean you don’t like the taste of condensed milk?
Just made a batch! Very yummy! Thanks!
You are welcome, I need to make some for this weekend too :).
Where can you buy those jars?
Winco, Walmart or FredMeryer 🙂
Started making iced coffee last year, and have my first batch for the summer in the fridge right now. I’ve only made Ree’s recipe , but I will try yours next. This might be a little excessive , but I also add chocolate syrup and half and half to mine. Yummy!! I’ve also used some of the coffee and made ice cubes. If I get really adventurous I blend the coffee with a few ice cubes and make a frozen drink. Add the syrup, half and half and condensed milk and you have a frappacino.
Oh yum! Your additions sound amazing!!
Great recipe! My husband also adds condensed milk to his coffee.
Have you tried to add the condensed milk earlier in the process? So that it mixes in better?
You could if you want to; add it in a half glass of coffee then add the ice.
Will it work with instant coffee?
It would work, but I don’t think it would taste as good. Maybe as a last resort if the store ran out of coffee. lol.
Looks and looks delicious. I can’t wait to try it, especially with summer just around the corner.
I know!! Just in time for summer. We will have a steady supply of this in the fridge this summer!
If I bought whole bean coffee, could you tell me what I would need to use to ground it? 🙂
You need a coffee grinder and grind it to a medium grind; not too fine.
It’s a nice picture of you, Natasha! I am sure that this coffee tastes great. Have to try it soon!
Thanks D 🙂
Genius! I love condensed milk and it would go great with coffee! Even though I stopped drinking coffee long ago, but I would have a drink here and there, sometimes.
It is a nice treat and the condensed milk is just the cherry on top!
Wow! I have been looking for a good coffee drink and this is perfect. I usually made it with instant coffee but it is way better with ground coffee. Natasha, you’re awesome!
Oh you know, that’s how I roll. lol. Thanks Snow 🙂
Another great idea I found on-line(to go with the iced coffee) to make some coffee ice cubes! That way it doesn’t deluit the coffee when it melts! Or you could just pour milk over the frozen coffee iced cubes, condensed milk(of coarse:)) and blend it! Yum! Love iced coffee! Gotta try your recipe! And homemade is tastier and lighter in the wallet too:)
Oh that’s briliant! I bet that would be especially amazing blended. I should put some of my coffee concentrate into ice cube trays!!
Whoever loves anything and everything WHITE CHOCOLATE at Starbucks here’s a surprise…it’s sweetened condensed milk with some additives. Believe me I know, my sister ordered a jug of white chocolate online and we read the ingredients. So save your pocket money and add as much of your “white chocolate” as you want at home without paying those extra 80 cents or so for an extra pump. Plus, its a much healthier choice cause your excluding all those additives. I’m a coffee addict as well so I’m always looking for ways to save money and drink healthier cause with coffee prices these days, one can afford a whole vacation at the end of the year just buy making their own cup of joe everyday, rather than buying it from the coffee shop. EnJoY!
I had no idea!! I guess I was on to something ;). So true about the cost savings! It’s ridiculous how much a cup of coffee costs these days!
Irina, I know you wrote this like 2 years ago, but I just wanted to say thank you for this information! I’ve been having a grande iced 3 pump white mocha soy coffee every single day for the past 5 months. It’s sad. Really. Thank you for sharing this!! I had no idea!
That’s just what I was hoping you would post next on your blog!!((((:
LOVE LOVE COFFEEEEEEE….. it gives me energy…….too much sometimes.lol.
I’m sipping this iced coffee while replying to your comment :D. It’s that time of the year where we transition from hot coffee to iced coffee :).
AAA! I love iced coffee! Beautiful pics. You can also cold-brew it which gives a better flavor–try it next time!
Although that does mean an overnight process instead of ready right away, so that’s definitely a plus for your recipe!
You are absolutely right Veronica, long way of making it, is to cold-brew it overnight or for 8 hours. I would try that option next time :).
oh man, looks so good. I wish that condensed milk had 0 calories 🙂 I also like adding dulce de leche.
Ooh thy does sound good! Does it still blend pretty easily with the dulce?
I dissolve it in hot coffee and combine everything together later.
Condensed milk does dissolve in hot coffee much faster :).
It looks so yummy! I am a coffee fan, and this will hit the spot. Definitely going to try this soon. I love the addition of condensed milk.
It will be a great drink at the party on a warm day :). I love coffee as well, just recently stopped buying all the artificial creamers, switched to condensed milk.
Iced coffee makes my heart flutter! Yum! I have a batch of Ree’s iced coffee in my fridge right now but I’ll definitely give your recipe a whirl. I like that it has less ‘wait’ time, for those moments where you can’t wait 8 hours for a cup of iced coffee. 😉
Trader Joes makes a great organic sweetened condensed milk in a sqeezable bottle which tastes great in iced coffee. The only 2 ingredients are milk, and cane sugar.
Trader Joes is coming to our city very soon :), I always go there whenever visiting CA.
Great to know about the condensed milk. Thanks! Let me know how my method compares to Ree’s I’m very curious. I know she uses the cold pressed method.
Checking back in here to let you know that I just made your iced coffee and it was just as delicious as Rees! I halved your recipe and used a French Press (x2), to make a batch for the week. THANK YOU!
aaaand I’m so very excited that you guys are getting a TJ’s soon. It will rock your world. 😉
I know! I really like that store; we just stocked up in Salt Lake 🙂 thank you and I’m so glad you loved the coffee 🙂
Yeah I like that one from Trader Joes
Hey,
Thank you for coffee recipe, I really really like the way you explained it, Me and my family this coffee so i’m going to try this one in upcoming weekend where we set together once in a week so this will be amazing can you please tell me if i use persian saffron in it ? Because i have purchased saffron in good saffron price that is why thinking to make a twist in it, this will be perfect or not give me some suggestion
Thanks
Debra