Iced Coffee Two Ways
With summer in full swing and the days hitting 90s or more, it’s time for a picnic! Louise at Months of Edible Celebrations is hosting a virtual picnic and I’ve been invited! And to balance out all of the lovely food, I am bringing Iced Coffee with two options, straight for daytime and an iced coffee martini–in case the picnic lasts into the evening!
Iced Coffee Martini
To play, participating bloggers choose a letter of the alphabet, make something to bring to a picnic starting with that letter, and list all the letters/foods that come before, like this… 
“I’m going on a picnic, and I’m bringing:
A-Artichokes, steamed and dressed with mayonnaise
B-Baked beans
C-Cauliflower Tabbouleh
D-Dunkin’ Donuts with maple syrup and honey frosting
E-Eggplant Casserole
F-Frosty Summer Salad with Cranberry, Pineapple & Beets
G-Goat Cheese Mixed Green Salad with Cocoa Nibs
H-Halibut and Salsa Verde
I-Iced Coffee (See Below!!)
Iced Coffee
Sweetened Iced Coffee
Iced Coffee
Ingredients
- 1 quart cold water (cold water is supposed to produce a mellower, less bitter coffee)
- 1 cup finely ground coffee
- sweetened condensed milk (optional for serving)
- maple syrup or liquid stevia (optional for serving)
Directions
1. Combine ground coffee and cold water in half gallon container (ideally glass).
Combine Cold Water and Coffee
2. Let sit between 5 and 8 hours (the Good Housekeeping Research Institute reports that coffee may become bitter if left too long).
Iced Coffee Steeping
3. After steeping, strain through coffee filters or cheesecloth. Store in refrigerator.
FiIlter Through Coffee Filter or Cheesecloth
Strain Coffee
4. To serve, pour strained coffee over ice. Add up to a tablespoon (I used 1/2 T) of sweetened condensed milk and added sweetener to taste. Stir to combine.
Iced Coffee Served
And if that isn’t enough, you can take the iced coffee into the evening as a martini. Hmmm, perhaps I should have made a double batch!
Iced Coffee Martini Ingredients
Iced Coffee Martini
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 ounce vanilla vodka
- 1 1/2 ounce kahlua
- 1 1/2 ounce iced coffee
Directions
1. Fill shaker with ice
2. Add vodka, kahlua and iced coffee
3. Shake well to combine
4. Strain ice and serve in chilled glass
Strain and Serve Iced Martini
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Give me both, I drink all at one go.
Sorry for the late approval–this ended up in my spam folder. Thanks for stopping by–wasn’t the picnic fun!
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And I love each and every way my friend 😀
I detest hot coffee 😛 but your iced coffee kicks butt – love it!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
The iced coffee would help you get through a long study session just as well as hot–isn’t that nice!
Visiting from the Picnic Game. Love your iced coffee both ways! I don’t liking drinking coffee but I love it in desserts and bakes and for some off reason iced coffee is ok especially when sweetened so yes please 🙂
Yes, somehow it seems more dessert-like than regular coffee, doesn’t it? (You would know about dessert-like–I was amazed at the treats on your latest post!)
Oh, nice addition to the picnic! I’m up for one both ways. And probably more than one with alcohol…ha ha ha. Sounds lovely!
You will definitely have a fun time then 😉 !
What a fabulous post for the picnic game! My mother adored iced coffee and loved adding cream and watching it circle around in the glass. Condensed milk would be divine! Great post!
Oh a mother with good taste–definitely shows in her daughter!
a virtual picnic what fun!! And iced coffee is a taste of summer to me, I remmeber having it for the fist time in Greece and falling in love with it. I’m loving the evening time version too!!
A first iced coffee in Greece–sounds very memorable indeed!
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Hi, I am stopping by from the picnic game. Your iced coffee looks amazing! I cant decide which one i want, can I have both?
Most people do want both–I guess I need to make a BIG recipe 😉
They both look delicious! Definitely making a batch this weekend! Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks–hope you enjoy!
I will take a glass of each, please!
I’m hearing a lot of that! (It’s what I had, of course!)
Your iced coffee looks wonderful…I will have to give it a try! My husband is a huge fan of iced coffee. Sounds like a great drink to be bringing on the picnic…very refreshing!
Thanks–with the hot summer we are having, I was happy to learn how easy this is.
This looks delicious — iced and sweetened is my FAVORITE kind of coffee! Great picnic contribution 🙂
Thanks! I’ll be making it again soon!
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Hi, I’m stopping by from The Picnic Game. I want them both! I absolutely love coffee! Got to have a cuppa first thing in the morning before I could open my eyes!! Both your iced coffee looks so good. I’ll be having more than a cuppa at the picnic!
Have a lovely weekend!
Now that I have my post done, I an excited to start visiting the other picnic game participants. It has been such a fun event, I think it put me in the mood for a non-virtual picnic this weekend! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend too!
Great idea. Who needs boring iced tea!
I totally agree–no offense to any iced tea lovers out there 😉 I couldn’t believe how fast this disappeared!
A virtual picnic! What a great idea! I’ll have to check out some of the other entries.
Louise does this every year and I’m sure she’d love to have you participate next year!
Oh my gosh, Inger! I don’t know which I’m more excited about, the Iced Coffee or the Iced Coffee Martini. I’m sure I’ll be having at least one of each at the Picnic!!!
Your blog looks fabulous!!! This post is just perfect and I am patiently waiting to hit those blankets!!!
Thank you so much for joining us on the Picnic. It is going to be outstanding this year just you wait and see!!!
Thanks Louise. And thank you for hosting the picnic again. I always have so much fun!