Homemade Iced Coffee

Here is a quick and easy money saving idea for you. Want to enjoy an iced coffee but hate paying those coffee shop prices? Well never fear! Frugal Upstate is here to help.

Iced coffee is incredibly easy to make at home-it really is just ice & your coffee.

Seriously.

In the summer I frequently make a pot of coffee larger than what I expect to drink in the morning.  In the afternoon I take one of my tall drinking glasses, fill it with ice, toss in my splenda and half & half, then pour the coffee on top. Stir with a chopstick-Viola!

I do find that I like much more milk or half & half in my iced coffee than I take in my regular coffee. Not really sure why that is. Experiment with yours to see.

Now if you want to try a different method, why not try the Cold Brewed Iced Coffee recipe over at The Bitten Word.  I’ve never made it that way myself-in fact I only found the recipe while searching on Flickr for an appropriate iced coffee picture (that’s hers above-love folks who do creative commons copyright on their photos). I will be trying it this weekend though!

Want to try making something more like those frappachino drinks? You could always adapt this awesome recipe from Mom Advice on how to make a Starbucks frozen peppermint mocha.

Photo by The Bitten Word