a Monday night posting

I hope everyone is having a nice start to their week. The weekend weather was wonderful here, but showers are in the forecast, seems to be the norm all of the sudden. Anyways, I am not sure if I have spoken about my love for iced coffee and everything that goes a long with it. I LOVE ICED COFFEE. I have tried to love hot coffee the way I love iced coffee and I can't do it. I mean, the smell of hot coffee is by far one of the best smells on Earth. My stomach however can not handle the hot. I don't know if it is because it is stronger or what...but it never has sat well. Perhaps the reason I can drink iced coffee like it's water is because eventually the ice cubes melt...adding water to the drink thus keeping the coffee from being as strong. Who knows. I have serious hot coffee envy during the winter. Sitting down with a mug of hot deliciousness, watching the news or playing on Pinterest seems so dang cozy! Not for me though, I'll take the cold with the cold haha. 

Point of post:

I am a member of a group on face book called "Green and Natural Living Lounge" and over the weekend someone posted a video from girlmeetsnourishment.com  on how to make a Cold Brewed Iced Coffee. I am sure most people who make their own at home do what I do, which is take left over coffee that was brewed, and put it in the fridge. My hubs brews a pot in the morning and I take whats left. However, I have seen many things on pinterest about trying it cold brewed. So far the way she does it here seems the easiest. I tried it out tonight and will post when I actually get to taste it! The only sad part about it, is that it sits for 24 hours...so I won't be able to test it out until Wednesday morning. So here is what I did...via photos. 

Here is all the gear you need: 

coffee of choice, fine ground (mine is nothing special, just my hubs Folgers roast...)

a 1/3 measuring cup to 1 cup of water ( I tripled the recipe so I used 3 cups water to 1 cup of coffee) 

coffee filter or two (she used 2, so I did as well)

strainer and your container.

  


First things first, measure out your coffee, pour into container and add the water

give it a good ole stir and let it sit about 10-15 minutes

  



after it has sat, stir again....look at that nice frothy top!

finally, cover it with saran wrap, a towel or in my case foil. 

let it sit for another 24 hours....this is the hard part














....and this is where I am at! If you want to watch the video tutorial, head over to her website and check it out. If you don't have time for that, then I'm sure this was easy enough to follow. I will post Wednesday morning when I go to make my first LARGE cup!!! 

Have a great night!!!

xo