Iced Coffee

A friend of mine posted that she had tried a recipe for iced coffee from the Pioneer Woman's blog, which is a site that I find myself frequenting quite often as of late. I love iced coffee, but have never thought of attempting to make it myself. Being the often over-optimistic chef, I decided to jump in with both feet. A quick run to Target to pick up one huge pitcher, a wire strainer, a plastic glass with straw, and some decaf coffee, and I was ready to go!

My coffee and water mixture (a.k.a. the sludge).

After a overnight rest, the sludge gets poured slowly through some paper towels and a strainer into the huge pitcher.

The sludge being separated from the deliciousness.

When I say slowly, I mean slowly. This step took over an hour. After it all was finally poured through, the final product goes back into the fridge for a little more chillin'.

Look at all that coffee!

I could hardly wait for it to be cold enough! I did try the Pioneer woman's suggestion to add some sweetened condensed milk and a splash of creamer to make it a "Russian". 

Yum, yum.