Making Iced Coffee

Did you ever notice that the iced coffee you make at home just doesn’t taste as good as what you get at a coffeehouse?

The secret is using a coffee concentrate or “coffee toddy" that is created by cold brewing your coffee.

There are two main reasons that iced coffee from cold brew concentrate tastes better and richer than when you simply pour brewed coffee over ice.

First, brewed coffee over ice tastes weaker because it gets watery as the ice in your beverage melts. This issue can be overcome by brewing extra strength coffee – in other words, make your brew at least one and a half times stronger than usual. However, if you also want a smoother, less bitter beverage, cold water brewing actually eliminates some oils and acids found in hot brewed coffee that are not soluble at lower temperatures, so that cold brewed coffee tastes smoother and is also easier on the stomach.