Iced coffee
- Prepare
- less than 30 mins
- Cook
- no cooking required
- Serve
- Serves 1
Use this iced coffee recipe as a basic template and adjust based on how strong or sweet you like your coffee. It's easy to double the recipe to make extra, too.
Ingredients
- ice cubes
- 1 espresso shot, approx. 40ml/1½fl oz
- 100ml/3½fl oz cold milk
- ½ tsp condensed milk or sugar (optional)
Method
If you're making a black iced coffee, fill a small glass with ice cubes. If you're making a milky iced coffee (an iced latte), fill a medium-sized glass three-quarters full of ice cubes.
Pour the shot of espresso over the ice, then pour in the milk if making an iced latte, adding more or less to taste.
Stir in the condensed milk to sweeten, if using. Serve immediately.
Recipe tips
If you want to make your iced coffee with cold brew coffee, mix 35g/1¼oz ground coffee with 350ml/5½fl oz filtered water and leave in the fridge overnight (13-14 hours, ideally). Strain through a coffee filter Any spare coffee can be frozen in an ice cube tray!
Iced coffee is nice when slightly sweetened. If you don't want to open a can of condensed milk just for one drink, a little sugar or even a flavoured syrup would do nicely. Using full fat or even oat milk can give a sweeter flavour, and this may be enough.
