Does your coffee have to be hot even when it’s still hot out there? It doesn’t make sense. Besides, there’s absolutely no reason for you to go to a coffee shop when you can make one in your own kitchen. In this blog, I show you how to make iced coffee at home with hot coffee.

Fill a glass with ice, pour in coffee, and add sugar and cream (or simple syrup). Stir and drink.

Most people think that making iced coffee at home with hot coffee requires cold brew coffee, but that is not necessarily the case.

With just a few simple steps below, you can make your iced coffee at home with hot coffee using your preferred method.

What is Iced Coffee?

The name will surely give you a hint of what it is. Iced coffee is simply a brewed coffee that is cooled with a lot of ice.

Mostly, iced coffee is commonly made with espresso because it tests strongest, but not to worry since you can use ice cubes to make your iced coffee at home with hot coffee even colder.

You can also make your iced coffee with Chemex Pour-Over Glass Coffeemaker (pictured below) or even a drip filter.

Method 1: Brew coffee then pour it over ice

Equipment

• French press
• Tall glass

Ingredients

1. 25g of ice
2. 175g water
3. 25g coffee

Procedure

1. Add the 25g of coffee to your French press
2. Boil the175g of water
3. Pour 50g of boiling water over the coffee and leave it for a minute
4. Add the remaining 125g of boiling water over the coffee and gently stir the grounds
5. Fill a coffee mug with 175g of ice cubes
6. Slowly pour the coffee over the ice. The slower the pour, the faster the coffee will cool

Method 2: Brew onto ice directly

Equipment

• Pour over brewer
• Paper filter
• Tall glass

Ingredients

• 150g water
• 150g ice
• 20g coffee

Procedure

1. Fill your brewer with 20g of coffee
2. Pour 60g of water over the coffee and wait for half a minute
3. Gently pour the remaining 90g of water over the coffee
4. Give the pour over a brilliant spin to unstick any grounds clinging to the filter

Other Methods of Making Iced Coffee At Home With Hot Coffee

There are other methods of making iced tea at home. Try the following:

How to Make Keurig Iced Coffee

When it comes to summer drinks, most coffee lovers heavily rely on iced coffee. But then you don’t have to spend a fortune on it every day, you can as well as make Keurig iced coffee at home with hot coffee.

What you need:

• Your choice coffee
• Sugar or sweetener (optional)
• Ice cubes
• Milk (optional)

Simply use your Keurig to brew a cup of coffee as you would normally. Add milk and sugar to taste, you don’t have to if you don’t enjoy your coffee with sweetener.

Pour the coffee over a cup of ice cubes and enjoy yourself. Make sure to use a glass that can withstand temperature changes since you are going to mix hot and warm temperatures inside the glass.

That is it! You just brewed yourself an iced coffee at home with hot coffee using your Keurig coffee maker.

Iced Coffee t Home With Hot Coffee Overnight

With your preferred method, brew a pot of coffee. Put the hot coffee in a jar and add your desired flavorings and sugar. Place it in the refrigerator overnight or for at least 12 hours.

Fill a glass with ice cubes once it is morning, pour the cold coffee over the ice, and enjoy.

By doing this, you can save yourself some time and also have a great and delicious cup of coffee in the morning.

You also have to take note that coffee cools quickly during the night and therefore, is simple to make it.

Refrigerate your iced coffee at home with hot coffee to keep it as cold as possible in an airtight container.

You can also use a pitcher to refrigerate; you don’t have to worry about its taste and flavor since the iced coffee will be nice and cold the next morning.

Pro Tips for Making Better Iced Coffee

Use these two pro tips to make iced tea at home with hot coffee:

Leave the coffee to cool first

Making your iced coffee at home with hot coffee will not work if you are in a hurry. We all know that ice melts much slower and therefore, causes less dilution.

Cool the coffee for some hours in the refrigerator, you will surely get a very small dilution when you add ice cubes at that point.

It will make a big difference when letting the coffee cool for 20 minutes before you add ice.

Coffee ice cubes

When you eventually become a frequent drinker of iced coffee, please do spare time to keep an ice cube tray of coffee ice cubes in your freezer.

This will help you anytime you want to make iced coffee at home with hot coffee.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: How do you cool down hot coffee for iced coffee?

A: Always prepare your coffee ahead of time and keep it refrigerated. Putting ice cubes directly into the hot coffee for iced coffee is also one of the best methods.

Q: Can you add cold milk to hot coffee?

A: No. It kills the flavor of the coffee and ruins what should be a lovely cup of tea.

Q: Can you put hot coffee with milk in the fridge?

A: Yes, you can, but you will have to use an airtight container, an example of a mason jar to prevent oxidation.

Q: What is the difference between iced coffee and cold brew?

A: Iced coffee is exactly how it sounds, daily brewed coffee poured over ice. On the other hand, cold brew coffee is made by softening coarse ground coffee for 12 to 24 hours in cold water.

To Wrap Up

You do not have to worry about how to make iced coffee at home with hot coffee. As you have seen, it is doable. What you all need is the right equipment and ingredients and your iced tea is ready at home.

For now, try any of the methods mentioned above and enjoy your iced coffee made from hot coffee.