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100 Days to a Cheapskates Style Christmas Day 46: Iced Coffee Syrup

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Have someone on your gift list who just loves coffee? Make them a bottle of this absolutely delicious iced coffee syrup. This is JoyofQuilting's original iced coffee syrup recipe, and it is amazing. 

It takes less than 5 minutes and costs around $7 to make, depending on where you shop.

Ingredients:
1 litre water
1 kg sugar
1 50gm jar Nescafe (or your favourite instant coffee)
100ml vanilla essence

Method:
Put sugar and coffee in large saucepan, pour on 1/2 litre boiling water and heat gently, stirring until sugar dissolves; cook about 20 minutes, mixture should be thick and sticky. Add 1/2 litre cold water and vanilla essence. Bottle and label. You need a big pan as sometimes when it comes to the boil it can boil over if you're not watching closely and leave a real sticky mess on the stove. This needs to be the thickness of ice-cream topping and makes a lovely refreshing drink in summer.

You can reuse any pretty bottles for this syrup. I reuse glass cordial bottles, you can get new lids for them, they're about $3 for a pack of 20, so they can be sealed up tight. 

If this is for a gift, make it up as close as possible to the time of giving, and be sure to tell the recipient to keep it in the fridge. It will keep for weeks in the fridge but it won't last long, it really is that good.

If you'd like this to be child friendly, use decaffeinated coffee.
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