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Delicious Ready to Drink Iced Coffee the Cheapskates Way - December 2018
Approximate Cost: $2 for 3 litres and lots of kilojoules
Everyone in my family LOVES iced coffee, but it is expensive to buy and my hubby can't tolerate too much milk, so I started making it at home. I get a freshly washed 3 litre milk container and fill with 2 to 2-1/2 litres cold filtered (or spring) water. In a mug I then add about 4 dessertspoons of instant coffee (Nescafe tin at $14.95 on special once a month); about 8 dessertspoons of raw sugar (about $1.20 kilo home brand) and about 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract (about $3.60 for a bottle), top up with hot water and stir to dissolve. Let this mix sit a little while to cool then add to the cold water in the milk container and top up with full cream milk. It is about the consistency of a very milky cup of coffee, which saves on the kilojoules as well. You can change the measurements of any of these to make your homemade iced coffee to exactly the way you want it, and it will still save you on the full price of readymade iced coffee, and can be made in a few minutes if you've forgotten to go to the shop. It costs about $2 the way I make it but even if you use all milk, it still only costs about $4 for 3 litres of delicious, ready to drink iced coffee.
Contributed by Denise
Everyone in my family LOVES iced coffee, but it is expensive to buy and my hubby can't tolerate too much milk, so I started making it at home. I get a freshly washed 3 litre milk container and fill with 2 to 2-1/2 litres cold filtered (or spring) water. In a mug I then add about 4 dessertspoons of instant coffee (Nescafe tin at $14.95 on special once a month); about 8 dessertspoons of raw sugar (about $1.20 kilo home brand) and about 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract (about $3.60 for a bottle), top up with hot water and stir to dissolve. Let this mix sit a little while to cool then add to the cold water in the milk container and top up with full cream milk. It is about the consistency of a very milky cup of coffee, which saves on the kilojoules as well. You can change the measurements of any of these to make your homemade iced coffee to exactly the way you want it, and it will still save you on the full price of readymade iced coffee, and can be made in a few minutes if you've forgotten to go to the shop. It costs about $2 the way I make it but even if you use all milk, it still only costs about $4 for 3 litres of delicious, ready to drink iced coffee.
Contributed by Denise