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Blended ice coffee

A photo taken from above. On a white table cloth with a strawberry pattern, a red folded gingham cloth, a glass with a stem and a printed pattern, filled with ice coffee topped with whipped cream, and a silver coloured reusable straw, a pink small bowl with coffee beans, a few coffee beans have spilled out from the small bowl.
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It is summer, and the weather is hot, but you still have a craving for coffee. No worries, you can create this lovely blended ice coffee at home. The foundation to this refreshing coffee drink is the frozen espresso ice cubes. I use a large ice tray that are perfect for this recipe. If the coffee ice cubes are too small, they are crushed too quick in the blender and then you end up with a more plain ice drink instead of an icy coffee slush.

Photo taken from above. On a white table cloth with a strawberry pattern, a red folded gingham cloth, a blue plate with four large coffee ice cubes, a red espresso cup with espresso and one cup with milk, a pink small bowl with coffee beans, a few coffee beans have spilled out from the small bowl and a pink small bowl with runny honey.
Blended ice coffee ingredients

Making blended ice coffee

I often find that iced coffee is more bitter than hot coffee. When the coffee is hot, I like it bitter and drink it with oat milk only, no sugar. However in iced coffee I like to add some honey. For this recipe, add the sugar or honey to the hot coffee first, so that it dissolves into the coffee before adding the ice cubes and cold milk. Once poured in a tall glass, top the blended ice coffee with some loosely whipped cream.

On a white table cloth with a strawberry pattern, a red folded gingham cloth, a glass with a stem and a printed pattern, filled with blended ice coffee and topped with whipped cream and a silver coloured reusable straw, a pink small bowl with coffee beans, a few coffee beans have spilled out from the small bowl.
Blended ice coffee

No waste coffee

You will have the best result with this coffee drink if instead of adding regular ice cubes to the blender, add coffee ice cubes. And even better if you have made the coffee ice cubes by reusing leftover coffee from the bit of the coffee in the coffee pot that has gone cold and no one wants to drink anyway. Instead of throwing it out, pour it into an ice tray and freeze for at least two days, to make it frozen all the way through. Once frozen solid, pop them out of the ice tray and put them in a plastic bag. This way I can refill the ice tray again, especially during the cold winter months, when I might not want an iced coffee.

On a white table cloth with a strawberry pattern, a red folded gingham cloth, a blue plate with three large coffee ice cubes. In the background a red espresso cup and a pink small bowl with coffee beans, a few coffee beans have spilled out from the small bowl.
Coffee ice cubes

Substitutes

If you don’t have enough coffee ice cubes frozen, you can still make this drink and substitute them for regular ice cubes, but I would then increase the strength of your espresso to not water down the drink too much.

The recipe calls for oat milk, simply because that is what I prefer. However, you can use the milk that you prefer, using the same proportions.

Glass ware

These tall wine glasses that I used in the picture is a memory from my grandmother. When she passed away several years ago, I was quick to bagsy these glasses. There is no longer a full set, but I treasure the wine glasses and water glasses that are left. They are nothing special, they were her everyday glass ware, but they do contain a lot of memory for me. Whenever we were staying over with her, these glasses would be on the table for breakfast and dinner.

On a white table cloth with a strawberry pattern, a red folded gingham cloth, a glass with a stem and a printed pattern, filled with blended ice coffee and topped with whipped cream and a silver coloured reusable straw, a pink small bowl with coffee beans, a few coffee beans have spilled out from the small bowl.
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Blended ice coffee

It is summer, and hot, but you still have a craving for coffee. No worries, you can create this lovely blended ice coffee at home, using your rescued coffee endings.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Freezing time1 day
Total Time1 day 20 minutes
Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Keyword: coffee, creamy
Servings: 1 tall glas

Ingredients

  • 200 ml espresso coffee
  • 100 ml oat milk or any other milk variation
  • 4 large coffee ice cubes made from espresso
  • 2 tsp honey

Optional

  • whipped cream

Instructions

  • Start at least 24 hours before and make the coffee ice cubes. Make espresso to your desired intensity.
  • Let it cool, then pour it into a large ice tray and leave in the freezer for at least 24 hours.
  • Make the espresso. I use a stove top mocca maker, but you can make it in any coffee maker you have.
  • Let the coffee cool slightly before adding it to your blender with oat milk and honey.
  • Lastly add the coffee ice cubes.
  • Secure the lid of your blender and blend on high speed for one to two minutes.
  • Pour into a glass.
  • If using whipped cream, whip it up and top up the glass.

Notes

I use left over coffee to make the coffee ice cubes and save them throughout the spring, to have them ready for summer. Once they are frozen in the ice cube tray, I pop them out and keep them in a plastic bag in the freezer.
Adjust the strength of your coffee based on your taste. I like a my coffee strong so this is the perfect amount for me.
Add flavours to your coffee, either in the blender before mixing it, or to the bottom of your glass before pouring the coffee on to, then stir with a spoon.

Variations

Add whichever flavouring you prefer to your coffee blend. Either as an art statement along the edges of the glass, before pouring in the blended coffee. Or pour the flavouring into the blender and let it blend properly with the coffee before pouring it in a tall glass.