Delicious Iced Coffee At Home With Seattle's Best Coffee #GreatTaste

It's summer, it's Miami and it's hot, like 90 degree hot. I want coffee but super hot coffee is just not an option. The answer? Iced coffee!! Now, I'm a recent iced coffee convert. I realized as much as I love black coffee, I cannot have dark iced coffee. It's too bitter. I need creamy, delicious iced coffee. We are on a budget since we are saving to purchase a home so going to a coffee shop for iced coffee is out of the question. So what do I do? I  make yummy iced coffee, just the way I like it, at home.

Having coffee, at least for me, is an experience. It's not grab the coffee, a cup and pour. NOPE! It all starts with the grocery shopping. When I want a serene, calming shopping experience, I head to Publix. I go alone. It's my time.

I stroll the aisles, look at the merchandise and selectively choose what I want to purchase. Well, I was super happy when I cruised the coffee aisle because my choice of coffee, for iced coffee, was on sale: $4.99!!!! I may or may not have bought 4 packages! Just in case you were wondering, it's on sale at Publix through 7/4/14. If you are a K-cup lover, this yummy blend also comes in K-cups and those are on sale for $5.99!! 

An hour or two later, I got home, unloaded my packages and started to make my iced coffee. This recipe is delicious, but there is a resting period so it's best to make the day before and you will have enough coffee concentrate for about a week!! 

Supplies: bowl, wooden spoon, cheesecloth, strainer and a carafe (or bowl with lid)

Ingredients: 

2 1/2 cups cold water 

1 1/2 cups ground Seattle's Best Coffee® House Blend

Directions:
Pour grounds into a bowl. Add 1 cup cold water and stir gently. Slowly add remaining 1 1/2 cups cold water, agitating the grounds as little as possible.

Cover, steep at room temperature for 12 hours.

Strain the coffee grounds through a filter. Store concentrate in refrigerator up to 5 days.

To serve, add 1 part coffee concentrate to 3 parts water over ice. Enjoy your smooth-tasting iced coffee with your favorite mix-ins or toppings

Yields 1 cup / 300m

Find this and more recipes here: http://www.seattlesbest.com/Publix

I used this recipe and added a little milk and chocolate syrup. Hey, iced coffee is my afternoon treat!! How do you like your iced coffee?

I’m participating in a Seattle’s Best Coffee® blogger campaign and received compensation as part of the program. However, all opinions are 100% my own. 

Reconnect Over Coffee With The Best Coffee Maker #CoffeeJourneys

Disclosure: I am a member if the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for Collective Bias, Millstone® Coffee and Mr. Coffee®.

Have you ever felt disconnected from your partner? I was starting to feel this way in my relationship with JC. Even though we live together and work together, I felt like we were drifting apart. At work, we barely talk to each other because we are busy working and at home, there are kids to take care of and chores to be done. I started thinking back to the days when we first started dating and how we loved going on coffee dates. We would sit there for hours, talk and laugh, getting to know each other. It was wonderful. I thought "We need to bring back the coffee dates and maybe I can recreate this at home?" Sure I could! I did my research. I wanted to purchase the best coffee maker for us and I set out to gather everything I needed. I went to Walmart and purchased 2 bags of Millstone® coffee and 2 Mr. Coffee® 10-cup Optimal Brew™ Thermal Coffee Makers. Why 2 of each? Well, maybe there's a little surprise in store.

Some facts I learned about the Mr. Coffee® 10-cup Optimal Brew™ Thermal Coffee Maker:

• Brews 10 cups in less than 7 minutes to ensure thorough extraction and full bodied flavor, which is considered by coffee experts to be the optimal time for extraction.
• You can pour a cup of coffee while the coffeemaker is still brewing using the Pause N' Serve feature.
• Ensure your coffee is hot and fresh when you need with the Fresh Brew Timer.
• Coffee is kept hot with the vacuum-insulated stainless steel carafe.
• Reduces chlorine in water by up to 97% with the built-in water filtration.
• Fast and easy filling and cleaning with the side mounted removable filter basket.

I got home, unpacked my machine, ran the first water cycle (as recommended in the instructions), grabbed my coffee (100% Colombian coffee is our preferred type), two mugs and I was ready!

                       

 

Coffee is a big part of our culture. It's a daily tradition. I've learned that coffee has a way of bringing people together. I have my morning coffee every day. Then I will have coffee at work and when that coffee maker starts brewing, believe me, my co-workers stand up from their desks, gather around the machine and we start chatting. When guests come over the house, coffee is ready and waiting. It helps people connect so I figured this was the perfect way to reconnect with JC. With my new coffee maker and coffee, I was ready and in a few minutes, we were ready for our coffee date night at home! 

The Millstone® coffee was smooth and delicious. As you can tell, we like our coffee black. Millstone® is a super-premium coffee that honors quality product and delights coffee lovers through exceptional coffee experiences. Millstone stands for craftsmanship and globally sources 100% Arabica Beans.

A variety of Millstone roasts and flavors are sold at Walmart. Some of the most popular varieties are Hazelnut Cream, Hazelnut Cream Decaf and Kona Blend.

This date night was exactly what we needed. JC is a incredible man and our relationship is very important to me! I'm glad we can now sit at home in the evenings to talk about our day, what's going on with the family and reconnect. Since I am in such a lovey-dovey mood, I want to share my love for my awesome Mr. Coffee® 10-cup Optimal Brew™ Thermal Coffee Maker and delicious Millstone® coffee with you!

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