Becoming My Own Barista!

I found bags of Newman's Own organic ground coffee marked down to $2 a 10 ounce bag a while back.  In my frenzied, frugal excitement, I grabbed every bag!   

BUT...when I brewed it, I realized it was a medium roast.  We don't drink medium roast.  We drink (what someone once said tasted like tar 😒. Lightweight. lol) dark, bold roast coffees.

So, I put those bags of coffee in Foodsaver bags and froze them.  I knew that I would use them, somehow, some way, some day.

For such a time as this...

The heavens parted one day and a blinding light woke me up from my sad, frozen coffee slumber.  It was then that I realized I was missing out!  All this time I could have been making my own cold brewed coffee! And so it began.

The DD and I now enjoy iced coffee anytime the spirit moves us, without spending the cringeworthy big $$$ at the coffeehouse or even at the grocery store.  Without even leaving the house.  And that medium roast coffee as cold brewed iced coffee? Deee-licious!  A perfect warm-afternoon-on-the-patio kinda drink!

I like mine sugarfree, she doesn't, lol.  I'm going to even start making a decaf version so we can indulge after noon (you know you're getting old when you avoid having caffeine after noon, lol!)

Do you brew your own cold brewed coffee?  What's your favorite concoction?  Please share!

Thanks for stopping by! ~TJ

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