Iced Coffee Recipe

Iced Coffee is a tasty treat that we all order in restaurants and coffee shops. It seems to be this mystical nectar of the gods that only baristas can create, but in reality, it is exceptionally easy to replicate without leaving a dent in your wallet. Here's how to do it DIY style!

Firstly, you will need to assemble a few bits and bobs:

• Instant Coffee (1 tbsp)
• Sugar (White or Brown) (1tbsp)
• Milk
• Water
• (Optional) Flavored coffee syrups to mix in later 

Now that you have your ingredients you are ready to rock and roll!

1. Get two glasses and put your dried coffee in one glass and your sugar in another. If you're a student like me and can only afford one glass then you can mix up both the coffee and the sugar in a single container; it will just take longer to mix in.
   
   
2. Boil up some water and pour about a fingers worth into each glass - enough to mix in the contents into an über concentrated form.
   
   Give the sugar water a good little stir until everything has dissolved and then add it into the coffee glass. 
   
   You can mix up the coffee a little bit here too. A recommended way of doing this without dirtying a spoon and causing excess washing up is to pick up the glass and swirl it like an elderly businessman would swirl a brandy while sat by the fire. Smirk and chuckle softly to yourself for added effect. Don't worry if all the coffee hasn't dissolved, that's what this next step is for.
   
3. Pop it in the fridge. 
   
   Some other websites suggest a chilling time of 8 hours. If you're naturally impatient for deliciousness then leaving it for single hour will do just fine. If you need to do some things to occupy your time then consider these options:

• Watch the Firefly pilot on Netflix
• Play this web game
• Do that thing you keep putting off doing - you know the thing I mean.
• Ponder some of life's wondrous mysteries, like where the hell are all the baby pigeons?

          Now that you are a more rounded and productive human being, it's time to reward yourself.

   4.   Remove your glass from the fridge, give it one more quick swirl (remember how we did it?)
         then add some cold tap water and fill it up about 2/3rds of the way.

        Now just fill up the remaining 3rd with milk, add a little bit off ice, a straw and any other  
        ostentatious drink gizmos you own. Add sugar to taste.

        There you have it, a delicious, perk-me-up drink that can be enjoyed anytime of year. If you
        want additional brownie-points/karma then make one for a friend! Oh, hello Pedagogic Pig, my
        you look thirsty!