Coffee Syrup for Iced Coffee

[cathy79]

Where can I find the chocolate version? My kids love chocolate milk.

Here is my review, and the link to Tenina's "Brownie Milk" is there.

http://www.forumthermomix.com/index.php?topic=2084.0

[Thermomixer]

Check here http://thermorecipes.blogspot.com/2009/10/summer-drinks-series.html

[Snoozie]

hehe I take it you don't use instant coffee? lol

I am not a coffee connoisseur so excuse the silly question!

[Carrie]

I've done it twice with instant, turned out fine, Susan! I made it again this morning, (did you see my FB post and it made you want it? lol) but it seems I can't stand much caffeine at all since I've cut right back and I didn't enjoy it. Ah well, DP can drink it.

[Ceejay]

I also tend to add a teaspoon of homemade vanilla extract to the syrup... Mmmmmmm 

[Snoozie]

hehe yes Carrie you temptress you.

CeeJay.... I still have to pick my Beans up from Wems lmao  Road trip when we get back from London sounds about right. hehe

[Ceejay]

CeeJay.... I still have to pick my Beans up from Wems lmao  Road trip when we get back from London sounds about right. hehe

I found Aus post ok in this instance (overnight) so I suggest that.

[Snoozie]

But then I don't get to annoy the crap outta her and eat her cupcakesmeet her and say hi!!!

hehehe

[debetha]

An old post I know but summer is here...
Not sure what I did wrong - added a cup of boiling water to my 1 1/2 cups freshly ground coffee, and strained off only a trickle of water after the 10 mins
So added another cup of boilignwater - but should it have worked the first time? Assuming that I should have had roughly a cup of strained coffee for it to make 1.25 cups syrup?
Placenta brain??!! 

[judydawn]

I love this in summer debetha.  I also had a bit of a problem with the straining of the liquid as you will see below in my comment on this thread.  So, what I do now is after the 10 minutes of standing time, I add another 1/2 cup of boiling water to the coffee mixture then strain this back into the bowl (using a chux lined sieve to keep the dregs out).

I have just made a batch of this Chookie. I think I made the mistake of straining the coffee back into the TM bowl through a sieve instead of something finer like a chux-lined sieve as our first drink was very gritty (it had dregs like you find in the tray of a coffee machine).  So I added another 1/2 cup boiling water to the existing mixture so that it wasn't as thick and strained this lot through the chux. It was a perfect glass of iced coffee with the sweetness level being just right for us.  After a couple of large glasses each  I filled a 300ml bottle with the syrup and as it lasts a month, don't think I need to freeze any of this lot - I'm sure it will all be gone within the month. Best iced-coffee I've had in a long while and I am keeping this in mind for whenever I do a TMX hamper in the future. Thanks so much for the posting Chookie 

[achookwoman]

Do you think I should change the original recipe to make it 1 1/2 cups of boiling water.?

[judydawn]

It could be that the coffee we use affects the outcome Chookie, how do you get on with only 1 cup of water in yours?

[debetha]

It is very very tasty though. Thanks for the input jd, that is basically what I did, including using a chux. Might be the grind of the coffee?Getting thru lots of milk here! Thanks for the recipe chookie!

[judydawn]

I'm just remembering that Chookie has a coffee maker so hers may grind finer than the Harris Dark Roast Coarse Grind Plunger Coffee that I use. What did you use debetha?  Would this be the case Chookie and the reason why I need to add more boiling water than you?

[debetha]

We have a sunbeam grinder, used a mid setting but can easily adjust. Would worry that the sludge would get thru a  chux if too fine ( e chux I used seemed to have pretty large holes!)
Cheers
Deb