Coffee Syrup for Iced Coffee

[achookwoman]

Two years ago I developed a recipe for Coffee Syrup.  The good members of Forum Thermomix offered some suggestions as to how I might improve the recipe. Today I made a batch of the Coffee and incorporated some of these suggestions.  This is the revised recipe incorporating the changes, the original recipe has been removed.

Infuse 1 1/2 cups of FINEground coffee of choice in 1 1/2 cups of boiling water,  for 10 minutes.
Add 1 cup of raw sugar to TMX bowl and after 10 minutes strain the infused coffee in on top of the sugar.  I used 4 layers of Chux.  After 10 minutes I squeezed hard, with my hands to remove as much liquid as possible.
Bring to the boil on Varoma temperature ans boil for 3 minutes, speed 1
Bottle into sterile bottle.  Makes 1 1/4 cups.
It will keep for 6 months.
You may add 1 teaspoon of Vanilla extract to bottle.

Add  1 1/2 tablespoons of the syrup to a large glass of milk,  topped up with ice cream.
OR
Add syrup, milk and ice blocks to TMX and zap.

[judydawn]

Guess you could freeze it in ice-cube trays and use them as you need them Chookie.  Nice for summer.

[Thermomixer]

Good idea JD - used frozen chicken stock cubes last night making a cold pea soup.

[judydawn]

I am going to do this.  Will I buy a packet of ground coffee or buy the beans and grind them in the TMX. Muchy muchy I guess.

[Carrie]

Ut oh. I think this recipe will be dangerous for me, I'm a recovering ice coffee addict.   

[cookie1]

I adore iced coffee in the hot weather. I've taken to making a shot of expresso on the machine and putting it in the TMX with ice cubes and I even bought skim milk (we usually have hi-lo) so I can have lots.

Chookie, I don't take sugar in my coffee so I could make your syrup  without it couldn't I?  But then it may not keep. I think I'll keep doing as now. (sorry, thinking via the screen)

[Nay-nay]

Oh Yum! Thanks for that - I'm on here looking for lots of milk recipes - my cow, ClaraBell finally had her calf yesterday and we'll be in full milk production by the end of the week! 

[JulieO]

Oh Nay-nay, your own milk, how wonderful! 

[faffa_70]

Tenina has a coffee version on the Brownie Milk recipe on the blog and I think it has more sugar than this one - not sure  will have to do the maths but I make it all the time along with the Brownie Milk and it can be dangerous  I don't think it is the sugar that preserves it Cookie, as it is a cooked syrup - I could be wrong!!!

[cathy79]

Faffa, we have both the coffee and chocolate version of this syrup in the fridge at all times.  Much better than bought milk flavourings!

[cookie1]

I'll try to resist making it because if I do I'll only consume it within a couple of days. Even with hi-lo milk that would be very naughty of me.

[judydawn]

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]

So glad you like it 

[faffa_70]

Faffa, we have both the coffee and chocolate version of this syrup in the fridge at all times.  Much better than bought milk flavourings!

LOL so do we, I have to make triple batches (feels like every week and probably is!!!)

[riv_mum]

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