Persian Iced Coffee

Author: Nadia Santa
Persian Iced Coffee is a different approach to iced coffee since it’s one of the recipes that require you to cook the milk with cardamom to infuse it with a pleasant fragrance and flavor. Make a robust black coffee of your choice and mix it with cardamom milk and rosewater to make your Persian coffee style.

Yield: 1
Prep time: 2 hours 5 minutes
Total time: 25 minutes
Cook time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Black Coffee:

• ½ tsp instant coffee
• 1 tsp brown sugar
• 1 cup water



Black Coffee:

• 2 tbsp crushed cardamom pods
• 2/3 cup low or full fat milk
• 2 cups cold coffee
• ½ tsp rosewaters
• Ice cubes as needed



Method

1. Take instant coffee granules and make your coffee with any method that you like. You can make black coffee or any other plain coffee.
2. To make simple black coffee, take 1 cup of water in a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Combine the sugar and coffee in a small cup and add a bit of hot water to the cup. Combine well. Pour in more water and combine well.
3. Make one more cup of coffee.
4. Chill the 2 cups of coffee until you need them.
5. To open the cardamom pods, crush them with the back of a spoon or between your teeth.
6. Over low flame or heat, place a small saucepan and add milk and cardamom to it. Cook for about 20 minutes and stir often.
7. After 20 minutes, the milk will have a nice cardamom smell. Then, pour in rosewater and keep stirring for 5 to 10 minutes while the saucepan is on the stove, on low heat.
8. When done, use a sieve to strain the cardamom. Discard it and place the milk aside to cool it. After about 5 minutes, place it in the fridge to chill it for the iced coffee.
9. In a coffee cup, add in 2-4 ice cubes. Then, add enough black coffee to fill 2/3 of the cup. Add enough milk to fill the cup.
10. Mix with a spoon and serve.
11. Cook-off with coffee!
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