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Homemade Iced Coffee/Big M (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by melbaboutown@aussie.zone to c/frugal@aussie.zone

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This is probably something you already know but a reminder doesn't hurt on such a hot day.

You don't need syrup or real coffee to make an iced coffee or Big M style drink.

Stirring instant coffee and sugar into a very little hot water first dissolves the crystals, avoiding the grittiness and unsweetened taste of throwing them straight into cold milk. Ice cubes or icecream optional.

If you have any icecream toppings or another kind of syrup those can also be a milk flavouring.

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[–] PersonalDevKit@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you want to really up the home made ice coffee game buy caramel syrup. A small dash is all you need to really make it feel like a store bought drink.

Got many compliments from friends with what was instant coffee, small amount of hot water, ice, milk, dash of caramel syrup.

Make a $4 dare/big m for a lot less

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It'd taste a bit like a Honeycomb.

Coffee syrups have a lot of flavours too but specialty price tag

[–] PersonalDevKit@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

They have the price tag of a spice. High upfront cost, but you only use a small amount each serve.

You can experiment with the others, but nearly all supermarket ice coffees contain caramel. Vanilla didn't do the trick for me.

I have an unhealthy dare addiction I needed to curb a few years back, spent months perfecting my home dare recipe haha