Tanya’s Homemade Iced Coffee [PHOTOS]

In April I had surgery and went several days without my morning cup of coffee. When I was finally feeling better, I went and made a cup. It smelled good but as soon as I took a sip I couldn't stand the taste! How weird?

A few weeks passed by with no coffee. Then I had a remote at a coffee place. The manager brought me over her favorite coffee which was an iced coffee with cream, sugar and a mocha twist.

I was nervous I wouldn't like it because coffee no longer tasted good to me and I have never liked sweet coffee, I only would drink it black or with a touch of cream. But I didn't want to be rude, so I took a sip. OH WOW! It was delicious!

I've heard your taste buds can change with time so that must be what happened to me.  I was stopping and getting one of those iced coffees everyday. Then I decided I needed to cut back and maybe cut out some of the sugar. So I made my own and thought I'd share with you how I did it.

Here is what you will need:

• 1 bag of coffee
• 1 gallon of water
• coffee filters
• canning funnel
• canning jar
• flavored creamer (I used sugar free)

1. Take the bag of coffee and put into the 1 gallon pitcher filled with water, stir.
2. Refrigerate overnight, or about for 24 hours.
3. Put canning funnel in canning jar.
4. Put a coffee filter in the funnel and pour cold coffee into batches to filter out all the grinds. This will take some time! Once done, store in refrigerator.
5. Put your favorite flavored creamer in a cup over ice then pour in your cold coffee. I added a drop of coconut extract too.

Delicious, less calories and less sugar!