New Orleans Style Iced Coffee

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Well, here we are. Summer. In this part of the world that means cloudy mornings and foggy late afternoons broken up by wind & racoons. Mid day though you can expect a spell of nice sparkly warm weather. Wouldn’t it be nice to have something that gets you up and going and yet isn’t steaming hot? Yes, it would be nice. For quite some time now The Blue Bottle Coffee Company has had their New Orleans Style Iced Coffee at their stall in the Berkeley Farmer’s Market on Saturdays. Well, I have a gift for you, from them, right now.


That’s right, it is a wonderful recipe for the above mentioned beverage. Here’s what you’ll be needin’.
1 pound coarse ground coffee
2 oz. roasted and ground chicory
2.5 liters of cold water
1 fine mesh sieve
2 quarts whole milk
3-4 oz. sugar
Soak the coffee & chicory in the cold water over night at room temperature. The next day strain it through your fine mesh sieve. This should render you about a quart of concentrate.
Add yer 2 quarts whole milk and yer sugar (make a warm slurry with a little of the milk first so the sugar melts well).
Ice it.
Drink it.
Thank them, not me.
Blue Bottle Coffee Company
5002 B Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, Ca 94609
510-653-3394

7 thoughts on “New Orleans Style Iced Coffee”

  1. I heard it’s a good idea to keep fresh coffee beans in the freezer. Also, is it ok to grind them way ahead of time so all you gotta do is dump ’em in the filter first thing in the morning?

  3. I wasn’t ready for it yet so I put it in the freezer next to the pound of Blue Bottle Coffee beans that I ground up.

  4. Hey, cool! I honestly didn’t realize that iced coffee was a New Orleans thing until I went to San Antonio a few years ago and ordered iced coffee at a Starbucks. What I got was a cup of ice, with hot coffee poured on top. Not quite the same thing, is it?
    Particularly in the summer months (roughly April to October here in the Crescent City) it’s just too damn hot for coffee on my ride into work. Iced coffee on the other hand, really works. Ordinarily I don’t put anything in coffee, but where iced coffe is concerned, milk and a little sugar are perfect.
    Cheers!

  5. Generally not a good idea to store coffee in the freezer. It should be kept in whole bean form in a room temp, relatively normal humidity location. Freezing coffee changes the characteristics of the chemical compounds that translate into the flavors in your cup. Coffee begins to lose its awesomeness due to oxidation as soon as it’s ground, so do not grind it until you absolutely must, especially if you are buying specialty coffee. If you are making french press, wait until your water is ready before grinding your coffee. Bla bla bla. You should ask these sorts of questions of people at specialty coffee roasters and cafés.
    Psych! You play the seemingly ignoramus coffee drinker, I play the overzealous educator!

  6. A valliant effort but I have been drinkin bb for a looooong time and the n.o.s. ,in my opinion, cannot be replicated, my advise go to the market or the ferry building.