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Your Nutritionista: Breakfast: Cold Toddy

Iced coffee is one of those things I let myself have occasionally — when I’m really tired. It’s not that I think there’s anything bad about it, I’m just sensitive to caffeine. This morning was an iced coffee morning.

I always drink my coffee or black tea (hot or cold) with cinnamon and…

You can cold-brew your own coffee at home without any special tools - the new york times published this a while ago…

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/27/dining/276drex.html

we’ve tweaked the recipe a bit to suit our tastes…  

* 1c coarse grounds to 4.5 cups of water.  
* Steep for 12-24 hours.  
* Strain (we used paper towels to strain through - it goes faster!).  
* Return to huge mason jar and mix with 3 cups plain water.  

You can drink it at this point, or if you let it sit a while - it seems to combine better…

we use some crazy coffee that thedept gets from TM Ward in Chatham, NJ.  its so good that this former starbucks/crumbs/sleep addict takes a few extra minutes each morning to prep it at home and bring it with me rather than buying it.