How do you make iced coffee with a Toddy?

Brew a batch of Toddy concentrate using the standard 1:4 coffee-to-water ratio, then mix the concentrate with cold water or milk over a full glass of ice, usually starting at a 1:1 ratio and adjusting to taste.

What is the best ratio for Toddy iced coffee?

Start with equal parts concentrate and water or milk, then adjust. A stronger drink uses more concentrate, around 2 parts concentrate to 1 part water; a milder one flips that to 1 part concentrate to 2 parts water.

Can you make Toddy iced coffee with milk instead of water?

Yes. Because Toddy concentrate is naturally low in acidity, it mixes smoothly with milk or half-and-half without curdling or tasting sharp, which makes it a good base for iced lattes.

Does Toddy iced coffee get watered down by melting ice?

Less than regular iced coffee, since you're already diluting concentrate rather than pouring hot coffee straight over ice. Using coffee ice cubes made from leftover concentrate avoids dilution entirely if it bothers you.

How long does Toddy iced coffee concentrate last?

About 1 to 2 weeks refrigerated in an airtight container, so you can make one batch of concentrate and pour iced coffee from it all week.

Toddy Iced Coffee Recipe (Simple Concentrate Method)

Once you’ve got a batch of Toddy cold brew concentrate sitting in the fridge, iced coffee is less a recipe and more an assembly job. No brewing, no waiting, just concentrate, ice, and whatever you like to top it with. This is the drink that makes owning a Toddy Cold Brew System worth it during the summer months.

What you’ll need

1/2 cup Toddy cold brew concentrate (see our concentrate recipe if you haven’t made a batch yet)
1/2 cup cold water, milk, or a milk alternative — adjust to taste
A full glass of ice
Optional: simple syrup, vanilla, or flavored creamer

Step-by-step instructions

1. Have concentrate ready

This recipe assumes you already have a batch of Toddy concentrate made. If not, it takes about 5 minutes of hands-on work and 12-24 hours of hands-off steeping, so it’s worth batching once and drawing from it all week.

2. Fill your glass with ice

Use more ice than feels necessary. A glass packed with ice keeps the drink cold longer and slows down dilution, which matters more with iced coffee than most other cold drinks.

3. Pour the concentrate over the ice

Fill the glass roughly halfway with concentrate. Because it’s already brewed strong, this is the base flavor of your drink before you add anything else.

4. Top with water or milk

Top off with cold water for a black iced coffee, or milk for something creamier. Toddy concentrate’s low acidity means it mixes cleanly with milk without any curdling or sourness, which is part of why it works so well as an iced latte base.

5. Stir, taste, and adjust

Give it a good stir and taste it. Too weak, add more concentrate. Too strong, add more water or milk. There’s no fixed ratio here, just a starting point to tune from.

Three iced coffee variations made from cold brew concentrate, with milk, coffee ice cubes and oat milk — Same concentrate, three different glasses.

A few variations worth trying

Coffee ice cubes. Freeze leftover concentrate in an ice tray so your iced coffee never gets watered down as the ice melts.
Vanilla oat milk version. Swap in oat milk and a splash of vanilla syrup for something closer to a cafe-style iced latte.
Sweetened cold brew. Stir simple syrup into the concentrate before pouring over ice, since sugar dissolves poorly in cold liquid on its own.

If you haven’t tried the Toddy Cold Brew System yet, this is one of the simplest everyday payoffs of owning one: a fridge full of concentrate and a glass of iced coffee that takes less time to make than it does to drink.