Cold Brewed Iced Sea Salt Coffee is a sweet, salty, creamy twist on a classic cold brew recipe. Easy, tasty drink for strong coffee drinkers.
This Drink is the most amazing cold-brewed coffee drink you’ve probably never tried. If you enjoy this refreshing coffee, be sure to try out my Cold Brew Coffee or Iced Coffee.
Sabrina’s Iced Sea Salt Coffee (Cold Brewed) Recipe
This recipe is one of my local hometown favorite foods. The base of this drink is a classic cold brewed coffee. I make gallons of iced coffee all Summer long and with the heat refusing to die down I’ll be drinking it well into the Fall season. What sets this drink apart is the perfect balance of salty and sweet, which makes every sip a treat. This chilly drink is ideal for laid-back hangouts or lazy afternoons on the patio.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon flaked sea salt
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 8 cups cold water
- 1 cup coarsely ground coffee
- Thick Cloth Style Paper Towels
Instructions
- Combine the cold water and coffee grounds in a large container.
- Stir and let sit for 24 hours.
- Take a couple of thick paper towels and pour your coffee through the towel into a clean pitcher.
- Add the sugar and whisk together until it is dissolved.
- Put the coffee in the fridge until you are ready to make your drink.
- Whip the heavy cream until it is thick and frothy, but not quite as thick as whipped cream.
- Add sea salt to the cream.
- Pour coffee over ice, leaving about 1 inch of room.
- Scoop about ¼ cup of the salted cream on top of the coffee, stir and enjoy.
- I like to add a little sprinkle of salt on top, but you can serve it as is.
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Sabrina’s Tips
Not sure what filter to use? For cold-brewed coffee, quality paper towels are a game changer. I used to rely on my fancy chinois, but thicker, cloth-like paper towels work better—they won’t pill or disintegrate. You can also use paper coffee filters or fold regular paper towels for extra strength. Just make sure your filter can handle the weight of the coffee and grounds without ripping while letting the coffee drip through smoothly.
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About this Recipe
This Iced Coffee is sweetened slightly with a whipped cream topping and flavor-enhanced with a sprinkle of sea salt. Coffee that is not bitter because it is cold brewed, slightly sweet with rich cream that is has a hint of sea salt to top it off. Yup, salty, sweet, rich, creamy coffee. It will blow your mind, or at least give you a new favorite way to enjoy your coffee. You can add some simple syrup or vanilla for extra flavor, making it even more delicious. For some other ideas, check out my Variations Section below.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Heavy Whipping Cream: The cream in this recipe adds a smooth, milky element to the coffee. If you like your drink a little stronger, use less cream. If you like it a little creamier, you can add ⅓ cup or ½ cup to your drink.
- 1 Teaspoon Flaked Sea Salt: The salt helps enhance the sweetness in the coffee and helps it to not be too bitter. It can be a little more expensive, but it is worth the investment. Do not use regular table salt.
- ¾ cup Sugar: The sweet element in the recipe. Regular granulated sugar will do but you could always subsitute brown sugar too!
- 1 cup coarsely Ground Coffee: You can choose any coffee of your liking. You can find it packaged or you can buy whole beans and do a coarse grind on it yourself.
Kitchen Tool & Equipment
- Filter: I used nice, thick cloth-style paper towels. You don’t have to fold them into multiple layers and I had no issues with pilling or tearing.
- Large Container: You’ll use one container for mixing the ingredients and letting it sit overnight. You can use a pitcher or a large bowl. It just needs to be able to hold 10 cups of liquid with room for stirring.
- Pitcher: A large pitcher will hold your filtered, finished iced coffee. Again it needs to be large enough to hold 10 cups of liquid with room to stir.
Can this be made ahead of time?
This recipe will hold up well in the fridge for 2-3 days. Just make sure to store the cold brew separately from the whipped cream, otherwise it will lose its structural integrity and melt into the drink. Make sure they are both stored in an airtight container to preserve the contents.
How to Store
- Serve: Serve this cold brew over ice with ¼ cup of whipped cream on top of the cold brew mixture.
- Store: Store the whipped cream and cold brew separately in the refrigerator for up to three days. This will help maintain the optimal texture and flavor of both components!
- Freeze: You can freeze this recipe for up to two months, but make sure to store the cold brew and whipped cream in separate containers. When you’re ready to enjoy, thaw them overnight in the refrigerator for best results.
Variations
- Boozy Whip: For an adult version, add a tablespoon of bourbon or your favorite liquor.
- Chocolate Whip: Add a teaspoon of melted chocolate or cocoa powder to make a chocolate version.
- Peanut Butter Whip: Add a teaspoon of peanut butter powder to the cream.
- Sweeter Whip: You can also sweeten the whipped cream with a tablespoon of honey or maple syrup for some more indulgent flavor.
- Dairy Free Whip: Instead of whipping cream, you can also use full fat coconut milk (the kind in the can), just remember to chill it first.
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this sounds so good. how do you keep the whipped cream? in the fridge or freezer? where can I find flaked salt? thank you
It really doesn’t stay. You just need to use it up for this recipe. I added the link for the flaked salt in the recipe card. Just click on it and it’ll take you to it. 🙂 I hope you enjoy it!
Wanna try it so bad. Looks so delicious.
This looks so good! It’s so weird I don’t like hot coffee but I love iced coffee
I find it easier to drink 3 times as much when cold, so I have to be careful haha.
I want these right now. It’s just noon-thirty here and I am already needing a pick me up.
Me too!
Sea salt ice coffee sound different and look amazing …Viva paper towel is strong must ry. Thanks for sharing.
I haven’t tried iced coffee with sea salt. It does sound good, especially with that delicious cream in there.
Oh the cream is amazing 😉
I don’t drink coffee or even like the taste of sea salt but I love reading ingenious, unique recipes.
This may convert you!
Oh this looks absolutely delicious! How strong are those paper towels?! Kaz x
Pretty darn strong!
I love Viva paper towels. And that iced coffee looks absolutely amazing!
Thanks Stephanie! I love them too 🙂
I love iced coffee and this one looks absolutely delicious. I can’t wait to try your recipe.
Wonderful! Hope you love it!
That iced coffee looks really refreshing, no wonder you love making it especially during the summer. And you really put that paper towel in to good use!
Yes! It was a huge help and made cleanup easier than getting coffee out of my chinois for half an hour 🙂
I need to try this! It looks so good!
I hope you do and that you love it!
I’ve been using cheese cloth but that looks like a great way to filter the coffee. I adore cold brew coffee now. Love that its lower in acid too.
I used to as well! But with paper towels you get the super fine filmy leftovers out too that can pass through the cheesecloth! 🙂
Im a coffee lover and I’d love it. Looks really yummy.
Thanks Nikki!
I’ve never tried the process of cold brewing my coffee. This looks delicious. I’ve got to try this.
I did it for the first time for a party for a client many years ago and now I have it in my fridge unless it is in the dead of winter. Even then I still may, haha. It is just too easy to make!
I had no idea that putting a wet paper towel under a cutting board would keep it from moving! That is so cool!
I know right? So easy and much safer!
Yummy!! I have been LOVING Cold Brew coffee lately. Its definitely a nice change from everyday “boring” coffee 🙂
I know right? I love cold brewed coffee, my issue is I drink it so much faster that I end up drinking a lot more of it!
Paper towels make things in the kitchen easier. I don’t keep them around as often as I would like.
They’re indispensable to me!
What a nice drink combination for a cold coffee. Love the Viva paper towels are so durable to help assist in your get together like this.
Thanks Vera!
wow this looks amazing. i could really use one at this very moment. lol
Thanks Dawn!
YUM! Salted coffee is my fave! Delicious!
Thanks!
These look really delicious! I also never use coffee filters, paper towels work so much better!
Yes! And actually I just rinsed it out and squeezed the water back out and used it for cleanup. Super easy!
Holy coffee ! I am craving this like crazy, i men I wish I could stick a straw in my screen and just sip. Wowza!
I’d make a cup for you anytime 😉
I LOVE Iced coffees, as do the members of my household! Will have to try this new twist!
Awesome, I hope you love it!
I don’t usually drink any kinds of coffee, but this looks really good. Those Viva paper towels are really nice too. I know they help clean up messes real nice.
Yeah the paper towels made everything SO much easier.
This Cold brewed Sea Salt Coffee looks so delicious. I am definitely going to try making this on the weekend.
I hope you love it!
Viva towels are so strong. I have been using them for a few months now and i will never go back. I will have to try this recipe. It would be delicious in the morning.
I hope you love the coffee! And yes, the towels are great!
Sea Salt Coffee sounds amazing. I will have to give this recipe a try. Iced Coffee is my favorite.
Awesome! I hope you love it!
Well I have clearly not been getting enough use out of my paper towels! Using them as a strainer is genius!
Haha it was a total time/effort saver!
Is is awesome! I need this coffee in my life every day now.
Me too. I just need it in one of those helmets with the straws attached so I can hold the kids and keep drinking it!
I love iced coffee and this is exactly how I make it! It’s so much more convenient than buying coffee every day.
Yes!!
I love Viva towels. With 2 boys in this house I am constantly wiping up messes.
Me too! I actually use these towels and have for over a year before Viva sponsored this post. I love them 🙂
I’ve never heard of putting a wet paper towel under something to keep it still. Hubby loves iced coffee, I bet he’d enjoy this one.
I hope you try it! I learned the paper towel under the cutting board trick from a thanksgiving episode on Food Network about how to carve the turkey while keeping the board still. I love it! And then I use it to clean up any messes after I am done.
This is awesome! I will have to try to make it, I am sure to love it. I am a total coffee addict.
Me too! I hope you love it!
Now that iced coffee sounds absolutely amazing. Gosh these paper towels have so many uses!
Thanks Liz!
Wow, this looks absolutely incredible. Great photography!
Thanks Crissy!
This looks so delicious. Using the Viva towels is ingenious. I will have to give your recipe a try.
Thanks Stacie! I hope you love it!
This sounds like something I would love. I love coffee with salty things.
The first time I saw it in the coffee shop I was skeptical. Holy crap is it good though.
Sabrina, this looks so delicious! I love anything with sea salt, it gives everything a brand new flavor profile! I can’t wait to try this soon!
Wonderful! I hope you love it!
Oh yes, please I need some of that iced sea salt coffee cold brewed energizer. I’m so into coffee, I have several types of coffee machines/sepresso/capresso/ machines. I will definitely try this and from the look of it, I need to try it soon.
Please come back and let me know what you think! Would love to know how another fellow coffee lover feels about it!
This looks yummy but decadent!
Yes! Definitely!
Iced coffee is a favorite thing of mine that I take seriously. I love cold brews, and pour over coffees so much because they have such a different flavor verses regular brew or syrups.
Ooooh please try this flavor 🙂
My husband would love this and so would any of my coffee loving friends! I’m more of a tea gal but this sounds great!
Thanks Jeanine!
This look so good!!! Saving this for sure!
Awesome, I hope you try it!
I have never been a coffee drinker because of the bitterness but I hear that salt takes that away. This creamy drink just might be the one that turns me officially!!
It really does! It is so smooth!
Oh my goodness. I have to try this recipe. It looks so good and I just love cold brewed coffee!
I hope you love it!
Yum! I love iced coffee, and this sounds like a winner to me. That looks so good.
Thanks Jennifer!
I am the biggest coffee fan there is. I am definitely picking up the stuff to make this today! Yum.
Yay! Hope you love it Robin!
This iced sea salt coffee looks to be the perfect autumn drink! I am definitely trying this recipe out! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome! I hope you love it!