I grew up in Rhode Island and I have been living out of state for about five years now. I don't know if other states have state drinks but I do know that Rhode Island's state drink is Coffee Milk. Rumor has it, if you go just ten minutes into Massachusetts or Connecticut and order a coffee milk people will not know what you are talking about. Needless to say, it was hard to come by in Philadelphia and impossible in San Francisco.

This recipe doesn't come out quite like the Autocrat brand coffee milk, but I got pretty darn close.

Step 1: Ingredients and Tools

Coffee Grounds

Milk

Sugar or Corn Syrup (I never said it was healthy)

Coffee Filters (3)

Pour Over Cone

Kettle

Drinking Glasses (2)

Step 2: Super Concentrated Coffee

There are multiple ways to do this step. You could probably use espresso if you wanted.

Boil some water and make a cup of coffee. Now, compost those grounds and run the coffee through the filter again with more coffee grounds. Repeat this three or four times. I ran the coffee through each batch of grounds twice before replacing it.

Each time you run the coffee through the grounds it will be slower and slightly less effective. It might be a good idea to reheat the coffee in the microwave between each round of brewing. I didn't do this but I think it might help.

Step 3: Sweeten and Thicken

I used corn syrup for this but sugar of any kind would probably work just fine. People say to use a 2 to 1 ratio of coffee to sugar but I went lighter than that, because I prefer a little more bitterness. If you are using corn syrup you can mix it cold but if you choose to use granular sugar you will likely need to heat the coffee on the stove to mix it.

Step 4: Mix It Up

The ratio of syrup to milk is really up to you. I used about 4 tablespoons for the pint jar glass I was using. It also depends how strong your coffee syrup is.