Once you've mastered that, you may be thinking to yourself, "now what?" If you're trying to up the ante on your cold brewing, here are a few ideas that may help you get exactly the taste and flavor you want in your iced coffee.

Cold-brewed coffee needs a strong brew, especially when you're going to be adding cream or milk. Recommended coffee to water ratios vary, but you can aim for somewhere in the 1:4 to 1:8, range. You can of course tweak this depending on your tastes and find what works for you.

Switch up your beans! Most cold brew recipes will have you go for a medium to darker roast. But play around with different roasts and coffees to see which one you like best; a lighter roast might be more to your taste. Keep track of what you're brewing so you can remember which one your favorite was.

Just like with a good hot coffee, for a good cold brew coffee, you want an even grind and that means a burr grinder. You want to grind coffee for your cold brew fairly coarse, but you can play around with it to get the exact taste you want. Note that using too fine of a ground will lead to a more bitter, sour tasting cold brew.

A good cold brew should be dark and silky smooth. If you're using the French press method, you can filter your cold brew an additional time by pouring through a coffee filter to ensure you get all the sediment of coffee grounds out.

What's nice about cold brew is that it's already cold from the start. However, if you have a preference for adding ice, you don't want to dilute your cold brew. Solution? Ice cubes made out of coffee. You want to get really fancy? Make your ice cubes out of cold brew coffee.

What are your best tips for really great iced coffee?