Good iced coffee and cold brew recipes are easy to find and pull off, but these batches might only satisfy a coffee habit for a few days. To solve that, food blogger and cookbook author Ree Drummond makes enough cold brew to last a month.

The key to this big batch is a container of at least eight quarts with a lid and coarsely ground coffee. Add the coffee to the water, stir, and wait until it’s time to strain, but "make sure you have a fine-mesh strainer and some cheesecloth," per The Pioneer Woman.

Drummond’s instructions will give you almost two gallons of cold brew, and you have a lot of flexibility when it comes to using it. In addition to iced coffee, it can also be heated up for a warm cup of joe or made into treats like cold brew soda, coffee mocktail, and coffee ice cream.