When I have leftover cold brew, I pour it into an ice cube mold (funkier the better!) for cold brew ice cubes. A nice cold foam and you've leveled up to Amazing!
Omg I saw a Starbucks cold brew recipe on Pinterest and I recommend!! 2/3 glass full of cold brew coffee 1-2 pumps of vanilla Froth that half and half Lots of ice Enjoy! It’s so good 😊
Strong doesn't really mean anything..try espresso? If you want cold brew, you can tweak your coffee:water ratios, and how fine you grind until you find a sweet spot. People say they like strong coffee then they pour in milk and sugar so idk what they really want lol
If you're talking about strong in the since of how heavy the coffee feels in your mouth, then you are looking for any brewing method that doesn't involve a paper filter. This allows MUCH more oil from the coffee to be left behind in the water (be it a French press or cold brew) to create a thicker mouth feel. Same goes for espresso. If you are talking about strong as in caffeine content, then you've got 2 things to consider. First is that the lighter the roast, the higher the caffeine content. The downside for you is that the lighter the roast, the higher the acidity in the coffee. If you prefer darker more toasty flavors in your coffee, you'd go for dark roasts. Darker roasts will also have a reduced acidity to them. Personally, I like an acid coffee, but I know it's not for everyone. So you'll have to spend a good amount of time trying different brands with coffee beans from different places (I'm a big big fan of Guatemalan coffee for their smooth buttery flavor.) The second thing to impact caffeine content is how long the coffee is allowed to interact with water before becoming gross. Again, cold brew will win out in this regard.
I don’t faff with all the measuring other than I grind two scoops of a coffee spoon add to the mesh in my cold brew jar add 1400ml water leave overnight in the fridge. I drink mine with some double cream. I’ve been making this for about 4 years. I can’t remember the last time I had a hot coffee. I drink it all year round. I was ill for about a week recently and didn’t fancy drinking any of my coffee. I had a cold brew steeping in the fridge. I removed the grounds and kept the coffee. It must have been a week until I fancied a coffee. Smelt it, tasted it and drank it. I was fine no ill effects. So I now know I can keep my coffee in the fridge and it’s okay for at least a week. 😂😂 I actually make the drink daily. The coffee makes 2 big timbers full. What’s great is the amount of coffee I consume is the equivalent to I large hot coffee. Win win plenty of coffee and not having too much caffeine. With hot drinks you could easily drink maybe four or five latte’s = 8 to 10 scoops. My consumption is 2 scoops.
Why room temperature for 24 hours? A lot of people would straight away put it in the fridge overnight to chill. Is there a difference in taste if placed outside in room temp compared to chilled in the fridge?
Extraction wise? Not really. The "cold" in Cold Brew doesn't mean fridge cold. It just means you're not using hot water to extract your beans. Cold brewing in room temp yields no difference brewing in the fridge, but if you're like me who prefers the drink cold out of the box, go for the fridge route :)
I can tell you that letting it sit room temperature is a game changer. I used to put mine in the fridge, and it always came out tasting off. I let mine sit out at room temperature for 24 - 30 hours then strain it. I use a Toddy cold brew container or a glass pitcher which you'll have to pour it into a nut milk bag when using a glass pitcher. The toddy has a whole in the bottom with a plug you pull and it drains but takes about an hour if you're doing a large batch. Easy to clean out though. Anyway, try making it at room temperature then chill it it tastes much better.
@ethanrodecoffee How to know if my coffee is coarsely ground? I have used the pre ground coffee that I used in my moka for the cold brew and the bottom is always full of small grinds and the taste is not so store-like
You really should refrigerate it, even if it does take longer. Leaving it sit out on the counter in the danger zone for a full day is asking for trouble, especially without using any real sanitation procedure. There is a reason sun tea fell out of favor too and it is the same reason of food safety.
I literally just take a cup of fresh ground coarse coffee, quadruple the amount of filtered water, steep 24 hours, strain, and all good. No need for a fancy cold brew steeper, just need a pot or bowl and a sieve
because that will not be a "cold" brew. The cold in cold brew means you're brewing your coffee without using hot water. The extraction is noticeably weaker and takes longer, but because the coffee spends more time with water, you get mellow intricacies "infused" with the water, making your coffee sweeter and less astringent. This also works nice for stale coffee beans
Coffee Beans and Ground Coffee do not melt in water. You may be thinking of "Instant Coffee" which does melt. Ground coffee works like tea leaves. By sitting in water the flavor gets pulled out from the coffee but there is no melting. The reason it needs to soak for so long is because it takes much longer when not using hot water. The filter is to keep you from drinking ground coffee.
I am unreasonably annoyed at how many videos have a dog treat segment spliced in. I know im feeding into the bait even hating on it but man is it annoying
Water has a density of 1 g/ml, aka is does not matter which of the two you measure your water in, it will be the same. All that changing your scale to ml does is add an extra unnecessary step.
Why not? Better to use same units, and coffee grounds can't really be reliably measured in ml. Better to use grams, and since water is 1g/ml, you can just switch the units.
