How to make cold brew coffee?

  By BMX_creations-16 January 2021.

Make cold brew coffee at home! It' o easy, and your iced coffee will never taste watery or bitter again.

Cold-brew coffee-iced coffee

If you crave a good iced coffee in the summer, but loathe the way so many end p tasting waters or overly bitter, then there's only one solution: cold brew coffee.  This method guarantees a smooth and icy cup, every time.

Making cold brew coffee is no great secret nor does it require the ninja-level skills of a trained barista in order to master.  You don't even need much special equipment beyond a large container for making the coffee and a strainer.

STEPS FOR MAKING COLD BREW COFFEE

Here how it works: grind the coffee coarsely which you can do yourself at home or wherever you buy the beans.  Combine the grounds with water, then let it steep overnight, or around 12 hours.

During this time, the coffee slowly infuses into the water creating a strong, concentrated brew.  Strain the next morning, and you're ready to go.

 

Iced coffee

WHY SHOULD YOU COLD BREW YOUR COFFEE?

1. The slow infusion pulls all the great coffee flavor from the beans (and, yes, the caffeine-not to worry!).

2. But it also leaves behind most of the compounds that can make coffee taste bitter and sour.

3. This means that cold-brewed coffee is incredibly smooth and almost sweet-tasting perfect for iced coffee.

You can also adjust the concentration of your cold brew coffee, making it stronger or less strong to suit your taste.  Start with one cup of beans steeped in four cups of water.  This will make a fairly concentrate coffee on its own, own but it's perfect for pouring over ice or mixing with milk-or both.  If that ratio of bean to water isn't quite to your taste, adjust it up or now until you hit the perfect balance for you.

I also really love that this method for making coffee actually saves me time in the morning. I make a big batch over the weekend over the weekend, starting it on Saturday or Sunday night and straining it the next morning, and then start it in the fridge for an easy coffee fix all week long.

Homemade cold coffee

HOW TO SERVE COLD BREWED COFFEE.

Cold-brewed coffee can be served iced or piping hot dealer' choice.  You follow the same method for making the coffee, either way, ad then either serve it over ice or warm it up in the microwave for a hot cup.  When warming it for hot coffee, I often add a splash of water to dilute the coffee before warming.  But this, again, is a matter of persona taste.

Too strong for your taste? iced coffee does make a particularly strong cuppa joe! If you're serving it iced, the ice is meant to melt and dilute the coffee a little.  If it's still a bit too much for you, ut dilute your glass with some water or milk to taste.

Reay to give cod brew coffee a try? Below is everything you need to know to make your own batch at home.

TIPS FOR SUCCESS

1. Make sure your beans are coarsely ground Beans that are ground to a sandy powder, like for drip coffee, can result in an over-infused coffee and make the strained coffee gritty and muddy.  Your bears should like coarse cornmeal, or even slightly rougher.

2.Use filtered water, if possible: This is just good coffee advice in general, really.  Your cup of coffee will have a cleaner, sweeter flavor if you use filtered water to make it.

3. Steep for at least 12 hours: It's fine to cut this time a little short, but don't get too singly.  The coffee needs this full time to fully infuse the water.  Straining too early can give you a weaker cup of coffee.  Also be careful of over-steeping, which can start to extract some of those bitter flavors we're hoping to avoid I'd say not to steep for more than 15 hours or so.

4. Chill your cold brew with coffee ice cubes: Want a totally undiluted coffee experience? Make Coffee ice cubes to chill your iced coffee!

COLD BREW COFFEE

let's make cold brew coffee! It's easy to make, and it's so nice to have coffee ready to go.  This recipe is written for a 1-quart wide-mouth mason jar; you can scale it up or down using 1-ounce coffee per 1 cup water.  The quantities provided will produce about 2 1/2 cups concentrate, which is enough for 5 cups brew.

INGREDIENTS

1. 3 ounces (85 grams) coarsely-ground coffee (that's about 3/4 cup whole coffee beans turned into about 1 1/2 cups coarsely-ground coffee)

2. 3 cups water (filtered water if you have it)

INSTRUCTIONS

1.  In a 1-quart wide-mouth mason jar, combine the coffee and water.  Stir to combine.  I like to let my mixtures rest for about 5 minutes and stir them again; the coffee grounds seem to gain more water exposure this way.

2. Put a lid on your container and refrigerate it for 12 to 18 hours.

3. When you're ready to strain your cold brew, place a thin paper coffee filter or a small, thin cotton napkin, cloth, or handkerchief over a small fine-mesh sieve.  Pour the concentrate through the prepared sieve into a liquid measuring cup or pitcher.  Let it rest for a few minutes to let the last of the cold brew trickle down.

4. To serve, fill a glass with ice and fill it halfway with water. Then fill the rest of the glass with cold brew concentrate, and stir to combine.  Cold-brew concentrate will keep well in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, although I find that it has the best flavor within the first week.

NOTES

Measurements note: These are ounces by weight, not by volume.  This is always the case with non-liquid measurements. "1 1/2 cups coarsely-ground coffee" is the least exact measurement I can offer  (the volume of the ground coffee depends on the exact coarseness of your grind)-but it will work.  Just adjust the concentrate-to-water ratio to suit your liking as your glass of cold brew and you're all good.

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