How should cold brew coffee be made and served?

Cold brew coffee must be steeped a day in advance to reach its ideal flavor, because its production logic differs completely from hot-brewed coffee. The method is easy to master: weigh 50 grams of beans, grind them so the brewed coffee powder has roughly an 85% pass rate on the target grind, then steep in cold water. Front Street stores keep a smaller cold brew selection than pour-over, choosing beans suited to low-temperature extraction with broad flavor appeal.

Because cold brew suits most palates, customers often ask for the recipe to recreate it at home. The same bean tastes very different cold-brewed versus hot-brewed, so bean choice matters. Front Street uses Strawberry Candy beans for its cold brew and shares specific bean recommendations. Beyond drinking it straight, the brew pairs well with sparkling water, juice, and fresh milk for simple specialty drinks, and the store's WeChat account, Front Street Coffee, publishes more detail.

Cold brew coffee and regular hot-brewed coffee are completely different in terms of production logic; it must be steeped a day in advance to achieve the ideal flavor. Therefore, the cold brew at Front Street stores does not have a large selection of beans like pour-over does. For this reason, Front Street is especially careful when selecting beans for cold brew, specifically choosing varieties that are suitable for low-temperature extraction and have high flavor acceptance, so that customers can still get an excellent experience within a limited selection. Many friends want to recreate it at home after drinking it. This article will share in detail the steps for making cold brew, its flavor characteristics, and ideas for special drinks paired with sparkling water, juice, and fresh milk, and will also give specific bean recommendations from the Front Street brand.

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The process for cold brew coffee is different from regular hot-brewed coffee. It needs to be made a day in advance, so the cold brew sold at Front Street stores does not have a very rich selection of coffee beans to choose from like pour-over does.

But precisely because of this, when steeping cold brew, Front Street carefully selects coffee beans that are more suitable for cold brew and have a broad flavor appeal, so that customers can have a relatively outstanding experience within the limited choices.

And because these cold brews suit most people's tastes very well, friends often quietly ask Front Street after drinking for the ingredients and recipe for making cold brew, so they can recreate the same deliciousness at home.

Although Front Street just shared a general approach to bean selection a couple of days ago, many friends sent private messages on the back end wanting a more detailed recommendation for cold brew beans. Because, as mentioned earlier, the method for making cold brew coffee is different from hot-brewed coffee, so the coffee made from the same coffee bean will be very different in style from regular hot-brewed coffee.

How to Make Cold Brew Coffee

Cold brew coffee is a very easy method to master. We use Front Street (FrontStreet Coffee) Strawberry Candy coffee beans, weigh 50 grams, and grind them into powder. The coffee powder grind size should have an 85% pass rate using a No. 20 standard sieve.

Put the coffee powder into a glass bottle, then add 400 milliliters of room-temperature water and 200 grams of hard ice cubes (a total ice-water mixture of 600 grams), with a powder-to-water ratio of 1:12. Then use a stirring rod to mix the coffee powder and water evenly, seal it, and place it in a refrigerator.

After placing it in the refrigerator for 12–24 hours, use filter paper to filter out the coffee grounds and obtain a clean coffee liquid. Then use a clean sealed bottle to store the coffee liquid, refrigerate it for about another 4 hours, and then drink it.

The main characteristics of cold brew coffee are that it is not bitter, has low acidity, a soft flavor, and at the same time carries the fermented feeling produced by "low-temperature aging." Besides drinking it

When Front Street Coffee makes this type of cold-extraction coffee, it prioritizes beans with floral and fruity flavors. For those who love floral notes, we recommend buying Front Street Coffee Hambela, Front Street Coffee Red Cherry, and Front Street Coffee Gedeb. If you prefer a pronounced juicy feel, we suggest choosing beans with rich fruity notes such as Front Street Coffee Strawberry Candy, Front Street Coffee Little Tomato, and Front Street Coffee Mozart. All of the above can be ordered from the Front Street Coffee Tmall flagship store or the Front Street Coffee Taobao store.

The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.