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There are many ways to make delicious iced coffee (types of iced coffee). From the more elaborate cold drip to the quickest iced coffee pour-over; there's also the easy-to-make and mainstream cold brew method. Cold brew has many names—Cold Brew, cold brew coffee, cold extracted coffee, cold brewed coffee, etc.—all referring to the same iced coffee making method.

In this article, you can learn about the benefits of iced coffee and quickly master "iced coffee methods and cold brew ratios." Learn how to choose iced coffee beans & iced coffee grounds. More importantly, you don't need any special equipment like a coffee machine, cold brew pot, or cold brew cup. You know, easy-to-use tools have always been hidden among the people, readily available. Let's look at the following cold brew coffee tutorial:

 
1. Prepare 50g of Front Street Coffee Butterfly coffee beans and grind them into a coarser powder (75% passing rate on a No. 20 standard sieve).
 
2. Pour the ground coffee powder into a sealed bottle and add 500ml of room temperature water.
 
3. Cover with the lid and shake well, then place in the refrigerator for 12-14 hours for low-temperature slow extraction.
 
4. After the time is up, use filter paper (or a strainer) to separate the coffee grounds. The resulting coffee liquid can be enjoyed immediately or refrigerated and consumed within two days.
 
5. Because this recipe uses a 1:10 ratio for cold brew, allowing as much substance as possible to dissolve in less water, the resulting cold brew will be rich and full of fruity sweet-tart flavor. You can also add an appropriate amount of ice cubes to dilute and chill it, making it even more refreshing and cool to drink.

Benefits of Cold Brew Coffee

1. Delicious: Friends who have seen the "Six Steps to Tasting Coffee" video know that most aromatic substances in coffee beans are lost during the hot water pour-over process. The biggest difference in flavor between iced coffee and hot coffee is that cold brew can preserve water-soluble aromatic compounds to the greatest extent, bringing the aroma you taste closer to what you smell.
2. Unique: Iced coffee made with the cold brew method has low bitterness and astringency. The flavor is rich, round, and carries a fermented wine-like taste.
3. Affordable: By making it yourself, you can use better coffee beans for cold brew. The price of cold brew coffee is also cheaper than buying ready-made cold brew.
4. No waste and eco-friendly: Use up good beans and blended beans from your stock, and the coffee grounds can be used as fertilizer, as well as refrigerator and bathroom deodorizers.

Finally, Front Street will share Front Street's cold brew coffee making method!

First, for coffee beans, Front Street tends to use light to medium roast coffee beans. Here, the juice-rich Front Street Strawberry Candy coffee beans are used. For the container, you only need a clean sealable container. Prepare 40g of coffee grounds, grind them into a fine grind (85% passing rate on a No. 20 sieve), pour into the container, then add 480ml of cold water, stir evenly with a wooden stick, and cover with the lid.

Place in the refrigerator and refrigerate for 12 hours, then remove and strain out the coffee grounds. The filtered coffee liquid can be enjoyed immediately, or you can pour the filtered coffee liquid into a bottle and continue refrigerating for 4 hours for an even better flavor and mouthfeel.

The Strawberry Candy cold brew made this way has a balanced sweet-tart taste, with soft berry and rose aromas. A sweet orange-like sensation fills the mouth, and after swallowing, there's a round sweetness of almond and candied fruit.

Q: What's the difference between cold brew coffee and cold drip coffee?
A: The cold drip coffee method uses cold water + ice cubes, dripping ice water drop by drop onto coffee grounds for extraction; cold drip coffee has a more pronounced fermented flavor. Cold brew coffee, on the other hand, uses a method similar to cold-brewed tea... coffee grounds are soaked in water, refrigerated for several hours, and then filtered to obtain the coffee liquid. The flavor is more rounded, and the aroma is also more abundant.

 
Q: There are many varieties of coffee beans. Are there any coffee beans particularly suitable for cold brew?
A: All coffee beans can be used to make cold brew, and the extracted flavor naturally depends on the coffee beans used. This is also why we recommend making it yourself; after all, cold brewing with coffee beans you like makes it easier to get a flavor you love.

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