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As a blockbuster product in coffee shops, cold brew coffee is one of the completely machine-free brewing methods. For many people, cold brew coffee is indeed the epitome of what a good cup of coffee should be, because it is not only easy to make but also offers multiple benefits. Below, let Front Street Coffee summarize its various advantages as well as its brewing method.
1. A blessing for caffeine lovers
First of all, quite a lot of drinkers are just as interested in the intensity of caffeine as they are in the flavor of coffee. If you want a quick pick-me-up, then you might as well choose cold brew coffee, because its caffeine content is three times that of regular coffee. This is because during the slow steeping process, the liquid has more time to extract internal substances from the coffee grounds, including the caffeine that keeps us energized.
2. Easier weight management
As one of the representatives of black coffee, cold brew tastes softer than Americano and richer than pour-over, so it suits the taste of most enthusiasts. In addition, studies have shown that caffeine can help the body burn natural calories and also support effective metabolism, so drinking a cup of cold brew before exercising can accelerate fat-loss efficiency.
3. Lower acidity
The original idea of cold brew is that under low-temperature conditions, small-molecule substances tending toward aroma and acidity are more easily released in cold water. In addition, coffee shops tend to prioritize lightly roasted coffee beans for making it, such as Front Street Red Cherry, Front Street Strawberry Candy, Front Street Butterfly, etc., so the coffee tastes light and mostly shows sweet-and-sour and juicy qualities.
4. The simplest brewing method
Besides the previous three points, one of the most attractive aspects of cold brew coffee is its method of preparation. Unlike other brewing methods that require tedious steps and equipment, at home you only need ingredients, a bottle, water, plus a refrigerator and a tool for filtering out the coffee grounds, and you can easily achieve caffeine freedom. Precisely because it is not limited by equipment or location, cold brew can be said to be coffee that people can obtain easily.
How coffee shops make cold brew
First, let's choose a coffee bean that suits your preferences. If you want the cold brew coffee you drink to be full of juice-like, sweet-and-sour, tasty qualities, then you can choose slightly lighter-roasted coffee beans. Recommended: Front Street Red Cherry, Front Street Sidamo Alo, Front Street Butterfly;
If you want the cold brew coffee to have a very concrete and very prominent flavor, then we can choose beans with a deeper degree of fermentation. Recommended: Front Street Sidra, Front Street Big Belly, Front Street 90+ Eleta Geisha; and if what we want to drink is something with a heavier mouthfeel, then we can choose some medium-dark or dark roasted coffee beans. Recommended: Front Street Queen's Estate, Front Street Huila.
This demonstration used the recent popularity king — Front Street Mozart coffee beans — to make it. The specific parameters are as follows:
Then pour in the target amount of water! Because Front Street used 80g of coffee grounds, 800ml of room-temperature water will be poured in.
After pouring the water, stir it a bit to speed up the wetting of the coffee grounds!
Then the bottle can be sealed and placed in the refrigerator to chill.
When the steeping time is reached, we can take the coffee out, use filter paper to filter out the coffee grounds, and enjoy the delicious cold brew coffee!
The cold brew coffee steeped with Front Street Mozart has a very full juice-like quality when drunk, with flavor notes of: grape, berry, wine, and a little purple floral aroma similar to lavender.
The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.
