How do you make cold brew coffee at home?

Cold brew coffee is a low-effort method that needs a day of lead time. Using 50 grams of coffee grounds at a coarseness of 85% passing a No. 20 sieve, add 400 milliliters of room-temperature water and 200 grams of hard ice, a 1:12 ratio. Stir, seal, and refrigerate for 12 to 24 hours, then filter and chill about 4 more hours.

The resulting coffee bean mixture drinks without bitterness, with mild acidity, a soft body, and a low-temperature aged fermented feel. Because shops offer fewer cold brew options than pour-over, bean choice matters: washed lots and Geisha (T2722) suit the method well, and single-origin selections from a roaster's list can be matched to taste.

Cold brew coffee is made in a special way and needs to be prepared a day in advance, so shops usually don't offer as many bean options as they do for pour-over. This article focuses on the cold brew method and water-to-coffee ratio parameters. It first gives Front Street Coffee's cold brew procedure: based on 50 grams of coffee grounds, with a grind size referencing an 85% pass rate on a No. 20 standard sieve, combined with 400 milliliters of room-temperature water and 200 grams of hard ice cubes, at a coffee-to-water ratio of 1:12, refrigerated and left to stand for 12 to 24 hours, then filtered, and refrigerated for about another 4 hours before drinking. It then combines cold brew's characteristics of not being bitter, being mildly acidic, having a soft flavor, and carrying a low-temperature aging fermented feel to share directions for selecting single-origin beans suitable for cold brew, including washed processing and Geisha (T2722), and gives specific recommendations from Front Street Coffee's bean list.

For more specialty coffee knowledge, please follow the WeChat public account: Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee) The production process of cold brew coffee is different from regular hot-brewed coffee and needs to be prepared a day in advance, so the cold brew sold at Front Street stores does not have as rich a selection of coffee beans as pour-over.

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How to Make Cold Brew Coffee Cold brew coffee is a very easy method to get started with. Taking Front Street Coffee's cold brew preparation as an example, it is based on 50 grams of coffee grounds, with the coffee grounds ground to a coarseness of 85% passing a No. 20 standard sieve. Put the coffee grounds into a glass bottle, then add 400 milliliters of room-temperature water and 200 grams of hard ice cubes (600 grams total ice-water mixture), for a coffee-to-water ratio of 1:12. Then use a stirring rod to stir the coffee grounds 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 and refrigerate it for about another 4 hours before drinking.

The main characteristics of cold brew coffee are that it is not bitter, mildly acidic, has a soft flavor, and at the same time carries the fermented feel produced by "low-temperature aging." As long as we combine the performance of the coffee beans with the characteristics of cold brew coffee and use our imagination, we can get a rough idea of how a coffee bean will perform after being made into cold brew coffee. It's okay if you can't imagine it. Next, Front Street will share the coffee beans commonly used for making cold brew coffee. Everyone can directly copy the assignment and brew cold brew coffee that suits their preferences~

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Some friends prefer cold brew coffee with floral notes, the kind that is relatively fresh and light, and not too intensely flavored! If your taste preference is this type, then when buying coffee beans you can limit the keywords to "washed" or "Geisha (T2722)."

Washed-process beans have a relatively lower degree of fermentation, and the coffee beans can better retain their original flavor. In particular, washed coffee beans from Ethiopia and Panama are famous for their fresh fruity notes; as for the T2722 variety of Geisha, needless to say, its rich floral aroma is almost a household name.

For example, Yirgacheffe Gotingding from Front Street's bean list, with its washed processing, produces a cold brew flavor with the fresh notes of lemon, white flowers, and green tea; or Front Street's Boquete Washed Geisha and Washed Butterfly, whose cold brew comes out with the flavors of white floral notes, citrus, and honey.

However, it should be noted that the flavor of white floral notes is sometimes mistaken for bitterness or a medicinal taste because it is too intense. So when we use beans with white floral notes to make cold brew, we can appropriately increase the amount of water used and slightly reduce the concentration of the coffee.

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