Global·No added fat or sugar
Cold brew concentrate
1:8 for 16 hours, then dilute to taste
Never heated, so almost none of the bitter compounds are extracted. Keeps a week and turns into six other drinks.
Tall glass
Ratio
1:8
Time
14–18 h
Keeps
7 days
Servings
1
Ingredients
- coffee, coarse grind125 g
- cold filtered water1000 g
Method
1
Grind coarse
Coarser than French press. Fine grounds turn the whole batch muddy and hard to filter.
2
Wet everything
Add water gradually and stir until no dry pockets are left floating.
3
Steep in the fridge
14–18 hours. Room temperature works in 12 but is less clean and can start fermenting in warm weather.
4
Filter twice
Once through a mesh, then through paper or a cloth. Patience here is the difference between silky and gritty.
5
Dilute
1 part concentrate to 1–2 parts water or milk. Label the bottle with the date.
Notes
- Nitro at home: a cream whipper with a nitrous charge, shaken and dispensed, gives you the cascading head without a keg.
What you need
- Cold brew jar or bottle
- Burr grinder