Make cold brew coffee
🌍 Anywhere🔄 Repeatable👤 13+
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Master the art of slow-extraction coffee that steeps for 12-24 hours to create a smooth, less acidic concentrate perfect for iced coffee drinks. Experiment with different coffee-to-water ratios and brewing times to find your perfect blend - once you nail the process, you'll have delicious cold brew ready all week.
Difficulty
10/100Easy
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Cost
$20 – $80
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Time
half-day
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People
1+
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Setting
indoor
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Season
any
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Equipment
coffee grinder, large mason jar, coffee filters
People who tried this
“First try: I used a dark, oily espresso roast from Trader Joe’s. Tasted muddy. Bitter finish. I thought I messed up. Nope—just the wrong beans. Lighter roast worked better. Second try: Stumptown Holler Mountain, 16 hours in the fridge. Tasted like cocoa and a little cherry. No stomach burn. I poured over ice, added oat milk. I smiled at 6 a.m., which is rare.”
“The first time I made cold brew with this rig, I put a full cup of coffee in the infuser, but that was way too intense for me. I bumped it back to 3/4 of a cup for a while and am now at 1/2 a cup which I let brew over night in the fridge. Actually, that’s another thing to take into account when figuring out which jar to use, the size of your fridge. A 64 oz jar is pretty big, about a foot, I’d guess. It fits in basically one corner of our icebox, but that’s it’s dedicated spot now!”
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