How To Make Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate
A few weeks ago I did a post on making Thrifty Homemade Frappucinos with frozen coffee ice cubes. A reader left me a comment asking “Have you ever tried cold brew coffee?” with a helpful link.
Cold brew coffee? What the heck is that ??
So I checked out the link – here it is for you too if you would like all the details:
= = >> Cold Brew Coffee Concentrate
It turns out that cold brew coffee is a way of making coffee without a coffeemaker. You simply put the coffee grounds in a cup, add some cold water (in about a 3:1 ratio), and let it sit in the refrigerator for a few hours. You then drain the “coffee water” off from the soggy grounds and you have cold brew coffee concentrate. This should be a little stronger than regular brewed coffee. You can then use your concentrate with hot water by using about the same 3:1 ratio.
For my experiment I used 1/4 cup of grounds in a measuring cup, and then added 3/4 cup of water. I let mine sit in the refrigerator almost 8 hours. {{Because I got busy and forgot about it }}. I then used my concentrate in the same ratio – 1/4 cup concentrate to 3/4 cup water. I then froze it into ice cubes for frappucinos.
This did work, however, I couldn’t quite see any great advantage over using a regular coffee maker. Nevertheless, I thought this was an interesting enough idea to share.
How about you? Has anyone else ever tried cold brewing their coffee?
The coffee that results is far less acidic, and is great for people whose stomachs can't tolerate heat-brewed coffee. When the concentrate is combined with hot/near-boiling water, the result is a lot like a Swedish blend medium roast.