Saturday, April 9, 2016

Back to the Lab :: Cold Brew Tew...

Revisiting the cold brew method and trying a slightly different approach this time. The last batch had me filtering several times to achieve the clarity that I wanted, so have gone with the coarsest grind and making little 'coffee bags' to steep in the cold water.
One method I'd found on line uses the 'basket' style paper filters to make the bags which are tied at the top. Had to resort to ordering these from Amazon but they arrived today (only ordered them yesterday!!!) so have ground, bound and drowned for the last hour!!!

Used a small ramekin to help with the tying up part - each bag has about 3 large scoops in each. Total of six bags containing just under 8oz of coffee.


As a way of cold brewing coffee this is so far the easiest/cleanest/hasslelessest I've tried.
Saves spending $50 on something like this -
https://www.oxo.com/cold-brew-coffee-maker 
The basket filters cost £6 for 100, so I'm ahead, I think!...


End result is good - not 'crystal' clear but totally acceptable bearing in mind it was poured straight from the jug once the bags had been removed.

 
Tying the bags


Ready for the 'pot'

Six bags in total.

Ten or so minutes later and 'tint' to water.

About 18 hours later

No additional filtering - straight from the jug.