Have a cup of mellow iced coffee, as if all the cells in the body have been awakened.

Nowadays, more and more people like to drink coffee, either in a coffee shop, at home or in the office.

In the early morning, a cup of full-bodied coffee seems to awaken the cells of the whole body, and many coffee lovers regard drinking coffee as a ritual to kick off a new day. In the afternoon, have a cup of coffee to refresh your mind and sweep away fatigue and drowsiness.

But on a hot summer day, few people are willing to hold a cup of hot coffee, at this time, iced coffee will naturally walk on the stage of the season, I believe that few people will refuse the cool feeling it brings. After all, the weather is slowly hot, always hope that everything is cold and cool.

Every summer will be cool, iced coffee, listen to the name has been excited, drink, the whole person feels melted in this fragrant and bitter ice wine! The spirit was lifted, the head immediately sobered up, even the mood changed for the better, and caffeine seemed to be catalyzed.

Iced coffee is for summer! Summer is spoiled by the sun, in this scorching and sultry environment, people's favorite is such out-of-season products such as iced coffee, completely forgetting to pray for early summer in winter ice and snow!

Actually, think about it, have you ever had iced coffee? Have you really had iced coffee? Have you ever had a real iced coffee? Can you tell the hottest iced coffee at present?

Cold extracted coffee

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Cold coffee is definitely a clean stream in the coffee world.

So what exactly is cold coffee? Unlike the traditional cold coffee, which is cooled rapidly with ice in hot coffee, which takes only 2-3 minutes per cup on average, cold coffee does not use hot water at all, takes time and cost to make, and is able to despise other coffees.

Use hot water to brew coffee, because the hot coffee powder will release a chemical called tannin, which will eventually inevitably lead to the bitter taste of coffee beans. The ground coffee beans are soaked and fermented in cold water for 12 hours, and then extracted and filtered by professional utensils. The coffee tastes 2 times less acidity than the coffee that is boiled in normal hot water and then cooled, so it can be called cold extracted coffee.

Ice drop coffee

Delicacy extracted for a long time

The grade of ice drop coffee is even higher, and there are strict requirements for both water and fermentation time. A delicious ice drop coffee lasts at least 3 hours: ice water below 5 degrees Celsius is dropped evenly into the coffee powder at a speed of about 7 drops in 10 seconds, and it takes 12-48 hours to refrigerate.

This low-temperature coffee extracted for a long time has a smoother, sweeter aftertaste and lower caffeine content than traditional coffee. If you don't like bitter coffee, you can choose to add vanilla syrup for better taste.

Ice drop coffee is a kind of coffee dripping with ice water at room temperature. although the aroma is not strong, it gives off a unique aroma, which is impossible to have when extracted with hot water. The biggest advantage of this kind of coffee is that it is quite pure and has no extra flavor, but it can fully feel all the ingredients in the coffee.

The ice drop coffee made from the ice drop tower above looks quite gorgeous, but the ice extract coffee used in various parts of Indonesia, such as Java, is called the traditional cold bubble method (cold brew). It does not require any technology or complex equipment and is the most natural way to extract coffee.

How to make cold coffee

Having said so much, can't wait to do it? Let's get some simple skills of cold extraction.

1. Grind the coffee beans into powder and pour them into a container (choose the beans you like).

two。 Add 20 grams of coffee powder to the sharing pot, add about 350 milliliters of water, and stir well. Powder and water is better than 1, 12, 1, 15 (depending on your preference).

3. Keep the plastic film sealed, refrigerate for more than 12 hours, 24 hours is the best, and the cold storage temperature should be controlled at 0-5 degrees as much as possible.

4. Remove after cold storage and filter with boiled filter paper or filter cloth.

The pattern of cold-extracted coffee

1. Original flavor: add ice and see you in the hot sun.

two。 Ladies' favorite: it tastes smoother with milk.

3. No wine is not happy: join Bailey, sweet wine mellow back to sweet.

Tips

As the caffeine content of cold-extracted coffee is higher than that of normal coffee, drink it before 17:00 in the evening.

When you have enough patience and skill, and pursue the perfect balance between acidity and mellowness of coffee, while retaining the rich taste and complete aroma of coffee, it will eventually show a smooth cold extracted coffee. So when we have a good cup of coffee, please cherish every cup of coffee and every coffee bean.