How to make iced coffee that is simple and can retain the characteristics of individual coffee at home?

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Qinliang iced coffee / ICED COFFEE

Walking in the streets on a hot summer afternoon, do you have the same desire for a cool drink as we do? And what kind of drink can have a charming aroma change like a single black coffee?

It seems that only coffee can satisfy our taste buds. So how to make the individual coffee cold, so that we can enjoy the cool and taste the flavor changes of the coffee at the same time? Xiao qu would like to introduce two cold ways that are simple and can retain the characteristics of individual coffee. Next, follow in Xiao qu's footsteps and make delicious summer iced coffee at home.

The first is ice droplets. Although ice droplets take a long time to wait, as long as they are made before going to bed the day before, they will be able to go to work with fresh drops of iced coffee the next morning.

The other is chilled. If you usually have the habit of making your own coffee, as long as the brewed coffee liquid is quickly poured into a container full of ice, it will make the coffee cold and delicious.

Ice drop

Ice drop coffee because after a long time of extraction, the flavor is mellow, sometimes even with a little whisky-like taste. Many different ice drop appliances can be found on the market, as long as they can steadily and slowly control the amount of water, and even the drip device used in chemical experiments can make ice drop coffee. Generally speaking, the price of ice drop coffee equipment is slightly higher, and the butler here uses the Japanese iwaki ice drop coffee maker, which is cheap and easy to use.

First of all, let's prepare the right amount of coffee powder. The coffee powder used by the housekeeper here weighs 20 grams and the grinding scale is two sizes smaller than that of hand flushing. It feels like fine sand on the beach. After Xiaoqu's experiment, the coffee filtered out in this way will not be too strong and can feel the changes in the level of flavor. But if you like the mellow taste of iced coffee, you might as well boldly increase the amount of coffee powder and increase the concentration.

Then we put the powdered filter cup into the glass pot, put on the dripping device, pour the ice and mix it with cold water, and the amount of water touches a small water indicator arrow on the device. Iwaki's outlet design allows a significant time difference for each drop of water. The only thing to note is that using ice water or adding ice sometimes stops the dripping process, so you can use a toothpick to clear it from below the dripping outlet. Or use cold water drip to put in the refrigerator freezer will not encounter this situation.

The next step is to wait patiently! The whole drop of ice takes about two hours, and the housekeeper sometimes looks forward to watching the coffee drop slowly. It is suggested that you can start dripping ice before going to bed, and then put the whole set of equipment in the freezer and enjoy it the next morning. Iced coffee can also be covered with the black lid attached to iwaki, stored in the refrigerator for a day or two after drinking, you will find that the coffee is more round and mellow!

Isn't it easy to have iced coffee? As long as you have fresh coffee powder and a little patience, you can enjoy a mellow taste that is completely different from the coffee you usually drink. Today, the butler uses the coffee bean "Jazz Bistro Kenya AA". The aroma of berries goes straight to the nose, with whisky-like mellow. Such a summer is also extravagant because of ice droplets.

Ice cold

If you are like Xiao qu, you must make yourself a cup of coffee by hand every day, whether it's hand brewing, racing kettle, or French filter. Wait a minute. Can simply make the coffee cold by chilling it. The iced method is a little thicker than usual, and then the speed of freezing is faster. As long as you grasp these two key points, you can simply make a good iced coffee. Here, the butler uses hand flushing as an example. If you are proficient in other different equipment, you can try it at home.

The equipment we need to prepare for ice is also quite simple. In addition to the usual utensils we need to make coffee, we just need to prepare an extra bottom pot filled with ice to cool our coffee. Because ice will be used to cool down later, the coffee can be made a little stronger than usual to avoid melting ice and weakening the coffee.

Be sure to prepare too much ice. if it is too little, the coffee will melt before it is cooled, and the coffee will become lighter. In order to relieve the heat, you must not be polite, rapid cooling can also properly retain the balanced aroma of coffee.

Next, pour the brewed coffee into the ice and cool it down very quickly. The butler has also tried to fill the pot with ice and let the brewing coffee drop directly on the ice to cool down. The feeling of drinking in the two ways is poor, we think that if we first brew the complete coffee and then chill it again, the sour taste will not be so obvious and the sweetness will be improved, and the overall coffee will be relatively balanced. This is the feeling of the housekeeper after many experiments. You can try and compare the two ways. It's very interesting.

Shake slightly for about 10 seconds and the coffee will be cold. Pour into the cup and keep the proper ice. Because of the melting and dilution of the ice during the freezing process, the coffee will be slightly light, cold and refreshing. The above simple chilled tips are shared with you. After trying it at home, I believe everyone will be pleasantly surprised that the iced coffee has retained a single flavor change and a touch of sweetness.