What is the principle of cold brew coffee? How to make a cold cup of coffee?

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In addition to iced coffee, another frozen coffee-cold brewed coffee (Cold Brew Coffee) has also been widely welcomed by people in Europe and the United States in recent years, and has set off a new wave in Europe and the United States. The method of making cold-soaked coffee Cold Brew is more like cold-brewed tea, that is, soaking coffee powder in cold water for a long time, which is a bit the same principle as ice-drop coffee. Therefore, the cold brewed coffee Cold Brew also lacks the bitterness and miscellaneous taste of high-temperature brewing coffee, but retains a sweet aroma of the coffee itself.

Want to taste cold coffee anytime, anywhere, Cold Brew? Self-making is not difficult, the key lies in the ratio of coffee powder to water. Generally use 1: 4 or 1: 6 coffee powder and water ratio to brew, but cold brewed coffee is more concentrated, so you need to add extra ice or milk to dilute. If you like to drink cold black coffee, you might as well try a ratio of 1: 16, but you can also adjust the ratio according to your own taste.

The method of making cold-brewed coffee Cold Brew is as follows:

1. Pour coffee powder and water into a sealable glass bottle in proportion

2. Stir the coffee powder and water with a stirring stick, cover and seal, and refrigerate for 10 to 15 hours.

3. Take out the refrigerated coffee, pour it into a cloth net or filter paper to filter the coffee powder, wait for the coffee to flow out slowly, do not press hard, and the espresso will be finished.

4. Because the filtered coffee is espresso and the caffeine concentration is very high, people who cannot drink too much caffeine had better dilute it with water, milk or ice cubes according to their personal taste.

When the weather is hot, you can also make cold coffee into ice bricks and add milk and a little orange peel to make very delicious coffee milk. Coffee beans suitable for making cold coffee are also sold in some coffee shops on Taobao.

Cold brewed coffee Cold Brew not only reduces the bitterness and sour taste of ordinary coffee, but also can be refrigerated for a long time as long as it is sealed, so that you can taste strong coffee at home at any time!