What does German iced coffee mean? How do you make iced coffee? is it made with cold water?

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Iced coffee is different in different European countries. There are hot coffee with ice cubes, hot coffee with ice cream, and some with cold water.

The practice of bubble extraction.

For example, in the United States, the basic match is: espresso + water + ice cubes. This practice is now the most common way of making iced American coffee in cafes around the world.

For example, in Italy, the basic match is: espresso + ice cubes, shaken in a snow kettle to foam the coffee and enrich the taste of the whole drink; for example, in Germany, the basic match is: extended extraction time espresso + vanilla ice cream + cream + caramel sauce or chocolate chips, the deluxe version will also add some rum.

But the iced coffee production methods mentioned above all need to be made with an Italian coffee machine, which is not so convenient. So how to make good iced coffee at home? This article will follow Qianjie Coffee to learn the summer iced coffee that can be made with cold water!

Preparation of cold brewed / cold extracted coffee

Compared with other coffee extracted by hot water, coffee soaked in cold water has no heat to promote the movement of water molecules, so it is difficult to release bitter substances at low temperature, so the taste of cold-soaked coffee will be cleaner and fresher. Long-term extraction also makes the coffee in the good flavor substances fully released, so the taste is also very full.

Due to the long extraction time, the caffeine content of cold-soaked coffee is higher than that of drip-filtered coffee and Italian coffee, so you need refreshing companions who are in urgent need of pick-me-up, you can choose them.

The way to make cold extract coffee is very simple!

Ratio of powder to water: 1:12 (1g powder, 12g water)

Water temperature: normal temperature

Utensils: cold bubble pot

Soaking time: 12-16 hours

Cold extract (cold bubble) coffee can be said to be the most worry-free and least technical way to make iced coffee, that is, it takes a long time to make and can not be drunk immediately. Everyone can start soaking at dinner time, and they can drink full and clean cold coffee when they get up the next morning.

Since the cold bubble pot used in Qianjie is 1L capacity, 60g coffee powder will be used for demonstration this time. You can increase or decrease the coffee powder according to the size of your cold bubble pot. The proportion remains the same, but make sure that the coffee powder can be completely soaked after adding water.

Prepare a clean cold bubble pot, pour the ground coffee powder into the filter net of the cold bubble pot, and then pour 720g of room temperature water into the coffee powder to fully moisturize and soak. Then cover the part of the filter, and finally close the lid of the cold bubble pot. Then put it in the freezer and extract it at low temperature for 12-16 hours.

At the end of the extraction, you need to lift the filter to dry the remaining coffee liquid on the edge of the pot, and then pour out the coffee grounds and taste it. If 1:12 is too strong, you can make it at 1:13, or dilute it with ice / water when you taste it.

Recommended coffee beans suitable for making ice drinks

[Ethiopian sun red cherry coffee beans]

Medium and light baking, flavor: mixed berry, caramel, black tea, light fruit fermentation aroma

Red Cherry refers to the "Red Cherry Project" made by Dutch raw bean merchants in 2007. The main purpose of the project is to increase the purchase price of fully mature coffee fruits, so as to encourage farmers to harvest only mature coffee fruits with red exocarp.

This effect not only greatly improves the overall quality of coffee beans, but also because fully ripe fruits have higher sugar content. Therefore, after the whole fruit is sun-dried, the coffee beans can also get a great sweetness and a slight sense of fermentation, bringing a soft and smooth taste to the coffee. It is one of the most sweet coffee beans in Ethiopia.

[Panamanian Manor Alida Solar Iron pickup Coffee beans]

Medium baking, flavor: peaches, oranges, raisins, caramel, green tea

When it comes to Arida Manor, the first thing that comes to mind is the rose summer coffee beans that may have won the ASD slow sun in the 2019 Bop contest. But the estate grows not only rosy summer coffee beans, but also Kaddura Kaduai, which is common in Central and South America, as well as tin card varieties with clean and quiet flavors.

The most important feature of this Alida iron pickup coffee bean is that it not only has the rich fruit juice flavor brought by the local style and sun drying, but also has the clean characteristics of the iron pickup coffee bean itself, so the coffee is very smooth and full.

[Colombian demarcation Manor Coffee beans]

Medium baking, flavor: grape, passion fruit, preserved apricot, citrus, fermented fragrance

The variety has attracted wide attention because last year's 2022 WBC champion barista Anthony Douglas chose Colombian coffee beans.

Sidra coffee is a laboratory variety, which is bred by the cross between iron pickup and red bourbon. Later, according to the gene comparison, it was found that the coffee and the original species of Ethiopia had similar genes, so some scholars speculated that the experimental variety of Sidra exported by Ethiopia crossed with the local bourbon coffee species of Ecuador.

The variety of coffee beans has the characteristics of floral and fruity aroma comparable to that of Rosa, showing flavors such as peach, citrus, grape and honey, moderate acidity and round taste. Highlight! The price / performance ratio is excellent.