What is the method of making ice drop coffee? the taste of ice drop coffee.

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What is ice drop coffee?

Ice drop coffee, to put it simply, uses "low temperature" and "slow drop" to extract coffee.

Brewing coffee usually uses hot water to quickly extract and dissolve the odor molecules in coffee cells, while ice drop coffee uses time instead of temperature, dripping in coffee powder with ice water below 5 degrees Celsius, slowly dissolving out the flavor of coffee, and dripping out the final extract bit by bit.

It can take a short time to make a cup of coffee, such as 25 seconds for Espresso, 1 minute for siphon pot and 3 minutes for hand brewing coffee. However, iced coffee often takes several hours to wait, usually about 8 to 12 hours, depending on the individual taste and the type of coffee beans.

Take time to extract the mellow aroma

If the coffee is extracted with cold water for a long time, there will not be too much bitterness when brewing coffee in hot water due to improper control of temperature and time; on the contrary, it will only dissolve the elements with good smell, such as incense, wood incense, etc., the production process is a bit like wine-making. Therefore, the taste and aroma of ice drop coffee is also more like wine, the taste is strong, smooth, not bitter but not sour; a good ice drop coffee even has a whisky-like fragrance and a rich finish.

In addition to the heavy aroma and smooth taste, the long shelf life of iced coffee is also one of the reasons for the popularity of iced coffee. Generally speaking, coffee brewed in hot water has a very short shelf life and the taste will begin to deteriorate after being kept for more than 45 minutes. However, since the ice drop coffee has not been heated, it can be kept fresh in the refrigerator for two weeks after extraction. And there is no need to worry that the hot coffee will become bitter after cooling.

With the third wave of coffee (Third-Wave Coffee), ice drop coffee has been paid more and more attention by the public all over the world. No matter whether the weather is hot or not, it is definitely a pleasure to hide in a comfortable corner and have a cup of ice-dripping coffee with rich aroma.

What kind of beans should be used to make ice drop coffee?

Either light roasted coffee beans or deep roasted coffee beans can be used to make iced coffee. In flavor, the coffee extracted from deep roasted coffee beans is rich and fragrant.

Shallow baked beans show a very soft acidity and refreshing taste.

If you want to drink more sweet and palatable coffee, you can put the ice drop of the finished coffee, sealed and refrigerated for 3 days, let the coffee slightly ferment, will be more smooth taste.

Introduce the commonly used ice drop coffee formula of Qianjie coffee, 30 grams of red wine treatment [Hartmann] + 30 grams of sun [Sakuran], powder: water: ice is 1:5:5, the time is about 8 hours, after dripping, put it in the refrigerator overnight, drink according to the personal taste to add ice. It tastes full of fermented wine with a little acidity.