How to make cold-extracted coffee, how to make cold-extracted iced coffee, how to make cold-extracted coffee by hand?

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Isn't cold extracted coffee powdered coffee soaked in cold water for a long time? Wrong! In fact, delicious cold coffee is not only these parts to consider, as long as you do it right, cold coffee can also sip to feel the good flavor of coffee beans. Depending on the way you make it, cold coffee can be refreshing or strong, sweet or sour.

Four keys allow you to control the soaking of cold-extracted coffee and adjust the formula that works best for you.

1. Grinding setting

When you grind your coffee beans too fine, needless to say, coffee tends to be bitter and rustling, but for cold coffee or other cold drinks, a clean, sweet and juicy taste is the best combination, so don't grind it too finely when making cold extracted coffee. Medium grinding or medium fine grinding similar to the cup test may be used.

two。 Coffee powder quantity

The amount of coffee powder you use depends on how you expect cold-extracted coffee to drink: do you want to add milk, drink it directly, add ice or do you want it to be refreshing? The amount of powder will control the taste, and as long as you put it in the wrong proportion, it will not have a good taste. If you all use one liter of water, it may taste refreshing with 60-80 grams of powder, so it may be too light to drink with this proportion of cold-extracted coffee and other ingredients. If you use 80-120 grams of powder, it may be thicker and taste smoother, and it may have a good effect if you add some milk to drink together.

3. Water temperature

If you like the sweetness of coffee, try to use a higher water temperature at the beginning of the cold extract, presoak it in hot water and then soak it in cold water, or add half the amount of hot water and then add half the cold water. But if you want a cold extract with more acid, you can use cold water in the production process and put the coffee directly into the refrigerator to extract.

4. Extraction time

Extraction time is also a key factor in the production of cold-extracted coffee, which will affect the aftertaste of the coffee. This part is especially important when you are roasting more fully and deeply roasted coffee. Soaking for 8-16 hours will produce a sense of juice and a refreshing finish with less bitterness. On the other hand, 16-30 hours of soaking will produce deeper, thicker and sweeter coffee every hour, but it may also lead to a dry aftertaste.

Tips for making

Since it takes at least half a day to make cold coffee, instead of using only one recipe at a time, use two or three recipes to compare the flavor when you're done, and then choose your favorite brewing method.

Like hot coffee, cold coffee can pay attention to many small details, and the accumulation of these small details will have a great impact on the flavor of the final product. However, through the production of cold-extracted coffee, there will be a whole new set of rules to use. Considering the above four stages, you will be able to make cold coffee in the way you like.

What are you waiting for here? Start discovering your cold extract recipe right now!

Translated from Perfect Daily Grind

Translated by Cheng Zhen Coffee

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