How do you make cold coffee? What are the benefits of cold coffee? What kind of beans are suitable for cold extraction?

There are many ways to drink iced coffee. From the more complicated ice droplets, the most instant iced coffee by hand, and the cold bubble method, which is easy to make and becomes the mainstream. Cold bubble method has many names, Cold Brew (cold extracted coffee English), cold brewed coffee, cold extracted coffee, cold extracted coffee, etc., all refer to the same method of making iced coffee.

In this article, you can learn about the benefits of iced coffee and quickly grasp the proportion of iced coffee and cold coffee. Learn how to choose iced coffee beans & iced coffee powder. More importantly... There is no need for any special utensils such as coffee machine iced coffee, cold extraction coffee maker, cold extraction coffee cup and so on. You know, easy-to-use appliances have always been hidden in residential areas and XD is readily available.

Let's take a look at the following cold coffee teaching.

1. Prepare 50g butterfly coffee beans and grind them into a thicker powder (65% of standard sieve 20).

two。 Pour the ground coffee powder into a sealed bottle and add 400ml normal temperature water and 100g hard ice cubes.

3. Close the lid and shake it evenly, put it in the refrigerator for 12-14 hours and slowly extract at low temperature.

4. When the time is up, isolate the coffee grounds with filter paper (filter), and the coffee liquid can be enjoyed immediately or refrigerated within two days.

5. Because this plan is to use the proportion of 1:10 to make cold coffee, so that as many substances as possible dissolve in less water, the cold coffee will appear full-bodied, the fruit will be full of sweet and sour flavor, can also add the right amount of ice to dilute and chill, so that drinking will be more fresh and cool.

Benefits of cold-extracted coffee

→ delicious: friends who have seen the six-step video of tasting coffee all know that most of the aromatic substances in coffee beans will be lost in the process of using hot water. The biggest difference in the flavor of iced coffee and hot coffee is that cold extraction can maximize the retention of water-soluble aromas, making the aroma you drink closer to what you smell.

→ special: cold extraction method to make iced coffee, bitter, astringent taste low. The taste is full-bodied, round and fermented like wine.

→ is cheap: do-it-yourself, can use better coffee beans to do cold extract. The price of cold extract coffee is also cheaper than that of buying ready-made cold extract coffee.

→ is not wasteful and environmentally friendly: consumption of good beans, mixed beans, coffee grounds can also be used as fertilizer, as well as refrigerator, toilet fragrance and so on. Kill a few birds with one stone

Q: is the ready-made cold coffee on the market easy to use?

A: most of the good aromas evaporate after the ground coffee powder is placed for a few hours. Due to the lack of the good taste of coffee extracted at low temperature and dissolved in cold extraction. This kind of cold-extracted coffee will be much inferior to the finished product of fresh grinding and cold extraction of raw beans.

Q: after the iced coffee is ready, can I drink it overnight and the next day?

A: if the iced coffee made according to this lesson can be kept in the refrigerator for a few days. Of course it needs to be put in a sealed jar... At least the glass jar with a lid is not easy to lose its taste.

Q: will cold coffee or ice drop coffee be sour?

A: if you choose coffee beans with shallow roasting and high acidity, the extracted coffee liquid will have a rich sour taste. If you don't like sour coffee, you can choose coffee beans that are already low acid, such as deep roasting, wet planing, wind stains and so on.

Q: is the caffeine in cold coffee high?

A: the melting point of caffeine is about 220 °C. The level of caffeine depends on the caffeine content of the coffee beans used. For the same bean, cold water extraction may be slightly lower than hot water caffeine.

Q: what is the grinding thickness of cold-extracted coffee?

A: just use your accustomed hand to grind the fineness of the powder.

Q: what's the difference between cold coffee and iced coffee?

A: ice drop coffee is extracted by cold water + ice cubes, drop by drop of ice water into coffee powder; the fermented flavor of ice drop coffee is more obvious. Cold-extracted coffee is similar to cold tea. The coffee powder is soaked in water and frozen in the refrigerator for several hours, and then filtered to get the coffee liquid. The flavor is more mellow and the aroma is more.

Q: there are many kinds of coffee beans. Do you have any cold extracted coffee beans that are particularly suitable?

A: all coffee beans can be cold extracted, and the flavor of the extraction certainly depends on the coffee beans used. This is also the reason why we recommend self-control; after all, take your favorite coffee beans cold extract, it is easy to get the favorite taste.