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What is the difference in flavor and taste between ice drop coffee and cold extract coffee? how long does it take to make ice drop coffee?

Published: 2025-08-21 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2025/08/21, Recently, many friends have come to Qianjie store to ask if there is cold coffee. There is no cold coffee in the coffee drink in Qianjie, only ice drop coffee which is close to it. So what's the difference between the two, and what's the performance in taste? What's the difference? To put it simply, both are low-temperature extracted coffee. No.

Recently, many friends have come to Qianjie store to ask if there is cold coffee. There is no cold coffee in the coffee drink in Qianjie, only ice drop coffee which is close to it. So what's the difference between the two, and what's the performance in taste?

What's the difference? To put it simply, both of them are coffee extracted at low temperature, but the difference is that one is brewed and the other is dripping. But sometimes, the term cold-extracted coffee is also used to refer to low-temperature extracted coffee. However, in most cases, cold-extracted coffee refers to cold-soaked coffee in the form of cold water, and the term cold-extracted coffee is purely an elegant translation of Cold brew. Ice drop coffee is a drop-by-drop extraction of coffee in the form of ice water. If you want to compare the two extraction methods, cold-extracted coffee is like a pressure pot and ice-drop coffee is like hand-brewed coffee.

Who tastes better? First of all, the front street should be clear, the coffee taste is determined by coffee beans, cold extraction and ice drops are only the way to extract coffee beans, the extraction method will only affect the characteristics and style of this coffee bean. For example, I like to drink hand-brewed coffee, but I can't say that hand-brewed coffee must be better than French-pressed pot coffee. It's just a matter of coffee extraction style and personal preference. The performance of cold-extracted coffee is generally closer to the original flavor of coffee beans, and the taste is also more plump and rich. The performance of ice drop coffee will be very clean, transparent and refreshing, but also can drink the strong fermentation flavor shown by the ice drop method, fully showing the characteristic flavor of this method. (the flavor comparison between the two methods is based on the focus of the same coffee bean through these two methods, and if you don't taste it carefully, you may not find any difference. )

Why do you need to make an appointment if you want to drink iced coffee? Some friends came to the Qianjie store and saw on the blackboard that "ice drop coffee should be booked two days in advance". This is because ice drop coffee takes a long time to make, it takes 6-8 hours to filter, and it takes 12 hours to drink after filtration is finished. so if a friend wants to drink iced coffee with specified coffee beans, you need to make an appointment in advance. Of course, in such hot weather as now, ice drops of coffee will be made in Qianjie every day. Of course, the choice of beans depends on the arrangement of the day in Qianjie.

Finally, Qianjie attached its own ice drops and cold extraction production parameters, you can also hide in their own air-conditioned room in the hot summer. Ice drop coffee parameters (it should be noted here that ice drop cold extraction parameters are not unique, just like hand-brewed coffee, there are many different parameters, all of which can achieve the goal of good taste. Here are the parameters used in the front street.)

Powder quantity: 60 grams (depending on the size of the container)

Grinding degree: the pass rate of No. 20 screen is 85%.

Powder to liquid ratio: 1:10

Temperature: room temperature extraction of ice-water mixture

Ice droplet velocity: 7 drops in 10 seconds

Extraction time: 6-8 hours

Drinking method: seal and refrigerate for 12 hours after extraction, add 50 grams of ice for every 200 milliliters of liquid when drinking