Cold Brewed Coffee
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- planet01
Anyone brew coffee this way?
I gave it a shot last night for the first time.
I put the normal ratio of grounds to water in my french press and let it sit overnight. I pressed it out this morning. Pretty good - I think need more grounds though.
Cold brewing cuts down on the acidity and oils - tastes pretty smooth without anything else added to it.
- jamble0
I had a nescafe gold blend this morning. I felt exotic.
- EricStralow0
There's a cafe around the corner from me (which nobody visits), and they make cold-brewed iced coffee. I'm a tasteless troglodyte. As such I can't really tell the difference. Then again, I smoke 78904710 cigarettes a day and $1 deli swill brew is fine by me. So...
- Bottlerocket0
Some "johnny no stars" at Pret-a-manger made me a coffee and gave me a plain croissant.
I prononced 'croissant' with a slight french inflection, thereby giving across the impression I was well travelled, educated and perhaps spoke a foreign language.
With my man-bag and beaten up converse all stars, I must have looked the right 'man about town'.
- Nairn0
In Spain* they do 'cafe con hielo', which is a freshly-made espresso poured over ice.
i fucking love that shit. it's tres sophisticante - i even maintain my pinkie aloft whilst drinking it.
* and the Basque country, OBBTKN, don't worry ;)
- OeufOeuf0
Sounds good, gotta give it a try.
- Bottlerocket0
Speaking of spain:
I once saw a multi-particpant trolley dash in a Supermarket in San Sebastian, there was a terrible crush at the Way Out.
A classic case of trying to put all your Basques in one Exit.
- Nairn0
*Really does laugh out loud.
*slaps Bottlerocket.
*forwards joke to other Basque-knowing friends (*claims as own*)
*realises this is a retarded way to communicate.
*stops.
- planet010
I think I'll try adding some sweetened condensed milk - Sort of a Thai iced coffee. Can't get enough of that Thai iced tea.
- mg330
Sounds interesting.
I took my french press to my GF's place because I never got a gas account at my house for cooking gas.
I like iced coffee or good cold coffee in the summer. I get a headache from holy hell when it's warm out and I'm pounding hot coffee.