Cold-Brewed Coffee
- Ready In:
- 12hrs 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 2
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 1⁄3 cup ground coffee
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
directions
- Stir together the coffee grounds and water.
- Cover and let sit overnight.
- Strain through cheesecloth or a fine mesh strainer. Strain 2-3 times to remove grounds and silt.
- This creates a concentrate; to dilute to appropriate proportions, add one part water to one part coffee (i.e., use 1/2 cup coffee concentrate and 1/2 cup water). Add water or coffee concentrate to adjust to your personal tastes.
- For hot coffee, put it in the microwave for 1-2 minutes.
- For iced coffee, refrigerate and serve over ice.
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Cold brewed coffee is wonderful! By cold brewing, about 1/3 of the caffeine is eliminated, and 2/3 of the acids. It makes preparing a cup off coffee (hot or cold) as simple as instant, with fresh brewed flavor. I have been cold-brewing for a long time, and know folks who have done so for over 30 years. HOWEVER, while it can be done this way, it is really messy and time consuming to get the coffee filtered. I find it much easier to use one of the cold brewing systems available for about $35. Two that I know of are Toddy Coffee, and Filtron. You can search the net for cold brew coffee and find what is available out there. You can also get coffee recipes there! Excellent idea to post this, KLH!
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