Because it is awesome.
I blogged about Chameleon Cold Brew here, and I’ve just gotten word that Central Market started carrying Kohana Cold Brew Concentrate (the company is local and woman-run) too—it’s already a fave at Whole Foods.
But I’m here to burst your bubble. It’s too easy to cold brew at home for you not to know how. Then you can choose convenience or consumerism over making your own, but at least you know.
How to start cold-brewing coffee: a jar, and some coffee
Step 1: pour 1/3 cup ground coffee into jar
Step 2: Add 1 + 1/2 cups water per 1/3 cup coffee
Step 3: Seal jar and let sit 8-24 hours.
Step 4: You'll need plain, regular coffee filters. This is a single cup filter, you could also just rig up a way to hold the filter over the jar (like a rubberband around the rim with the filter going into the jar)
Step 5: Pour contents of jar over filter into another jar
Voila! Cold-brew coffee.
The resulting coffee is concentrated, so many people like to dilute it with water. You can play around with your fave concentration.
I like to make iced coffee lattes, diluting the concentrate with raw milk:
Cold brew iced coffee with raw milk is my new fave drink
Adding raw milk
Ah, morning ritual
Sprinkle a lil cinnamon on top!
Cold brew coffee is super easy to make, smooth-tasting, better for you, and awesome. Try it and leave feedback in the comments!
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