Cold Brew

The top Pro Tip we have for this method is patience.

Let that coffee mingle with cool water for a good 18 hours, no matter how excited you are.

The Hario Mizudashi Cold Brewer – a simple beauty that’s easy to brew, easy to clean up, and tastes full-bodied and sweet with pretty much any coffee. It also makes a mean iced tea. If you have a hankering for iced coffee, but forgot to get your Mizudashi brewing yesterday, we’ve included some suggestions for icing your other brew methods.

For This Brewing Method You Will Need

Coffee/Water Ratio

115 g of coffee to 1000 g of cold water

Brew Time

18 hours

Grind

6 on a 1-10 grinder, 18 on the Baratza Encore (medium grind)

Directions

Place the ground coffee into the mesh filter.
Set the mesh filter into the carafe.
Add enough cold water through the filter to saturate all of the coffee and stir. Add the remaining cold water directly to the carafe.
Secure the lid on the carafe and place in the refrigerator. Allow to steep for 18 hours.
Remove the mesh filter from the carafe and discard the spent grounds.
Pour cold-brewed coffee over ice and enjoy!

Iced Coffee in a Pinch

The general principle for making fresh iced coffee is to take around 1/3 of your hot water dose and replace it with ice in a glass, which will create smaller pours for drip methods. Then just pour the more concentrated hot brew over the glass of ice. Otherwise, your overall water dose, coffee dose, grind, and time should stay the same. Here are some quick recipes for brewing cold coffee with the other brew methods.

V60 -2

Hot Water: 240g
Ice: 140g

Bloom: 60g, 1st Pour: 100g, 2nd Pour: 60g, 3rd Pour: 20g

CHEMEX

Hot Water: 440g
Ice: 260g

Bloom: 100g, 1st Pour: 170g, 2nd Pour: 170g

KALITA WAVE

Hot Water: 315g
Ice: 185g

Bloom: 70g Each Pour: 30g

AEROPRESS

Hot Water: 142g
Ice: 83g

FRENCH PRESS

3 Cup

Hot Water: 214g
Ice: 125g

8 Cup

Hot Water: 535g
Ice: 315g

12 Cup

Hot Water: 787g
Ice: 463g

A White Russian With a Kick
For a Happy Hour Pick-Me-Up
2 ounces vodka
1 ounce Kahlua
1 ounce cream
2 ounces cold-brewed coffee
Stir and serve with ice!