Recipe – Cold Brewed Coffee

Cold brewed coffee

For a less bitter coffee on a humid day give Cold Brewed Coffee a try. It’s different to a frappe in that you have to think beforehand. No five minute instant coffee job here but a 12 hour soak.

I used a lockable water bottle but you can use a plastic jug, glass bottle, old soft drink bottle anything you like.

Cold brewed coffee

Being scientific, not, I chucked in a load of grounds. This will take some working out for how strong  you would like your coffee.

Fill to the top with water.

Cold brewed coffee

Give it a shoogle to mix the coffee and place in fridge.

One thing not to do is use hot coffee and add ice – coffee is high in chlorogenic acid, which, as the coffee cools, forms quinic acid which makes the coffee bitter.  Plus it waters down your coffee, and you don’t want that.

After about 12 hours, remove from fridge.

Cold brewed coffee

I used a tea strainer to remove the grounds. Then added some milk to taste. No sugar was needed as it wasn’t bitter at all.

Cold brewed coffee

lockable water bottle
Ground coffee
Water

In a lockable water bottle, you can use a plastic jug, glass bottle, old soft drink bottle anything you like.
Being scientific, not, I chucked in a load of grounds.
This will take some working out for how strong you would like your coffee.
Fill to the top with water.
Give it a shoogle to mix the coffee and place in the fridge.
One thing not to do is use hot coffee and add ice – coffee is high in chlorogenic acid, which, as the coffee cools, forms quinic acid which makes the coffee bitter.  Plus it waters down your coffee, and you don’t want that.
After about 12 hours, remove from fridge.
I used a tea strainer to remove the grounds. Then added some milk to taste. No sugar was needed as it wasn’t bitter at all.

Cold Pressed Coffee

Make cold pressed coffee at home
Course Drinks

Ingredients
  

  • lockable water bottle
  • Ground coffee
  • Water

Instructions
 

  • In a lockable water bottle, you can use a plastic jug, glass bottle, old soft drink bottle anything you like.
  • Being scientific, not, I chucked in a load of grounds.
  • This will take some working out for how strong you would like your coffee.
  • Fill to the top with water.
  • Give it a shoogle to mix the coffee and place in the fridge.
  • One thing not to do is use hot coffee and add ice - coffee is high in chlorogenic acid, which, as the coffee cools, forms quinic acid which makes the coffee bitter.  Plus it waters down your coffee, and you don't want that.
  • After about 12 hours, remove from fridge.
  • I used a tea strainer to remove the grounds. Then added some milk to taste. No sugar was needed as it wasn't bitter at all.
Keyword coffee, cold pressed coffee, Drink, summer, summer drink
Emma

Emma

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I am Emma and with my husband Mark write Foodie Explorers, which is a food and travel website.

I am a member of the Guild of Food Writers and British Guild of Travel Writers.

We have a wide range of judging experience covering products, hotels and have judged, for example, for Great Taste Awards and Scottish Baker of the Year.

Along the way Mark gained WSET Level 2 in Wine and I have WSET Level 2 in Spirits as well as picking up an award with The Scotsman Food and Drink Awards.    

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