Cold brew is a strong choice any time of year, but comes into its own as a reviving summer coffee drink. A totally different brewing and drinking experience to iced coffee. For cold brew you need cold filtered water, coarsely ground coffee and a much longer steep time to prepare it.
We know not everyone has a Toddy or a special cold brewer at home, so we've tailored our cold brew recipe for a brewer that's more commonly used at home – the cafetière.
Step 1
Weigh the correct amount of coffee for your cafetière size based on the above ratios.
Step 2
Grind your coffee to a coarse grind (if not already ground)
Step 3
Place your ground coffee into your cafetière
step 4
Measure out the correct amount of cold, filtered water following the above recipe
Step 5
Pour your cold, filtered water over the coffee trying to ensure all grounds are wet.
Step 6
Close your cafetière, but do not plunge it
Step 7
Place the cafetière in the fridge and allow to brew for 14-15 hours
Step 8
Once the coffee has brewed, push down the plunger on your cafetière and decant the coffee into glasses to drink, or a bottle to store (we want to remove the coffee from the water so that it doesn't over-extract).
Step 9
Best served poured over ice
Personalise your brew:
Manipulating the grind size, dose and brew time will extract different flavours from your coffee:
- Adjust your grind: coarser grinds will produce a lighter-bodied brew, while finer grinds will give you a fuller-bodied coffee.
- Adjust your dose: by changing the dose of coffee you use, you can adjust the strength of your coffee to your liking.
- Adjust your brew time: similar to a teabag, leaving coffee grinds in contact with water for too long can result in an overly bitter and over-extracted cup of coffee. Our brew time is only a guideline – decrease or increase the brew time to adjust the intensity of the brew to your taste.
Seasonal Blend Coffee: RISE espresso
Created in the name of positivity and progression, this light/medium roasted and fruity seasonal blend coffee is a firm favourite among our team for crafting a refreshingly good cold brew.
