What is cold brew coffee?
Cold brew coffee is Cold Brew Coffee, also known as cold brew coffee, ice brew coffee, and cold brew coffee. Put the ground coffee powder into room temperature water, soak and extract it for 12 hours, then filter the coffee grounds and the coffee liquid obtained is cold brew coffee.
The reason why cold brew coffee is so popular is that it does not require any skills to make, and there are no water injection techniques or water temperature requirements. For coffee drinkers who find Pour over(V60) coffee cumbersome, cold brew coffee is like an angel. One bottle and one coffee powder for one night, you can drink iced coffee with a full and mellow taste when you wake up.
Unlike Pour over(V60) coffee, which uses hot water and high temperature to extract coffee, the bitter substances extracted at low temperature are much less. By extending the extraction time and fully infiltrating the coffee powder, it is easier to extract small-molecule flavor substances, such as floral and fruity aromas. Coffee extracted by immersion has a smoother and more mellow taste, rich aroma, and easier to perceive sweetness.
From Front Street’s point of view, cold brew is good everywhere, but it takes a long time to make, so I suggest you soak it before going to bed at night, and then you can enjoy the amazing iced coffee the next day! !
How to make cold brew coffee?
Front Street recommends that the ratio of powder to water for making cold brew coffee is 1:13. For example: add 40g of coffee to 520g of ice water (don’t pour the ice cubes in too~) for extraction.
After adding ice water, stir thoroughly with a stir stick/spoon and put it in the refrigerator to soak for 12-24 hours. After extraction, use filter paper or fine mesh to filter out the coffee grounds before drinking.
Be careful not to grind the coffee powder used for cold brew too finely! It is recommended that the pass rate of a standard screen with a grinding thickness of 0.85mm is about 80-85%. Although low-temperature extraction can reduce the appearance of bitter substances, it is not 100%.
If the grind is too fine, the sweet and sour substances in the coffee powder will be quickly extracted, and the mellow substances will be released. An appropriate amount of mellow substances can increase the body of coffee, but if soaked for a long time, a woody taste will begin to appear, reducing the overall cleanliness of the coffee.
Moreover, if the coffee is ground too finely, there will be no movement of hot molecules during the extraction process, and agglomeration will easily occur between the coffee particles, causing the coffee to be extracted unevenly. Therefore, coffee powder with the thickness of fine granulated sugar is more suitable for making cold brew coffee.
How to Make Cold Brew Coffee on Front Street
1. 40 grams of fine granulated sugar, coffee powder, powder to water ratio 1:13;
2. Prepare an oil-free and clean sealed container with a capacity of more than 600 ml;
3. After everything is ready, add 520g of ice water and stir evenly to allow the coffee powder to fully contact the water, then place it in the refrigerator and seal it for 8-12 hours;
4. When the extraction time is up, take it out and filter all the coffee powder in the pot before enjoying and storing it.
5. Storage time of cold brew coffee: Front Street recommends that cold brew coffee be consumed within 72 hours after filtering in a sealed state.
Many coffee lovers once said that cold brew coffee is great after being placed in the refrigerator for 7 days before drinking! Theoretically, the longer the cold brew coffee is left, the stronger the fermentation flavor of the coffee will be.
but! When this fermented flavor is strong, it will cover up the taste of coffee. For those who don’t like too strong fermented flavor, Front Street does not recommend trying it easily! The best time to taste cold brew coffee is 2-3 days after filtering the coffee grounds. It is worth noting that it is recommended to add an appropriate amount of ice cubes when drinking. On the one hand, it is to maintain a low temperature. On the other hand, after the coffee is diluted, the layers will be pulled apart and more different flavors will appear. It highlights the fermentation flavor, which will be more intense after warming up, and the ice will taste better.
The origins of cold brew coffee
Many people know that cold brew coffee should be because of Starbucks, but cold brew coffee was not pioneered by Starbucks. However, Starbucks did promote cold brew coffee and made more people like cold brew coffee.
The earliest cold brew coffee is said to have been invented by the Dutch. In the 1600s, because hot coffee could not be drunk at sea, sailors could only soak coffee powder in cold water and found that it tasted pretty good. According to Front Street, cold brew coffee was very popular in Western countries, especially in the mid-19th century. Cold brew coffee spread throughout the world, from Britain to Japan to the United States. Various cold brew espresso coffees emerged in endlessly, especially in the military.
In the 1960s, Todd Simpson traveled to Peru, tasted Peruvian cold brew coffee and became obsessed with it. Soon after he designed and released what is now the world-famous Toddy Cold Brewing System. Starbucks uses the Toddy cold drink system and introduces cold brew coffee to the world.
Recommended coffee beans suitable for cold brewing
Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee): Honduras sherry coffee beans Country: Honduras
Production area: Massa Guara Manor: Moka Estate Altitude: 1500-1700m Processing: Fine washed whiskey sherry barrel fermentation Flavor: Fermented wine aroma, cream, vanilla
Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee): Honduras lychee orchid coffee bean production area: Massaguala Manor: Moca Manor Altitude: 1500-1700m Variety: Caturra, Carduai Processing method: exquisite washing and brandy barrel processing Flavor: lychee, brandy, dark chocolate, cream
Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee): Washed Yirgacheffe coffee beans Country: Ethiopia Production area: Yirgacheffe Altitude: 1800-2000 meters Processing method: Washed Variety: Local native species Flavor: berry, citrus, lemon
Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee): Yirgacheffe sun-dried red cherry coffee beans Country: Ethiopia Region: Yirgacheffe Processing plant: Altlan Altitude: 2,300 meters Variety: local native species Processing method: sun-dried Flavor: berry, lemon, strawberry, fermented wine aroma
Front Street Coffee (FrontStreet Coffee): Panama Butterfly Coffee Bean Origin: Panama Poquete Variety: 70% Geisha, Catura, Catuai Altitude: 1600-1650m Processing: Washed Flavor: Tea feeling, citrus, white floral aroma
Choosing coffee beans is all based on personal preference. There are no strict requirements on what beans to use, as long as you like it. However, because the bitter/mellow substances in the coffee beans are not easily released during low-temperature extraction, FrontStreet Coffee recommends that you use coffee beans with a sour and sweet taste~
For more specialty coffee beans, please add Front Street Coffee on private WeChat (FrontStreet Coffee), WeChat ID:kaixinguoguo0925
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
