r/coldbrew

I have been buying those ready made cold brew bottles from the supermarket for convenience but starting to feel like overpaying for something thats mostly water and goes flat tasting fast once its open

I'm going out of town for about 2 weeks and wanna be able to replicate my Toddy cold brew system. (Nothing hits right for me like coffee strained through the Toddy felt filter. I've tried loads of alternatives, including cheesecloth, which is nice and portable, but it doesn't come out tasting the way I like. Why? idk! But I just wanna stick with my filter that reliably makes what I want to drink.)

In the past on long-ish trips like this, I've actually brought my big dumb white plastic Toddy container, in order to be able to make good cold brew. (Since then, I've started doing the overnight stage in a big glass carafe and only using the white container for the filtering part, which has made me more confident about not being tied to it.)

This time I'm thinking of skipping the white container: I could steep in an alternate vessel like I do with my glass carafe. And then I could probably sort of stuff the filter into a kitchen funnel, then veeeery slowly pour the steeped coffee through it, 'til I have a full batch. I'll also bring a cloth filter bag (and have paper as an option too), so the grounds will be contained.

What do y'all think? Would this work, without being ultra messy? Any better ideas?

Hi all! Very new cold brewer here. Just made my first batch in the fridge yesterday. I absolutely love cold coffee, and this is my attempt to replace energy drinks and soda with a very low calorie early morning drink.

For my first brew, I made 8 cups, two different containers in the fridge, that I let steep for 20-24 hours. They were both the same type of coffee, as I only bought one bag of Columbian Dark Roast from a WinCo I was at this last weekend. I ground them to a course setting at the store and brought them home. I did 1 cup of ground beans per 2 cups of water, so 2 cups of grounds beans in each container. In one container I added 5 tsp of a non-sugar Vanilla Caramel powder creamer, and in the other I added nothing.

I woke up this morning and was excited to try it. I thought the flavor was okay, but it was way too bitter for me and very strong. I'm curious about what I can try next to adjust the flavor closer to something to my palette? I like really sweet coffees normally, nothing like Starbucks but I usually aim for stuff like Caramel Machiatos, iced or cold, at coffee shops.

Things that I am already thinking of trying, but am curious what this community thinks about:

• Using less coffee grounds per cup of coffee. I just followed the instructions that came with the small cold brew set I bought, so I'm open to suggestions here.
• Steeping for not as long. I've heard people say you get all of the caffiene content after 12 hours, so maybe I could stop there instead?
• Using liquid creamer instead of powder. This one is mostly because it has been a pain in the ass to get the powdered creamer to fully dissolve in a cold liquid. But I don't want to use a creamer that's going to add too many calories to my drink, which I assume liquid creamer will. So if people have suggestions for this, I'd love to hear them!
• Possibly a different coffee bean. I really liked the smell of this one, and realistically I think it tasted fine. But I am also still open to suggestions on this one.

I think that's it! I'm excited to be part of this community.

I live in Ontario, Canada and have tried many types of beans but I just can’t find the right one. The last beans I used were Sumatra from Costco and I found the brew too earthy-tasting for my liking. I am looking for a bean that will taste similar or almost identical to the Starbucks cold brew. I saw people saying the Starbucks beans are custom ones the store gets but the Siren’s blend is very close, yet I can’t find the Siren’s blend anywhere near me. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thank you!

I just made an iced cappuccino oh wow Amazing. It’s hot in the Midwest today so I figured I try to make one. 21g Stump coffee 43 g out 200 degrees 40 seconds. Frothed a combo of 50g sweet cream and 50 g whole milk . Added some ice. Super good. Im sure it’s not a coffee purist blend . But it’s really refreshing. Espresso punched through. Stay cool

Some standouts being the Monster coffees, Starbucks Nitro Cold Brew, and Bones Coffee.

Now I truly understand these places are using a lot of flavors and sugar to make them taste the way they do.

My main deal is all of these cans have coffee tastes like how it smells. Anytime I've brewed cold brew, it's been bitter fruity piss water. And honestly, adding any milk, sugar, vanilla, or otherwise to it that I've tried has only made it even grosser tasting. Even if I load it with as much sugar as possible, it doesn't save it.

Yet, when it comes to any coffee I get at an establishment or otherwise, or especially in these cans, it has this deep, guttural... coffee? taste to it.

As the title says im thinking about it. I am from a caribbean country, technically summer the whole year. I think the business has a potential, but i'm worried about the risks. I am currently reading alot about coffee, how it works, type of drinks, how it behaves when colbrewing.

But i would like to know what should I have into consideration. I understand coldbrew tend to be a bit bitter than hot coffee, but I would like to know if there are methods to curate the flavor of hot coffee into cold. also I understand not all type of coffees are suitable for coldbrew, only dark roasted works better.

Also what else am i missing when thinking about canned coffee drinks.

Also I know this posts might be another post about the canned business, so if some of you are able to link the convo ill appreciate it.

Thanks

Hey everyone,

I’m trying to wrap my head around this and I haven’t come across anything helpful, there isn’t a lot of info on this subject so it’s why I’m posting here to find out if anyone has knowledge on this.

To preface, I’m not a huge coffee drinker in general but I do follow my mg in caffeine pretty regularly, I have a little bit of caffeine anxiety but I still take it in order to workout or start up my day, usual stuff. I had notice some jitters but I assumed it was because it was new form of caffeine intake.

I recently started to buy store bought cold brew as a way to quickly make a coffee for my creatine I take daily, I didn’t really think to check the caffeine content because I naively assumed that a dark roast cold brew was gonna be just as strong as a normal coffee, maybe a bit stronger but nothing I’m worried about.

I honestly just bought whatever was on sale, I went to Publix and noticed that one of the brands I was drinking (Bizzy coffee) had a legitimate 275 mg of caffeine in a 12 oz serving, that to me is a crazy amount of caffeine for one 12 oz drink, especially for a morning coffee. I realized I had been taking probably about 400mgs a day before 9 am on most days. I even looked into if these were a concentrated variant and no, these say “4 servings per container” hell some of these brands don’t even say there caffeine content and you have to search for a small text that reads the mg count.

I know this sounds kinda dumb especially when yall are pretty knowledgeable on this, but it kinda scared the hell out of me that this is something readily available.

My honest question though is am I just drinking these cold brews wrong? Or should I avoid these and find an alternative. Love what I see in this subreddit btw seems really good way to learn!

TLDR: Bought cold brew coffee at a grocery store and noticed that they were super high in caffeine per serving, wondering if I was drinking them wrong or should I find another way.

I just got a work from home job and want to up my coffee game at home and build a N2 setup. I have some questions about what to buy and need your guidance, peeps.

I'm mainly confused on fittings and hoses

Budget ~$500

Preferences: 1 gallon keg (it's about a week's worth of coffee for me), 20 cubic foot N2 tank from local shop (no cartridges), and obviously food safe.

Gas:

Local shop quoted me around $200 for a N2tank, gas, and regulator. However, I don't know what hoses or tubing/fittings to get the gas from the tank to the keg

Keg:

I want a gallon size (128oz) for my personal use - what should I get? My concern is that I'll get a tank that won't be compatible with the faucets and the fittings. Thoughts?

What is a dissolving stone lid? Do I need this?

I think I need a ball lock setup - is this right?

Then I get a stout tap for the liquid side?

Do I need a gas filter and a liquid filter - if so where do they go!?

Thank you kindly

I’ve seen plenty of people say they get a strong concentrate after 24 hours of cold brew, but I’m consistently ending up with something that tastes pretty weak. The main difference I can think of is that I brew in the fridge the whole time rather than on the counter. Is the lower temp (~38°F) killing my extraction enough to make that big of a difference, or am I missing something else? Using a coarse grind — wondering if I need to go finer, extend the steep time beyond 24hrs, or just move it to the counter for at least part of the brew.

Running this same question through AI, says the cold temp shouldn’t significantly impact the strength of brew. But would like feedback from those that have actually trial and error’d this before.

Hi there,

I am looking for a high capacity dripper (or 2 smaller ones) to regularly do large batches of cold brew coffee.
We are talking about 2L total.

It must have an ajustable drip rate and be reasonably priced.

Do you know which brand or model I can look for ?

Recently I went to a fancy looking coffee shop and they gave me a sample of their coldbrew. They said that along with adding ground beans, they also add cinnamon and some other ingredients during the steeping process. Does anyone here do this as well? How effective is it? If I wanted to do this, how much of ingredients should I add?

I just started cold brewing coffee. I have no specialized equipment, I use my Ninja compact blender to grind the beans and a simple jar to brew it on. This time I left it brew for about 48hr because I didn't have time to strain earlier and I used a 5:1 water coffee ratio. When I finally had a chance to strain the coffee, it looked more like black tea than coffee, it smells good but it looks too translucent. I will be trying it today but not too excited by the looks. What is your perfect water to coffee ratio?

As of lately I really got into drinking cold brew now I want to make it at home. What equipment do I need and what kind of coffee do you recommend? Also can I buy already ground coffee?