/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>11725190
You can buy a 4-serving bottle of Starbucks Cold Brew for like 4-5 dollars.

>>11725190
>Why the FUCK hasn't anyone told me about cold brew coffee before?
you flyovers are incredible

>>11725193
Not at the Sprouts right next to my house. They only had shit like nitro brew coffee cans, Chameleon, Stumptowns, etc.

I'm afraid to order them over Amazon because they treat bottles like shit and will most likely break in transit.

if you have a french press, just make it yourself. it's easy.
>use a high coffee to water ratio
>grind coarse
>add to press
>add room temp water
>plunge
some debate on the next step:
>store in the fridge for a day
>store room temperature for a day
I'd say store room temp for a day while steeping, then pour into a container and refrigerate after it's done steeping.
when you're ready to drink, just dilute with some water.
apparently it's easier on the stomach because you don't have some of the oils that are released when you use hot water.

>>11725223
Try a Kroger / Safeway / Ralph’s my man

>>11725193
>>11725223
Just make it yourself like >>11725230 says

>>11725190
I'm making a batch now. And always use light roast it works better

>>11725190
Used to manage a store that sold these things. Entire deliveries went out of date so often that we ended up clearing the entire shelf in favor of fucking protein shakes of all things (which don't sell much, but at least they sold). Not sure what they do now, but I can say that I have not seen one of those bottles in months in any store I've been to. Tried each variety way back when, and it just tasted like normal refrigerated coffee. Vanilla and Fig was sort of okay. Cocoa and Honey barely had a taste.

Might as well just grab a $1 coffee from a gas station coffee bar and keep it in your car during the winter. Same fucking effect.

>>11725338
light roast is just better all around because it's not burnt to shit.

OP make it yourself unless you're rich af. This aint coca cola. you can make it at home
>>11725230
Do you have a particular ratio in mind? I always do 1 part coffee to 2 parts water but I guess I never really thought about it.

I make a batch every few days (it lasts about that long). I just mix some Folgers with water in a jug at night and strain it with a rag in the morning. No need for anything fancy.

>>11725190
I have one of these takeya cold brew makers. You just use whatever ground coffee you like and stick it in the fridge overnight. When it’s done you have a picher of cold brew concentrate you mix with water or milk to your desired strength. It’s a lot cheaper and you can switch the coffee flavor up. They’re less than $20 on Amazon.

You're supposed to dilute cold brew? I wonder if thats why I didn't like the batch that I made previously

>>11726185
Yes, if you’re steeping it overnight it’s concentrated and needs to be diluted . Also use a very coarse grind to avoid bitterness. Also if you’re straining it through cheesecloth or something it will get bitter if you squeeze it out too hard. I used to use that method until I got the cold brew pitcher and the pitcher is much easier.

>>11726243
well thats two things I did wrong then. I used a real fine grind and strained it several times because on my first cup I still had remnants after straining
think im gonna get me one of these >>11726163
and a grinder or just grind it in the store

>>11726290
Yeah there’s your problem. I just grind it in store in the bulk section on the coarset setting btw. Ez pz

>>11725190
It's easy to make and easy on the tum tum as well bud.

>>11725630
You're supposed to use 2 tbsp ground coffee beans : 1 cup of water for a normal ratio, so I'd say up it to anywhere from 4-6:1.
Your safest bet is doing 6 tbsp : 1 cup because the more coffee, the better extraction in cold water, and you can always dilute later.

I stopped drinking coffee and now just drink Iced coffee.
double espresso, plus ice and cold water
so refreshing.

>>11725220
This but unironically.

>>11726163
OXO's kit for it is really nice, easy to make a full week's worth from a pound of coffee, you can also put an aeropress filter in the bottom if you want.

>>11725220
>you flyovers are incredible
>Flyovers
Caribou has had Cold Press longer than Starbucks.

>>11727087
>ratio of tbsp to cups
Can Americans just fuck off already? You're supposed to use a ratio of grams coffee to grams water.

>>11727087
>>11727214
I do 1:7 coffee to water(1g coffee to 7g water) and it comes out great every time. Just add a splash of milk and its delicious.

>>11727242
I assume that you mean for cold brew? 1:7 would be crazy strong for regular brewing methods.

>>11727214
What's the difference? Are you unable to do a simple arithmetic conversion in your head?

>>11727253
>simple arithmetic conversion
>simply convert x grams coffee to x allotments of approximately 15mL of coffee
This would require you to somehow find the density of the coffee, it's not simple at all. Lay off the corn syrup, it's destroying your brain.

>>11727214
>You're supposed to use a ratio of grams coffee to grams water.
You're supposed to not be a faggot who can't input simple numbers into a google conversion, you just had to fucking reply.
I suppose I'm giving advice to Americans and people who can convert, so you can fuck off already.

>>11727214
>>11727299
>too fucking stupid to realize a tablespoon literally means the volume of an average tablespoon and a cup is the volume of a cup
wew, lay off the beans and toast, you're not getting a sufficient amount of nutrients to your brain.

>>11727252
Yes friend this is a cold brew thread.
For regular brewing, I have been using a french press for while now and I do 15 grams to 250ml of water. Better than any instant/commercial crap but I feel there is large room for improvement. It is probably the grind but I'm stuck with a grinder that I suspect can't grind coarse enough for a french press

>>11727299
>somehow find the density of the coffee
it's a pretty easy thing to google and memorize.

>>but but different coffee has different density
sure, and you can adjust for that based on how much you use.

It's extremely simple. You're just bad at doing math.

>>11727313
>too fucking stupid to realize that a cup is exactly 236.588mL and a tablespoon is exactly 14.7868mL
The American education system at work, he actually thinks that a "cup" is the volume of an average cup hahaha

>>11727354
>too fucking stupid to realize I'm talking about rough measurements that can be done with basic utensils around the house
>too fucking stupid to realize that making cold brew isn't an exact science, thinks I'm talking about precise amounts of coffee and water

>>11725190
Just coarse grind coffee and stick it in the fridge in your french press overnight wah lah amigo

>>11727388
>>too fucking stupid to realize I'm talking about rough measurements that can be done with basic utensils around the house

Yes, anon. Do we really have to explain this to you? 1 cup = 236.588 mL ≈ 250mL = 1/4 liter, something extremely easy to causally measure.

>>11727354
>he has kitchen scale that goes to 3 decimals
Here's a (You) for being so absurd the thought gave me a chuckle.

>>11727340
Except different coffee beans have different density.

>>11727450
Right. Which you can adjust for by changing your ratio.

>>Wow, this coffee is finely ground so it seems extra-dense, therefore I better add a little less of it.

...and that's assuming you care about coffee enough for the density difference to matter to you anyway.

>>11727461
You should never use finely ground coffee for cold brew, and you should never buy pre-ground coffee. You wouldn’t buy pre-opened champagne, would you?

>>11727461
Good job outing yourself as a retard who knows nothing about coffee but insists that his tablespoon measuring method is superior

>>11727299
1 gram is almost exactly equal to 1 ml

>>11729483
Are you baiting or are you genuinely fucking retarded?

>>11729504
:^)

Do any of these cold brew machines have any benefits over a normal french press?

>>11730386
They stimulate the economy of rich people's offshore bank accounts, I guess.

>>11730386
I think they are a little bigger than your average french press

>>11730386
>machines
What part of the cold brew process could possibly even need to be mechanized? All that you have to do is put the ground beans into water and let them sit, you could do it in a fucking cup.

>>11730386
Well, with OXO's model you can brew a lot more than you can in a french press, you get easier even water distribution, and it filters out the bottom into the flask. And it fits aeropress filters if you want better than mesh filtering.

>>11730386
source?

>>11730386
To answer the question you have to understand how cold brew is made. Because you're not using hot water, the extraction process needs 1) more time and 2) a higher solute concentration with longer exposure.
The french press is nice because it keeps the coffee submerged under the water so all the grounds come into contact with the water adequately and can give off their oils (flavors).
Cold brew "machines" that claim to create a cup of cold brew in 25 minutes or whatever are a sham because the coffee needs almost a day to fully extract.
Otherwise, all cold brew machines operate the same way as a french press would. So if you have a french press, just use it and save yourself the trouble of buying another tool.

>>11725230
>use high coffee to water ratio
Use a small ratio. As in 1:3 or 1:4 of c:w.

>>11732355
a higher/larger coffee (~6 tbsp) : to water (~1 cup) ratio than normal is what I meant.

>>11725190
>expensive, liquid crack
That's why no one ever told you about it. They don't want you to become addicted and broke.

I think I'll just flip my aeropress upside down and stick it in the fridge overnight instead of buying the $50 oxo whatsit.

>>11733445
All you need is a big enough jar and something to filter it through when done brewing, OXO's model and others like it just makes it easier and cleaner in effort.

https://www.oxo.com/blog/how-to-use-the-oxo-cold-brew-coffee-maker/

>>11725190
Its because in normal coffee machines they are not routinely cleaned leaving it very bitter.

>>11733671
That's not really true. Cold Extraction doesn't reach temps that the acidic/bitter compounds convert or release from the beans. Which is one of the big reasons why there are so many different hot extraction techniques to try to rapidly get the good flavors out with as little of the unwanted ones.

Should I microwave my cold brew if I fancy a hot cup of coffee, or is that haram?

>>11734504
Just make hot coffee

>>11733445
If you make cold brew with a fauxspresso device like an aeropress it's going to taste like shit, you need to use a French press or straining device with a coarse grind

>>11725220
Blend grounds to dust, mix, wait 6 hrs. Strain
Valhalla

>>11725220
Because it's for pretentious faggots much like yourself.

>>11725223
>chameleon
>stumptown
Both sold out to corporations and are going downhill. Make your own, it's the easiest thing in the world and shitty stale beans even taste good as cold brew

>>11734709
you shouldn't make definite statements about things you don't actually know, anon

>>11725190

>since coffee seems taboo not being hot

In which universe?