It's Cold Brew Time

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Cold brew time!
As the weather warms up drinking a hot coffee becomes less of an option, you can ice it, let it cool, or go the cold brew route. Cold brew is easy to make, takes a lot more time but gives another way to enhance your coffee drinking experience.

Cold brew, for those that don't know, is coffee that is brewed at or below room temperature. It shouldn't be confused with iced coffee variations where the brewing is performed with hot water than iced after brewing. So how do you make it?

First get your coffee and suitable brewing container. Grind your coffee very coarse, and add it your container, I like quart sized wide mouth canning jars. You can add as much coffee as you want I like 55gr of coffee per quart, but you can make it stronger by adding more coffee. Just don't overfill the container as the coffee will expand as it soaks up water and may cause the container to spill over. Make a one to one water and coffee ratio to make some potent cold brew concentrate for coffee cocktails. Then let the mix sit at or below room temperature. The time it sits increases
the strength, I recommend about 12 hours to start.

​After brewing filter your coffee. I like to use my Chemex for this. Any drip filter will work fine, just use what you have. Then taste and add what you want to get the taste that you want. For this I add cream or almond milk. You can use whatever you like. Finally enjoy the coffee goodness!