Cold Brew

Cold brew coffee is a special way of making coffee by using cold water instead of hot. This type of brewing coffee makes the final cup different from a traditionally brewed drip coffee. The coffee obtained through cold brewing is mellow, without the bite that hot coffee has.

This page is a collection of posts with information on brewers, the brewing method, coffee beans, and tips and tricks.

Immersion Cold Brew Coffee Maker – Cold Brew Coffee Pitcher vs. Mason Jar

My immersion cold brew device was for a long time the humble mason jar with some sort of filtration. My Filtron went to my mom, who got hooked on the cold brew, and since I didn’t use it often enough, it had to change owners. My wife didn’t quite like the Filtron because it was … Read more

5 Health Benefits of Cold Brew Coffee – Why Is Cold Brew Better than Drip Coffee

Cold brew, drip, or espresso, any sort of brewed coffee is good for us in moderation. There are numerous health benefits from drinking coffee. Coffee can boost athletic performance, reduce the risk of diabetes, colon cancer, gallstones, and Parkinson’s disease, as well as improve liver health. Cold brew, however, is particularly beneficial to our health, … Read more

Dutch Cold Brew Coffee – What Is it and How to Make it?

Dutch Cold Brew Coffee on the street in Taiwan

Thanks to the innovations of baristas, the world of coffee is ever-evolving. We are always trying to find the best way to preserve and enhance the delicate flavors of coffee beans to create the perfect brew—but this isn’t new. Centuries before Starbucks, about three hundred years ago, the Dutch discovered a way to brew coffee that creates quite possibly the finest coffee taste to date, and it’s making a quick comeback. The Dutch might have forgotten the method, but the Japanese and the Koreans developed the method and transformed it into art.

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How to Make Cold Brew Coffee – Cold Brew Coffee Recipe

How to Make Dutch Cold Brew Coffee The objective of this page is to teach you how to make cold brew coffee at home, be an expert at it and get it better than the commercially made one. Yes, you can make your own cold brew and make it delicious, is not all that hard. … Read more

Best Coffee for Cold Brew – How To Choose the Best Coffee Beans for Cold Brew

Toddy Cold Brew Coffee SystemI just roasted a batch of what I like to call “the best beans for cold brew”. I like to roast my own beans, but I rarely have enough time for this. I usually find what I need at the local roasters around the home, or on the Internet. This time, however, I wanted something special, so I took the time to roast myself. Total success. I am not going to discuss roasting here, I will only show you how to pick a great coffee for your cold brew, and I’ll do a couple short reviews for beans that I tried before.

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Quick Cold Brew Coffee – How to Make a Cold Brew Coffee in 3 Minutes

Cold pressed coffee, most commonly known as cold brew coffee, is the best way to brew coffee for people with sensitive stomachs. It is also the best coffee brewing method to make an iced coffee because the coffee is already cold. Many people enjoy more the cold pressed coffee than hot brewed methods because there … Read more

Toddy vs Filtron vs Oxo – The Best Full Immersion Cold Brew Coffee Makers

Iced coffee made with oxo cold brew
Coffee from Oxo Good Grips Cold Brew Coffee Maker

If you are looking to buy a large batch cold brew coffee maker, you have a relatively simple task; there aren’t too many options on the market. The few options available are relatively similar in functionality, features, and price. The three big names are Oxo, Filtron, and Toddy. You can skip to the second half of the article for the comparison.

Cold brew is a slow preparation method because uses cold steeping. In the absence of heat, caffeine and other soluble compounds in the coffee bean extract slower. Cold brew can take up to 48 hours to make, depending on how strong you want the coffee.

To solve this problem, coffee people invented the batch cold brew coffee makers. The concept behind these devices is that you prepare a large and concentrated batch of cold brew that you use for a few days. We store the coffee concentrate in the fridge, and we dilute it with water or milk when we drink it.

The large batch coffeemakers use full immersion for the extraction because it is the most convenient method.

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