friday july 20 2007
An icer cup of coffee
8 easy steps to cold-brewing iced coffee in the comfort of your apartment.
Why cold-brew ice coffee?
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Without the bitterness produced by hot water, the cold-brewed coffee had hints of chocolate, even caramel. I dropped my sugar packet -- no need for it. The best brews hardly need cream...
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Without the bitterness produced by hot water, the cold-brewed coffee had hints of chocolate, even caramel. I dropped my sugar packet -- no need for it. The best brews hardly need cream...
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Step 1
Start by pouring yesterday's unfinished coffee into those tiny plastic cups you have leftover from your last tequila party. Place in freezer.
Start by pouring yesterday's unfinished coffee into those tiny plastic cups you have leftover from your last tequila party. Place in freezer.
Early adopters may use a high-tech device called an icetray. Don't be intimidated if you don't have one.
Step 2
The next morning, pull your coffee-ice cups out of freezer and set in window sill to allow them to melt a tiny bit away from the cup so you can more easily pop them out.
The next morning, pull your coffee-ice cups out of freezer and set in window sill to allow them to melt a tiny bit away from the cup so you can more easily pop them out.
Duration: 2 minutes, or the time it takes to figure out what's appropriate to wear on a 90° summer day which you'll spend in a 61° air-conditioned office building.
Step 3
Place your coffee-ice-cubes into your to-go cup. Yellow's a nice color for a to-go cup.
Place your coffee-ice-cubes into your to-go cup. Yellow's a nice color for a to-go cup.
LT{N}C doesn't condone plastic, but also sometimes uses it, but not without mixed feelings, mostly regret.
Step 4
Oh, right. Last night around 11pm you scooped 7 heaping tablespoons or so of coarsely ground good coffee into an urn, poured cold water over it, and stirred. Then you left this out on the counter, with a lid on it to keep the fruit flies out, overnight, all night. There it sat all night, brewing. Not hot. Cold. Cold brewed.
Cold as in room temperature.
Step 5
The morning after the all-night brew:
Pour the coffee from the coffee urn into a French Press. Press. This separates the loose grounds from the coffee juice.
The morning after the all-night brew:
Pour the coffee from the coffee urn into a French Press. Press. This separates the loose grounds from the coffee juice.
Step 6
Filter the coffee through one more finer sieve or paper filter if you feel like it.
Filter the coffee through one more finer sieve or paper filter if you feel like it.
This step is optional and unlikely because your boyfriend probably doesn't have a strange, fine-screened, tea-straining device hiding in the back of your corner cabinet like mine did.
Step 7
Pour the filtered coffee over those coffee-ice-cubes.
Pour the filtered coffee over those coffee-ice-cubes.
I can't seem to stop straining.
Step 8
Drink it ...all the way to work. When the ice cubes melt, just more coffee.
Drink it ...all the way to work. When the ice cubes melt, just more coffee.
Recipe: Cold-Brewed Iced Coffee (NYTimes)
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