Cold Brew Coffee Guide

An Introduction

Cold brew coffee is certainly a different kind of brewing and extraction to the more traditional, hot coffee brew methods. Speciality coffee is traditionally a warm beverage, but what about when the weather turns warm, and the coffee needs remain the same? Cold brew coffee is picking up some popularity across the speciality coffee enthusiasts in the U.K., and its not hard to make. We have broken down the simple steps to brewing-up cold style so that you can include this in your morning routine with ease.

Something to know before you get started, cold brew coffee is not the same thing as an iced coffee. An iced coffee is a coffee that has been brewed normally but poured over ice (and usually including a significant amount of milk). But cold brew coffee is quite the contrary brew. Using lower temperature water to extract coffee from your grounds gives you very different flavours that speciality coffee lovers are starting to explore more and more. Heat to extract coffee is of course used because the process is faster, and it leaves you with a pleasantly warm drink, with the kettle doing a large part of the heavy lifting!

What we, and other coffee lovers, enjoy about the cold brew coffee approach is that you can make the magic happen with the tools that already sit in your kitchen cupboards. You will, however, need to put some preparation time in – cold extraction is a longer process than with warm so get organised early.

you will need:

Your favourite

speciality coffee 

A jug

An airtight jar (any that you have in your store cupboards will work perfectly well)

A fine sieve or filter

room temperature Water