Notes on making cold brew at home.
Ratios, grinders, filters and the batches that did not work. Written down so I stop repeating the same mistakes.
Latest posts
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Why I switched to a 1:8 ratio
A summer of side-by-side jars, and the ratio I finally settled on.
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Filtering without the mess
Metal mesh first, paper second. Slower, but the sediment is gone.
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Does water matter? A small blind test
Tap, filtered and bottled water, tasted blind by three people who were not me.
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Cold brew vs. Japanese iced coffee
Two ways to get cold coffee, and when I reach for each one.
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The grinder upgrade I put off for two years
Coarse grinding exposed every weakness of my old blade grinder.