Cold Brew Coffee
This easy Cold Brew Coffee recipe makes a smooth, rich coffee that's less bitter than drip and perfect over ice!Step-by-step photos can be seen below the recipe card.
Servings: 5 cups
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole coffee beans coarsely ground, $3.40*
- 5 cups cold water $0.00
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients.
- Using a coffee grinder (if you have one) or a food processor (if you don’t), grind the whole bean coffee until coarsely ground.* 1 cup of whole beans yields 1¼ cups of ground coffee.
- To a mason jar, add 1 cup of ground coffee and 4 cups of cold water. To a smaller mason jar, add the remaining ¼ cup of ground coffee and the last 1 cup of cold water. (I didn’t have a mason jar big enough, so I split it up into two.)
- Give the jars a shake and transfer to the refrigerator for 24 hours.
- Strain the next day, discarding the coffee beans (or use them in your garden or compost!) using a fine mesh strainer lined with a coffee filter. Or strain using a nut milk bag, like I did!
- Transfer filtered coffee back into the mason jar you used overnight (give it a good rinse or a quick wash) and enjoy your cold brew coffee poured over lots of ice! If you find the coffee is too strong for you, you can dilute it with water and/or any milk you like best.
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Notes
*¼-inch pieces being visible in your grind is a good standard for coarse ground coffee. I used dark espresso beans, but freshly ground coffee of any kind will give you the best flavor. Keeping the grind coarse also makes it much easier to strain. Finely ground coffee will be harder to strain and may make your coffee gritty.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 0kcal | Carbohydrates: 0g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 0g | Sodium: 12mg | Fiber: 0g