Coffee Brewing Cold

Just a week ago we were with a friend discussing the question of why the American taste varies depending what do you do first - add hot water in espresso or espresso poured into hot water. The taste is different is not always, but sometimes it seems that from the same pack of coffee produced two completely different drink.

The question at the time and has remained unanswered. But today I found a very relevant topic for the coming hot season - how to prepare coffee cold way. And at the same time and found the answer to our question!

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As we usually prepare cold coffee? Usually, we add the hot espresso ice cubes. But in fact it is not quite the correct way, as a coffee or often get quite a sour or bitter.

Barista with four years of experience has decided to go a little beyond the mere preparation and yet to know the cause of this difference in the taste.

Coffee contains a large number of chlorogenic acidWhich forms during the cooling quinine acid, Which gives the drink a distinct, astringent taste. If prepare coffee cold method (completely without heat), the taste of the beverage is obtained saturated with caramel or chocolate tinge (depending on the coffee blend). And you can easily add to the ice.

An additional advantage - for once you turn out a fairly large amount of drink, and you can store it in the refrigerator for several days.

So, in order to make coffee cold way, you need about 170 grams of a large coffee grinding, a small piece of felt, two large coffee filter, a two-liter plastic bottle, thread and scissors.

Preparation. Cropped at the bottom of a plastic bottle, and turning it upside down, put in a glass jar. Bank will act as a stand. Folding a piece of felt and fold it so that they could shut up like a cork, bottle neck. Ground coffee is poured into the filters and tie a thread, like a bag. Bottle neck closed by a cover, flip it, fill about six cups of cold water and dip to filter coffee.

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Coffee brewed for 12-24 hours in a cool and dark place. When the drink configure themselves enough, unscrew the cap in the bottle and gently pushing down close to the neck. It turns out that the coffee is further filtered through a plug of felt.

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As a result, you get a very tasty and full-bodied beverage that you can drink in concentrated form, and with the addition of ice, water or milk. In addition, it contains a fairly large amount of caffeine, so it has a dual function - cooling and invigorating at the same time!