Call me OCD if you like, but I'm serious about my morning coffee and over the years have found that this is my sole way of making the stuff. Find you a coffee that you really like -- mine is a dark roast Sumatra whole bean, available from many different sources. Your mileage may vary, so find one you REALLY like. AND AVOID STARBUCKS, BRC, or any company that has ever uttered a word about politics.... they aren't paying attention to their main job of providing good coffee beans.
Using either the store grinder or a burr grinder at home, grind the coffee to a fine powder, just short of "Turkish"..... "Espresso" works for me, but again, your mileage may vary.
I bought a cold brew coffee maker some years ago for about $20 or $25 dollars. Here is what one looks like: https://www.amazon.com/Primula-Comfort-Durable-Removable-Dishwasher/dp/B086V1QXNM/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=cold+brew+maker&qid=1626611454&sr=8-11
I put the ground coffee in the infuser up to where the mesh ends, fill the container with filtered water, and slooo-oooly allow the infuser to sink into position, screw the cap down, give it a few good shakes, and lay it on its side in the refrigerator door.
12 to 18 hours later you will have a thick-ish coffee concentrate. Pour about 1 inch into a cup and top off with filtered water. If you prefer weaker coffee use less, but my personal taste is strong enough to invade Poland all by itself... if I can see the bottom or sides of the cup, it's too weak. Your mileage may vary.
Heat that cup in a microwave for 2 minutes, just don't let it boil.
Voila! You will have the best cuppa you've ever had or your money back. Cold brewing brings out the coffee bean's natural sweetness and is about 70% less acidic than hot brewed coffee.
Bypass all the politically woke companies, and become a coffee snob like me. Cold brewing has ruined me for any other coffee in the wild. I'll drink a cuppa at a restaurant if I have to, but at home, cold brew is the only way.
Enjoy, lads and lasses.
ADDENDUM EDIT: Using the Espresso grind like I do will give you some "sludge" of microscopic sized particles that get through the mesh filter. Ignore it, it just shows you've got a strong coffee. Now I don't actually chew the sludge, but I'm sure some goes down my gullet... don't care, it's just a different form of caffeine.
Call me OCD if you like, but I'm serious about my morning coffee and over the years have found that this is my sole way of making the stuff. Find you a coffee that you really like -- mine is a dark roast Sumatra whole bean, available from many different sources. Your mileage may vary, so find one you REALLY like. AND AVOID STARBUCKS, BRC, or any company that has ever uttered a word about politics.... they aren't paying attention to their main job of providing good coffee beans.
Using either the store grinder or a burr grinder at home, grind the coffee to a fine powder, just short of "Turkish"..... "Espresso" works for me, but again, your mileage may vary.
I bought a cold brew coffee maker some years ago for about $20 or $25 dollars. Here is what one looks like: https://www.amazon.com/Primula-Comfort-Durable-Removable-Dishwasher/dp/B086V1QXNM/ref=sr_1_11?dchild=1&keywords=cold+brew+maker&qid=1626611454&sr=8-11
I put the ground coffee in the infuser up to where the mesh ends, fill the container with filtered water, and slooo-oooly allow the infuser to sink into position, screw the cap down, give it a few good shakes, and lay it on its side in the refrigerator door.
12 to 18 hours later you will have a thick-ish coffee concentrate. Pour about 1 inch into a cup and top off with filtered water. If you prefer weaker coffee use less, but my personal taste is strong enough to invade Poland all by itself... if I can see the bottom or sides of the cup, it's too weak. Your mileage may vary.
Heat that cup in a microwave for 2 minutes, just don't let it boil.
Voila! You will have the best cuppa you've ever had or your money back. Cold brewing brings out the coffee bean's natural sweetness and is about 70% less acidic than hot brewed coffee.
Bypass all the politically woke companies, and become a coffee snob like me. Cold brewing has ruined me for any other coffee in the wild. I'll drink a cuppa at a restaurant if I have to, but at home, cold brew is the only way.
Enjoy, lads and lasses.