You're viewing a single thread.
Cold brew. Chameleon. It's hot af in Texas.
After years without, I got these EZ coldbrew packet thingies on a whim. Made them. Tried it. It was okay. But holy dick, was it ever refreshing.
Got some Nut Milk (lawl) bags
Got a bunch of better coffee
Got a big pitcher
Got a second pitcher with a screw-on lid
Got a bunch of flavorings
Set my grinder to medium, slightly on the fine side.
I don’t think I’ll ever go back to hot coffee again. I love this soooo much. I make a huge pitcher every day, pour it into the jug the next day, put a new bag in the pitcher, and throw it in the pantry. It’s been bliss. I drink hot coffee black, but coldbrew with a little drizzle of white chocolate stuff (monin, I think?) is GODLY.
FWIW there is (or at least used to be) something called a coffee sock that is (was?) basically a reusable fabric sock you fill with grounds and put in a pitcher or large Mason jar to make cold brew. Same idea, but might give better results than the nut bags...
That sounds like the exact same thing as a nut milk bag lawl. But kill bags are just cheesecloth with a drawstring. They’re the perfect thing for the task. I can also grind it really fine and ZERO loose grounds end up in the final product. It’s just super strong super delicious super cold super aaaaaaaaa
Yum.
Quick edit: it looks like the coffee sock is just a more expensive nut milk bag, but in like… shapes.
Oh ok for some reason I was imagining nut milk bags having a more loose weave.
Aha! The one I have is suuuuuuper super insanely fine, but mega strong. At the end of brewing, you can like, wring it out suuuuper hard and you get all this insanely concentrated ultra coffee.
It’s magnificent.
I've never desired cold brew but this post is tempting me
I don’t know why I suddenly love it so much, but I’ve been drinking it every dang morning. It’s just soooo refreshing. It’s a shame it takes so long to make (12-24 hours) but my two-container setup is working great now.
Some of my coworkers are like “get this device, it will make it also, and it also is a device also” but the big pitcher was like 4USD, nut milk bags are two for like 6USD, and you can reuse them forever. I DON’T NEED NO FANCY SHMANCY DEVICE (other than my beloved burr grinder)