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The Oromo people would customarily plant a coffee tree on the graves of powerful sorcerers. They believed that the first coffee bush sprang up from the tears that the god of heaven shed over the corpse of a dead sorcerer.

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Cold brew, educate me please! (feddit.win)

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I'm getting old and the morning coffee isn't doing anything for the crash after midday. It's also getting hot and I don't want an afternoon hot cup of coffee. I want to try making cold brew and it seems simple enough. Any tips?

So far I've seen 1:8 coffee to water recommended. 24 hours steeped and 2:1 water to concentrate. Sound ok? Any extra steps to make it twice as good?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've on of those glass carafe's with the insert for coffee grounds, but I use my french press because it's just easier. I do 1:4 course ground coffee to water, so it's a concentrate. I use 200g coffee + 800ml water in my press. I let it brew in the fridge for at least 12 hours, up to 18. Can go to 24, but that's not my preference.

At serving time, I like it with generous 1/3 coffee concentrate + lean 2/3 water.

If I did not want to make a concentrate, but to drink straight up, then I'd go 1:8 or 1:10.

It's all about taste though! You'll find your sweet spot after a couple brews. Course ground coffee makes a much "cleaner" cold brew than regular grind. I don't generally filter mine unless its super cloudy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the tip about brewing time, went with ~16 hours and it was plenty strong. Probably would've hated it at 24hrs 😅