@lakertaylor13 another no-coffee person here too. which is a shame as i grew up in RI, land of coffee milk. but i don’t like coffee flavored things either. don’t even like maple, which tastes coffee-ish to me. i do keep a little jar of espresso powder in the pantry for baking, though. but if i were to make iced coffee for my partner, i’d do it the cold brew way and let coffee steep overnight in the fridge. we live in boston and iced coffee is had year round.
@lljk
awhile
they’ve been around for years, just not common. used for specialty drinks if very limited locations. they are fascinating to watch,
but been drinking cold brew for well over 10 years. Not sure how the first one I tried made it.
Google black blood of the Earth if you can afford it and if you dare.
So, my method of making cold coffee is a little weird, but I find it fairly convenient especially since I had what I needed already.
Requirements:
Keurig (or similar single serve coffee maker) and a stemless wine glass.
Fill the stemless wine glass just above the halfway point with ice. Then brew yourself a “strong” 8oz cup.
It’ll brew a little slower than normal on the “strong” setting, but it’s worth it. Most of the ice will melt and water the coffee down a little anyway, so it’s like brewing a regular cup… except the final result is cold and delicious.
How about brew, leave cup, get caught up in life and come back to cold cup of coffee. Put in microwave to reheat, and repeat. I don’t drink the stuff myself, but I’ve heard other moms saying this is what they do.
@katbyter@kewlchick086
much shivers
i just drink it or toss it
but then i’m a coffee snob, sometimes even called a coffee whore, but i don’t give out for it
@mike808 Yeah, I know voilà (you forgot the smudge above the ‘a’), I just hadn’t been introduced to Viola. Actually, hoping some people will take note of watching finer details. (Don’t get me started on use of “ect” instead of “etc”.)
(I’m on something of a campaign, though I’m not sure it does that much good.)
I use the cheap Capresso I got here a few years ago and pour half a pot (2 shots?) in a large mug with milk and a bit of flavor syrup.
I do the same with black tea, with sugar instead of flavor syrup.
Also what @thismyusername said, except I use less ice cream.
Look for a “mason jar cold brew” fine mesh filter. Add mason jar. Done.
Whole bean coffee can be had at Costco and they have a grinder near the food area. Always use a coarse grind with cold brew. Night and day difference from heat brewed. Smoooov.
Been drinking this stuff since the 80’s at the OG PJ’s in New Orleans before CC’s opened to compete. Nothing like iced cold brew on a hot muggy summer New Orleans day.
Iced coffee, not cold-brew.
My Mom used to have to explain to people how to make it: “Just bring me a cup of hot coffee and a tall glass of ice.” It was a thing in the 1950s and fell from popularity for awhile. Now it’s back with a hipster vengeance.
@mike808
It was hot coffee over ice in the 1950s, not cold brew. Cold brew over ice is the new hipster thing. And if you ask for iced coffee expecting cold brew without specifying cold brew, it’s your fault. It doesn’t matter if you can expect cold brew in your no-name-because-that’s-so-establishment coffee house, wearing your ironic Pork Pie hat smoking your ironic clove cigs, but the vast majority of establishments countrywide put hot-brewed coffee over ice. They might let the pot sit until it’s tepid, but it was hot water what touched the grounds.
@mike808@PocketBrain hot coffee that went into the fridge for awhile around here anyhow. you’d only get actually still hot coffee and ice if a place hadn’t heard of ice coffee, but that doesn’t really happen anymore.
@PocketBrain Then I must have been a “new hipster” since the early 80s last century, along with the entire population of New Orleans in conspiracy with every coffee shop and cafe offering it.
There was no such “hot coffee over ice” drink called “iced coffee” in New Orleans then. The “cold brew” term didn’t exist.
“Iced coffee” was cold-brewed, by definition, and if you ordered that in any PJ’s, CC’s (Community Coffee’s corporate competition), The Neutral Ground, Kaldi’s, etc, you did not get hot coffee over ice.
I remember being in Milwaukee in the late-90s and asking for “iced coffee” (as I was accustomed to), seeing the confused look on the waiter’s face, a lengthy delay while they tried to decipher what I meant, and then returned with an explanation of taking a stab at it with “hot coffee over ice”.
Not the same thing. I lived in a house older than that quaint northwest frontier outpost known as Seattle. “Iced Coffee” is not and never was “hot coffee over ice” if you ask anyone from New Orleans in the last half-century, and it is the true home of coffee in the US.
And we prefer the term “Bohemian”, not “Hipster”, thank you very much.
@hac I wasn’t offended. You’re an OG VMP, not a first post spammer or newb.
So if you get a referral, I don’t have a problem benefitting a fellow Mehmber. That’s why I suggested posting a referral link (and noting that) and a non-referral link.
I didn’t know if your link was a referral or not, or if that was your intention (until your follow up). So I proposed a solution for either way.
As for Amazon links, you just need the “/dp/<Amazon Item ID>” part and the rest can be discarded/elided.
Place near me does cold brew on nitro, which is interesting. They also use coffee ice cubes in their cold brew so that when the ice melts, it’s just more coffee!
I have two of the cold brew pitchers they sold here. I’m the only coffee drinker so cold brew gets me less of a “what smells so bad” thing in the morning. If I want it hot I put it in the microwave, if I want it cold I pour it over ice. Easy!
I bought those too, and was thoroughly disappointed in the results. Turns out I like a little acidity in my coffee. The cold brew just tastes flat to me.
I use a stupid hand grinder my husband insisted on having and doesn’t use on Dunkin original whole beans, dump that into a manual drip, fill the electric kettle to the max level, and brew a pitcher of hot coffee, leave it on the counter to cool, then transfer to fridge overnight.
I “make” iced coffee by combining either the results of that device or the day-old French press coffee in my carafe with milk or heavy whipping cream. Usually with a little bit of agave or other sweetener.
@Turken Đơn giản nhất của nó, cà phê đá được sử dụng trung bình đến mặt đất thô tối rang cà phê Việt Nam-phát triển với một bộ lọc nhỏ giọt kim loại Việt Nam (Phin cà phê). Sau khi nước nóng được thêm vào, các bộ lọc nhỏ giọt bản phát hành giọt cà phê nóng từ từ vào một cốc. Điều này hoàn thành tách cà phê nóng sau đó sẽ nhanh chóng đổ vào một ly đầy đá làm cho hoàn thành cà phê đá Việt Nam.
3 scoops vanilla ice cream in glass
pour coffee over
enjoy the creamy coffee goodness while you gain 10 lbs.
I came here to say why isn’t there an option to say I don’t drink coffee at all.
@lakertaylor13
Same. I’ve never drank coffee (hot, warm, cold, or any other temperature) in my life.
@lakertaylor13 @PlacidPenguin
Not even Snapple coffee?
@lakertaylor13 Summon the Paraphernaliacs’ Persuasive Division, looks like we got us another heretic.
@lakertaylor13 another no-coffee person here too. which is a shame as i grew up in RI, land of coffee milk. but i don’t like coffee flavored things either. don’t even like maple, which tastes coffee-ish to me. i do keep a little jar of espresso powder in the pantry for baking, though. but if i were to make iced coffee for my partner, i’d do it the cold brew way and let coffee steep overnight in the fridge. we live in boston and iced coffee is had year round.
Cold brew(which after I voted I realized I guess most people would consider that a “Toddy System”)
@witzmankid
Not really, cold brew can be made many many ways
from incredibly beautiful and complex
@Cerridwyn
That looks like those cartoon chemist experiments.
@Cerridwyn How many years until these things are anti-trendy enough to where they show up on Meh? I estimate two.
@lljk
awhile
they’ve been around for years, just not common. used for specialty drinks if very limited locations. they are fascinating to watch,
but been drinking cold brew for well over 10 years. Not sure how the first one I tried made it.
Google black blood of the Earth if you can afford it and if you dare.
to simple
@Cerridwyn I have the one on the right, it makes great cold brew overnight
Put grounds in water, put in fridge, then filter it out when it reaches the desired strength.
@evilstan60 I have been using my AeroPress to filter those grounds out after a few days in the fridge.
to just a little bit odd - for some reason meh doesn’t like this one - it crashes every time
https://www.osakacoffee.com/shop/cold-brew-dripper/
So, my method of making cold coffee is a little weird, but I find it fairly convenient especially since I had what I needed already.
Requirements:
Keurig (or similar single serve coffee maker) and a stemless wine glass.
Fill the stemless wine glass just above the halfway point with ice. Then brew yourself a “strong” 8oz cup.
It’ll brew a little slower than normal on the “strong” setting, but it’s worth it. Most of the ice will melt and water the coffee down a little anyway, so it’s like brewing a regular cup… except the final result is cold and delicious.
Cold brew coffee maker.
How about brew, leave cup, get caught up in life and come back to cold cup of coffee. Put in microwave to reheat, and repeat. I don’t drink the stuff myself, but I’ve heard other moms saying this is what they do.
@katbyter As a new mom, I can attest to this method.
@katbyter @kewlchick086
much shivers
i just drink it or toss it
but then i’m a coffee snob, sometimes even called a coffee whore, but i don’t give out for it
So who is this “viola” I occasionally see people mention?
Or, does a musical instrument have something to do with cold beverages?
@phendrick
Maybe that’s Viola playing a Viola…
@phendrick It’s ‘voila’. Sounds like ‘wall-lah’. It’s French for “(now) You see it”.
@mike808
/image joke flew over head
@mike808 Yeah, I know voilà (you forgot the smudge above the ‘a’), I just hadn’t been introduced to Viola. Actually, hoping some people will take note of watching finer details. (Don’t get me started on use of “ect” instead of “etc”.)
(I’m on something of a campaign, though I’m not sure it does that much good.)
Best thing ever from William Howard Taft:
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/william_howard_taft_385396
Except that he might have been something of an optimist, as I found out in giving instructions to my college math students for their worksheets.
@PocketBrain Looks like Viola has some pretty big hands. (Obviously, not Viola Trump there.)
@phendrick Try this one on your math students:
I use the cheap Capresso I got here a few years ago and pour half a pot (2 shots?) in a large mug with milk and a bit of flavor syrup.
I do the same with black tea, with sugar instead of flavor syrup.
Also what @thismyusername said, except I use less ice cream.
Iced coffee = mocha milk
@hchavers
Not if it’s black.
@f00l @hchavers also, a mocha is coffee and chocolate.
Look for a “mason jar cold brew” fine mesh filter. Add mason jar. Done.
Whole bean coffee can be had at Costco and they have a grinder near the food area. Always use a coarse grind with cold brew. Night and day difference from heat brewed. Smoooov.
Been drinking this stuff since the 80’s at the OG PJ’s in New Orleans before CC’s opened to compete. Nothing like iced cold brew on a hot muggy summer New Orleans day.
Iced coffee, not cold-brew.
My Mom used to have to explain to people how to make it: “Just bring me a cup of hot coffee and a tall glass of ice.” It was a thing in the 1950s and fell from popularity for awhile. Now it’s back with a hipster vengeance.
@PocketBrain I just realized, Hipster Vengeance would make a great name for an indie band.
@PocketBrain It’s what coffee houses made for you when they had no clue that you meant cold-brew over ice.
Cold drinks + hot summers + New Orleans, the coffee import center of the US = instant hit.
@mike808
It was hot coffee over ice in the 1950s, not cold brew. Cold brew over ice is the new hipster thing. And if you ask for iced coffee expecting cold brew without specifying cold brew, it’s your fault. It doesn’t matter if you can expect cold brew in your no-name-because-that’s-so-establishment coffee house, wearing your ironic Pork Pie hat smoking your ironic clove cigs, but the vast majority of establishments countrywide put hot-brewed coffee over ice. They might let the pot sit until it’s tepid, but it was hot water what touched the grounds.
@mike808 @PocketBrain hot coffee that went into the fridge for awhile around here anyhow. you’d only get actually still hot coffee and ice if a place hadn’t heard of ice coffee, but that doesn’t really happen anymore.
@PocketBrain Then I must have been a “new hipster” since the early 80s last century, along with the entire population of New Orleans in conspiracy with every coffee shop and cafe offering it.
There was no such “hot coffee over ice” drink called “iced coffee” in New Orleans then. The “cold brew” term didn’t exist.
“Iced coffee” was cold-brewed, by definition, and if you ordered that in any PJ’s, CC’s (Community Coffee’s corporate competition), The Neutral Ground, Kaldi’s, etc, you did not get hot coffee over ice.
I remember being in Milwaukee in the late-90s and asking for “iced coffee” (as I was accustomed to), seeing the confused look on the waiter’s face, a lengthy delay while they tried to decipher what I meant, and then returned with an explanation of taking a stab at it with “hot coffee over ice”.
Not the same thing. I lived in a house older than that quaint northwest frontier outpost known as Seattle. “Iced Coffee” is not and never was “hot coffee over ice” if you ask anyone from New Orleans in the last half-century, and it is the true home of coffee in the US.
And we prefer the term “Bohemian”, not “Hipster”, thank you very much.
damn hippies.
@therealjrn
/giphy get off my lawn
@mike808 @PocketBrain
I like you Mike
if we’re talking cold brew - which it seems not everyone is - I am now a full on convert to the Cold Brew Coffee sock. It was a gift from a vendor gift and made my cabinet full of coffee related toys seem totally insignificant.
https://thrivemarket.com/p/coffeesock-diy-coldbrew-coffee-kit-one-quart?utm_source=connexity&utm_medium=pla&utm_campaign=shopping
@hac Thrive requires a $60/yr subscription if you don’t cancel your 30-day “free” trial.
Also, you should have put a referral link and disclosed that (or put both referral & non-referral versions and let the reader decide).
Not saying it’s a good or bad deal, just noting they have a slightly different model for selling stuff.
@mike808 urh, I honestly just googled the product and included this link. This wasn’t the vendor who sent me the sock (it was a schwag vendor i use for work, nothing related to Thrive), but to hopefully make amends here’s a link to the same item on Amazon, which I realize should have been my first suggestion. Apologies to all whom I have offended.
https://www.amazon.com/CoffeeSock-ColdBrew-Reusable-Organic-KIT64/dp/B00L7478JE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526993757&sr=8-1&keywords=coffeesock
no subscription needed!
@hac I wasn’t offended. You’re an OG VMP, not a first post spammer or newb.
So if you get a referral, I don’t have a problem benefitting a fellow Mehmber. That’s why I suggested posting a referral link (and noting that) and a non-referral link.
I didn’t know if your link was a referral or not, or if that was your intention (until your follow up). So I proposed a solution for either way.
As for Amazon links, you just need the “/dp/<Amazon Item ID>” part and the rest can be discarded/elided.
No offense taken or intended.
@hac @mike808 “Coffee Sock” sounds a little gross…it is descriptive…I just don’t find that item name to be particularly appetizing.
Pref, made by someone else, so it’s there waiting for me.
Technically, I suppose, “cold brew” is a toddy system or similar.
But any cold coffee I don’t immediately regret tasting will do.
Walk to the local donut shop or coffee shop and buy a cup.
Place near me does cold brew on nitro, which is interesting. They also use coffee ice cubes in their cold brew so that when the ice melts, it’s just more coffee!
Cold Brew ≠ Iced Coffee.
I have two of the cold brew pitchers they sold here. I’m the only coffee drinker so cold brew gets me less of a “what smells so bad” thing in the morning. If I want it hot I put it in the microwave, if I want it cold I pour it over ice. Easy!
I bought those too, and was thoroughly disappointed in the results. Turns out I like a little acidity in my coffee. The cold brew just tastes flat to me.
@macromeh I put Altoids in my coffee for flavor. The cinnamon ones are the best.
@sammydog01 That’s creative. I’ll give it a try when I’m feeling adventurous.
@sammydog01 You should try some Kopi Lewak if you think the morning brew has an interesting odor.
In my house, I can’t tell if its the morning coffee or the wife’s cats just finished their morning dump. WTF is she feeding them?
@sammydog01
generally speaking, cold brew is stronger than hot brew, but not always. many tell you to dilute it if drinking hot
I use a stupid hand grinder my husband insisted on having and doesn’t use on Dunkin original whole beans, dump that into a manual drip, fill the electric kettle to the max level, and brew a pitcher of hot coffee, leave it on the counter to cool, then transfer to fridge overnight.
@Wolfidy That’s just refrigerated hot coffee. Cold brew coffee is a different process.
@therealjrn the question was the best way to make iced coffee, no one said anything about cold brew. In which case, I do it in a French Press.
@Wolfidy That sounds like a lot of work. But then I like the coffee 7-11 makes.
Cold brew system i bought here awhile back. Can’t remember the name. Works great though!
Hario cold brew systems is what I use. Works pretty well
Years of GERD and booze and this thing called Barrett’s esophagus makes hot drinks a challenge for some of us.
I have pictures, too. Full color with labels.
I make cold brew coffee with a cold brew-specific device: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CTIYU60
I “make” iced coffee by combining either the results of that device or the day-old French press coffee in my carafe with milk or heavy whipping cream. Usually with a little bit of agave or other sweetener.
Wow. Surprised nobody has mentioned Vietnamese iced coffee (ca phe sua da) yet. That’s the one that gets my vote!
@Turken Đơn giản nhất của nó, cà phê đá được sử dụng trung bình đến mặt đất thô tối rang cà phê Việt Nam-phát triển với một bộ lọc nhỏ giọt kim loại Việt Nam (Phin cà phê). Sau khi nước nóng được thêm vào, các bộ lọc nhỏ giọt bản phát hành giọt cà phê nóng từ từ vào một cốc. Điều này hoàn thành tách cà phê nóng sau đó sẽ nhanh chóng đổ vào một ly đầy đá làm cho hoàn thành cà phê đá Việt Nam.
The best way to make iced coffee is to pour your coffee in the ice box in the freezer and then throughing the freezer away
@DaGbear5 (ouch)
@DaGbear5 haha… agree!