I'd love to know who cold-brew coffee is for.
Is it for folks who don't like coffee in the first place?
@kemonine Reminds me of the nitro coffee that a local shop had for a spell. It tasted like someone took a coffee-flavored shit in my mouth.
@craigmaloney At least there was an undertone of coffee.
@craigmaloney I was addicted to that stuff last year… I'd pour it over ice and add half-and-half
I probably burned out all the caffeine receptors in my body
@zigg I'm having one from Biggby right now and it sort of makes the case, but loses the plot near the finish when I get a chemical taste in my mouth.
@craigmaloney The chemical taste sounds weird. We brewed our own in the office.
@zigg This was something they gave out for International Coffee Day.
Could also be the soup that I had but generally speaking coffee doesn't play second fiddle to most tastes.
@craigmaloney now now, it can be good! It's also, generally, super caffeinated!
@Greg Maybe I'm missing the allure, but I'll try again at some point. But for now I haven't enjoyed my two encounters.
@craigmaloney I want to try the nitro cold brew at one of my favorite roasteries soon, but I'm decaf now, and am scared of not sleeping :)
@Greg I didn't enjoy it but since you're drinking decaf now you might like the taste. 😉
@craigmaloney :P I only drink decent decafs (freshly roasted pour overs). They aren't bad!
@Greg I'm just messing.
There's one decaf coffee that I've found that I like (not that I've looked hard). That's Dark Magic Decaf in the Keurig.
I'm sure there are others, but I've literally made low effort in the search. Perhaps I need to expand the net a bit.
@craigmaloney well, when your local roastery (Petaluma Coffee and Tea, great people, they roast a lot of beans for a lot of people, they do mostly wholesale) has 6 fair trade and 6 normal-capitalism decafs to try from... I've done most of them I think. I'm the decaf-pour-over guy there :)
@craigmaloney well, sometimes i can drink it, because it is somewhat less likely to give me (a person who loves coffee) days of violent liquid shits. so i guess maybe it is for me.
@brennen Nothing wrong with that, I'm just finding the whole experience of drinking it less than satisfactory. 😁
@craigmaloney i've had some commercial cold brew that is pretty gross (i think just because ridiculously strong?), but just throwing a bunch of grounds in a jar of water in the fridge overnight has resulted in some pretty tasty stuff in the past - enough concentrate for all week, dilute to sane strength with hot water or cold milk.
@brennen @craigmaloney cold brew is far less acidic than drip or other methods. It's easier on a lot of folks' digestion and still tastes great.
@craigmaloney
It's for those people who absolutely must prep things at least a day before they'll need it. lol
@craigmaloney hipsters drank coffee before it was cool.
@craigmaloney hipsters drank coffee before it was cool
@craigmaloney now now, don’t be hasty. I steep my own, coarse ground for 48 hrs in the fridge- makes a darn good cold coffee on a hot summer morning.
@craigmaloney : according to my wife (I don't drink coffee)) , cold-brewed coffee has less of the acid bite because, other than being roasted, the beans are not 'cooked.'
There are also convenience issues. When I owned a gelato shop, we used cold-brew to make a coffee concentrate that we kept in the fridge (it keeps for weeksl). When a customer ordered a cup, we'd pour out a 2 oz. shot of the concentrate and added hot water. A lot of customers really liked it because it tasted "smooth."
@mitchhellman Thanks. That seems to be the onus for this, but I have yet to find one that I really like. I'll keep trying though.
@craigmaloney I love all coffee. I make my own cold brew, as well as other methods.
@stillinhere I'm still trying to find one that doesn't make me sad. Tried a Biggby cold brew today and it didn't do much for me.
I'll keep trying but so far my success had been low.
@craigmaloney I use Dunkin Donuts original, in the oxo maker. Honestly, I think this blend was made for cold brew. I do use hot water to dilute it, so it's not cold coffee.
@craigmaloney Also note, I use this for my morning cup before work (I work at 5, occasionally 4.) I don't like drip machines much, though.
@stillinhere Ah, we have a drip machine that grinds as well. Might be the difference there.
@craigmaloney I started using a French press some years ago, and never looked back. But it is work intensive for some early mornings.
@craigmaloney It's for the coffee snobs who needed another excuse to 'level up'.
It's the same thing as making iced tea: dump hot water into jug, dope water, wait till cold, enjoy.