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Anybody doing this? Just started messing with it. Gotta say, it appeals to a certain lazy part of my personality. Quart of water, scoop of ground coffee, set overnight. Wake up and there it is.
 
My recipe is; quart of water, 7-8 scoops of coffee, set timer for ten minutes before the alarm clock. Wake up and there it is.

No microwave needed until the heating plate times out after two hours.

If your scoop isn't an honest 1/4 cup for a quart of water, what's the point of coffee?
 
I did for a while, but compared to regular coffee it uses a ton of beans and required more expensive beans to get a good flavour.
 
Anybody doing this? Just started messing with it. Gotta say, it appeals to a certain lazy part of my personality. Quart of water, scoop of ground coffee, set overnight. Wake up and there it is.
I discovered it and enjoy it on summer afternoons. We make a concentrate (think espresso) which I then drink on the rocks mixed with water.
 
@Ben B talks about it as a convenient summer time pick me up sorta thing in a podcast.

I might mess with it, but cold coffee has to be so loaded with sugar for me to find it palatable I'm not sure there's a point.
 
@Ben B talks about it as a convenient summer time pick me up sorta thing in a podcast.

I might mess with it, but cold coffee has to be so loaded with sugar for me to find it palatable I'm not sure there's a point.

Vanilla protein powder as creamer. Works for me.


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@Ben B talks about it as a convenient summer time pick me up sorta thing in a podcast.

I might mess with it, but cold coffee has to be so loaded with sugar for me to find it palatable I'm not sure there's a point.

It's generally a lot smoother and richer than hot brew coffee, but ymmv
 
generally a lot smoother and richer than hot brew coffee

This. If you brew it with water above room temperature, it turns out pretty bitter. If you get "cold brew" at a Starbucks, for example, it will be like this.

If you just use room temperature tap water and leave it overnight to get nice and cold, it has a really mellow flavor that's easy to drink. I also find this method is significantly more forgiving of bad beans, or even just beans past their prime. If I have a half-bag of beans that have gotten a little bitter from air exposure, I'll set them aside to use in cold brew. You can also buy the $10 jumbo bags at BJs and use that. Almost anything works.
 
This. If you brew it with water above room temperature, it turns out pretty bitter. If you get "cold brew" at a Starbucks, for example, it will be like this.

If you just use room temperature tap water and leave it overnight to get nice and cold, it has a really mellow flavor that's easy to drink. I also find this method is significantly more forgiving of bad beans, or even just beans past their prime. If I have a half-bag of beans that have gotten a little bitter from air exposure, I'll set them aside to use in cold brew. You can also buy the $10 jumbo bags at BJs and use that. Almost anything works.

I stuck it in the fridge about midway a couple of times and that worked well.
 
Dont make it, but do enjoy it during the summer months
 
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