Most cold brew recipes call for putting the coffee grounds
straight into the water, letting it sit in the fridge overnight, then straining
the grounds and water through a coffee filter or cheesecloth. My first (and
last attempt) at doing this ended horribly – when I tried to strain it through
a coffee filter, coffee ended up everywhere, and what I was able to strain
somehow still had grounds in it. I was seriously looking forward to my cold
brew, so I’m not going to lie – I cried.
There had a to be a better way of doing this – and so I
found one.
Here is my mess free method of making cold brew coffee:
Supplies:
- Coffee grounds (I used store bought, pre-ground coffee)
- Coffee filter
- Food safe string/twine
- Mason jar/cup with lid
- Water
Instructions:
Fill a coffee filter with coffee grounds until you have just
enough room to gather and tie it at the top.
Take a small piece of twine and tie the filter securely.
Place the coffee filter filled with grounds in your mason
jar.
Fill with approximately 8 ounces of water.
Put the lid on your container, and stick it in the fridge
for about 8 hours or overnight.
In the morning, remove the grounds, add milk or sugar – caster sugar is easy to mix in – and enjoy! This recipe makes one 8 ounce cup of coffee. Feel free to experiment with strength, coarseness of beans, roast strength, and more!
Now instead of crying over failed cold brew in the morning,
I cry because we are currently in the middle of a pandemic, there is rampant
injustice, and the United States has record high unemployment – but at least I
have decent cold brew coffee!