Comments on: Cold-Brewing Coffee Solved All My Problems http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/ One mind - focused on food Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:47:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Cold-Brewing Coffee Solved All My Problems by: Coffee Man http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15812 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:07:09 +0000 http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15812 Read this article... http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art36082.asp Read this article… http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art36082.asp

]]> Comment on Cold-Brewing Coffee Solved All My Problems by: Alice Q. Foodie http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15807 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:58:16 +0000 http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15807 I guess it's New Orleans Coffee, not Vietnamese - but I'm sure you could use the cold press method for Vietnamese coffee as well, it's pretty similar. Here's the recipe: New Orleans Cold Drip Coffee adapted from Blue Bottle Coffee company makes 8 cups coffee concentrate 1 pound dark roast coffee and chicory, medium ground 10 cups cold water Ice Milk. 1. Put coffee in a nonreactive container, like a stainless-steel stockpot. Add 2 cups water, stirring gently to wet the grounds, then add remaining 8 cups water, agitating the grounds as little as possible. Cover and let steep at room temperature for 12 hours. 2. Strain coffee concentrate through a medium sieve, then again through a fine-mesh sieve. 3. To make iced coffee, fill a glass with ice, add 1/4 cup coffee concentrate and 3/4 to 1 cup milk, then stir. To make café au lait, warm 3/4 to 1 cup milk in a saucepan or microwave, then pour into a mug and add 1/4 cup coffee concentrate. (Concentrate will keep in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.) Note: Coffee with chicory may be ordered through French Market (www.frenchmarketcoffee.com) or Blue Bottle (www.bluebottlecoffee.net). Here's an excerpt from the article: It's a mystery how cold drip has remained a regional specialty, especially after you taste it against conventional iced coffee, which is brewed and then chilled. Heat brewing releases acids and oils, and as the coffee sits in the refrigerator, the bitterness intensifies. Cold-drip coffee, according to Brett Holmes, a partner at the family-owned Toddy company, has 67 percent less acid, and it's so smooth that it lets milk's natural sweetness come through, making sugar almost unnecessary. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iced_coffee I guess it’s New Orleans Coffee, not Vietnamese - but I’m sure you could use the cold press method for Vietnamese coffee as well, it’s pretty similar. Here’s the recipe:

New Orleans Cold Drip Coffee

adapted from Blue Bottle Coffee company

makes 8 cups coffee concentrate

1 pound dark roast coffee and chicory, medium ground

10 cups cold water

Ice

Milk.

1. Put coffee in a nonreactive container, like a stainless-steel stockpot. Add 2 cups water, stirring gently to wet the grounds, then add remaining 8 cups water, agitating the grounds as little as possible. Cover and let steep at room temperature for 12 hours.

2. Strain coffee concentrate through a medium sieve, then again through a fine-mesh sieve.

3. To make iced coffee, fill a glass with ice, add 1/4 cup coffee concentrate and 3/4 to 1 cup milk, then stir. To make café au lait, warm 3/4 to 1 cup milk in a saucepan or microwave, then pour into a mug and add 1/4 cup coffee concentrate. (Concentrate will keep in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.)

Note: Coffee with chicory may be ordered through French Market (www.frenchmarketcoffee.com) or Blue Bottle (www.bluebottlecoffee.net).

Here’s an excerpt from the article: It’s a mystery how cold drip has remained a regional specialty, especially after you taste it against conventional iced coffee, which is brewed and then chilled. Heat brewing releases acids and oils, and as the coffee sits in the refrigerator, the bitterness intensifies. Cold-drip coffee, according to Brett Holmes, a partner at the family-owned Toddy company, has 67 percent less acid, and it’s so smooth that it lets milk’s natural sweetness come through, making sugar almost unnecessary.

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iced_coffee

]]> Comment on Cold-Brewing Coffee Solved All My Problems by: Nola Lover http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15763 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:23:04 +0000 http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15763 Try this...I have been using it for years, and you can get it online. It saves a lot of time and they make it stronger than I can with my Toddy... www.coolbrew.com Try this…I have been using it for years, and you can get it online. It saves a lot of time and they make it stronger than I can with my Toddy…

www.coolbrew.com

]]> Comment on Cold-Brewing Coffee Solved All My Problems by: honkman http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15749 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:19:58 +0000 http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15749 Vietnamese coffee is cold brewed ? I don't think so. They use hot water for that type of coffee. Here is a good instruction: http://www.howtobrewcoffee.com/Vietnamese.htm Vietnamese coffee is cold brewed ? I don’t think so. They use hot water for that type of coffee. Here is a good instruction:

http://www.howtobrewcoffee.com/Vietnamese.htm

]]> Comment on Cold-Brewing Coffee Solved All My Problems by: Alice Q. Foodie http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15747 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:16:12 +0000 http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15747 Forgive me, but I don't think these people know what they are talking about. If my liver had swelled to twice its size, I think I'd know it by now. Cold brewed coffee is also what they use to make Vietnamese coffee - hardly weak! There wasn article about it recently in the NY Times, and a recipe. I've been wanting to try it ever since. You go girl! Forgive me, but I don’t think these people know what they are talking about. If my liver had swelled to twice its size, I think I’d know it by now. Cold brewed coffee is also what they use to make Vietnamese coffee - hardly weak! There wasn article about it recently in the NY Times, and a recipe. I’ve been wanting to try it ever since. You go girl!

]]> Comment on Cold-Brewing Coffee Solved All My Problems by: honkman http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15718 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:46:52 +0000 http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15718 The problem with cold brew coffee is that the most important aroma compounds are not very soluble in cold water. That means that you don;t get really coffee but a very diluted taste. To taste real coffee go to a good coffeeshop (Caffe Calabria in SD) and ask for a low acidic coffee. And to have a very low coffein level you should ask for an espresso which has very low cofferin levels. The problem with cold brew coffee is that the most important aroma compounds are not very soluble in cold water. That means that you don;t get really coffee but a very diluted taste. To taste real coffee go to a good coffeeshop (Caffe Calabria in SD) and ask for a low acidic coffee. And to have a very low coffein level you should ask for an espresso which has very low cofferin levels.

]]> Comment on Cold-Brewing Coffee Solved All My Problems by: Amy http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15702 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:38:44 +0000 http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15702 coffee could have crack in it and I wouldn't care coffee could have crack in it and I wouldn’t care

]]> Comment on Cold-Brewing Coffee Solved All My Problems by: Marco http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15684 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:16:01 +0000 http://www.zenfoodism.com/index.php/2007/08/12/cold-brewing-coffee-solved-all-my-problems/#comment-15684 Coffee puts the system under the strain of metabolizing a deadly acid-forming drug, depositing its insoluble cellulose, which cements the wall of the liver, causing this vital organ to swell to twice its proper size. In addition, coffee is heavily sprayed. (Ninety-two pesticides are applied to its leaves.) Diuretic properties of caffeine cause potassium and other minerals to be flushed from the body. Get the real scoop on coffee at CaffeineAwareness dot org And if you drink decaf you wont want to miss this special FREE report on the Dangers of Decaf available at soyfee dot com Coffee puts the system under the strain of metabolizing a deadly acid-forming drug, depositing its insoluble cellulose, which cements the wall of the liver, causing this vital organ to swell to twice its proper size. In addition, coffee is heavily sprayed. (Ninety-two pesticides are applied to its leaves.) Diuretic properties of caffeine cause potassium and other minerals to be flushed from the body.

Get the real scoop on coffee at CaffeineAwareness dot org
And if you drink decaf you wont want to miss this special FREE report on the Dangers of Decaf available at soyfee dot com

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