How Long Should You Steep Cold Brew Coffee?
If you don’t know how long to steep cold brew, you’ll find yourself with a coffee that’s bitter or…bitter. If you don’t get the cold brewing time right, your coffee won’t get that delicious taste that we all know and love.
A Quicker Method: 8-12h
Strategy number one is对于所有不耐烦的人! If you’re in a hurry and forgot to start preparing your cold brew early enough, steeping your grounds for 8 to 12 hours will work. It’s the ideal choice for drip coffee systems, and you’ve got a few options from which to choose.
您使用的咖啡豆还将在冷啤酒的整体味道和身体中发挥重要作用。例如：
Espresso beans are the ideal choice for cold brew concentrate but if you’re planning to drink it black, you’ll want to use filter beans.
With correct beans you’ll get a little more flavour, but you won’t have that robust and rich taste without the longer steep times. Ourguide to cold brew coffeeshould provide you some extra cold brewing tips.
使用滴水系统
如果您已经观看了使用法国新闻或其他沉浸式酿造风格的所有人的视频，那您不幸的是。您根本没有足够的时间使用这些方法来酿造这些方法，因为它们需要更长的时间来提取正确的风味和咖啡因。
Watch our guide for making cold brew with an Aeropress:
Getting the Ratio Right
大多数人认为冷酿咖啡比浸泡的时间更少，但并非总是如此。因此，当making cold brew is knowing the correct ratio.
For a stronger taste, use less water to coffee when steeping your cold brew. This is a better strategy than trying to soak it longer.
如果您急于完成酿造过程，则可能需要考虑在喝冷啤酒时使用1：2的咖啡与水比。浸泡的时间越少，您最终会产生的苦味就越多。
A Longer Method: 18h
Any self-respecting coffee expert would recommend steeping your cold brew for around 18 hours because this will not only give you a stronger but a much more robust flavour. If you’re immersing your ground coffee using a french press, mason jar, or any of the other popular methods, you won’t be able to extract all the subtle flavours from the beans.
Compared to regular hot coffee and iced coffee, you can enjoy more health benefits with cold brew. Most prefer cold brew over iced coffee because it’s easier on the stomach and more comfortable to digest. While other coffees also cause heartburn, the lack of acidity from the slow brew process eliminates the discomfort that many coffee lovers experience (1).
Try making cold brew with a French Press:
How Long is Too Long?
As you would with a slow cooker, you might think that the longer, the better with cold brew. But, that’s not always the case. If you don’t know how long to let cold brew steep, you risk steeping it for too long.
我们不建议超过24小时at room temperature because the grounds’ bitterness will come back, and the coffee will develop a woody or dusty taste.
You could steep for longer time if youput the cold brew in the fridge. The cold temperature will cause the extraction process to slow down, which will result in a longer steep time of as long as 20-24 hours.
我们也建议你喝冷啤酒在勒ast 7-10 days. If you leave it in the fridge too long without drinking, itgoes bad.
Watch our DIY Mason Jar cold brew guide:
Final Thoughts
Basically, you have two ways to do it. For the impatient ones, there is a quicker method, and for those who know how to wait, a longer method is KEY.
The rest is on you!
FAQs
Cold brew is so expensive because you use twice-the-amount of coffee than in a regular, hot-brewed coffee. This is because there is no heat in the process and to get the flavour and the effect right, you need a bigger amount of coffee to make it.
首次开始浸泡过程时，必须搅拌地面咖啡。您需要确保水覆盖所有地面，但是您永远不想打断中间搅拌的过程。这可能会导致地面变得过于压缩，这不会释放所有美味的口味。
There are many ways to make cold brew coffee sweet, but this must all happen after the steeping process is complete. You can add condensed sweetened milk, sugar, cream, and even a variety of flavoured syrups. Learn more如何在这里甜食冷冲泡咖啡的技巧.
参考
- Hood, S. (n.d.) Cold Brew Coffee Lowers Heartburn Risk. Retrieved from: https://howtotreatheartburn.com/cold-brew-coffee-lowers-heartburn-chances/
