This easy Cold Brew Coffee recipe makes a smooth, rich coffee that's less bitter than drip and perfect over ice!
Instructions
1
Gather your ingredients.
2
Grind the coffee
3
Using a coffee grinder (if you have one) or a food processor (if you don’t), grind the whole bean coffee until coarsely ground.* 1 cup of whole beans yields 1¼ cups of ground coffee.
4
To a mason jar, add 1 cup of ground coffee and 4 cups of cold water. To a smaller mason jar, add the remaining ¼ cup of ground coffee and the last 1 cup of cold water. (I didn’t have a mason jar big enough, so I split it up into two.)
5
Shake and chill
6
Give the jars a shake and transfer to the refrigerator for 24 hours.
7
Strain the next day, discarding the coffee beans (or use them in your garden or compost!) using a fine mesh strainer lined with a coffee filter. Or strain using a nut milk bag, like I did!
8
Transfer filtered coffee back into the mason jar you used overnight (give it a good rinse or a quick wash) and enjoy your cold brew coffee poured over lots of ice! If you find the coffee is too strong for you, you can dilute it with water and/or any milk you like best.
