Cold-brew coffee is inherently superior

[snarp]

and if you do not agree then I seriously question your taste. Or your possession of acid reflux? Maybe not everyone has acid reflux, I don’t know. Cold-brew coffee is definitely superior if you can’t handle the acidity of normal coffee.

This is how I make it: take

2/3 to 3/4 cup ground coffee and
4 cups cold water

and combine them in a container of some kind. Refrigerate for at least eight hours - I usually do a full day - then strain out the grounds.

The easiest method is to do the whole procedure in a French press with the plunger out, then plunge it when it’s done. But you can just drip the stuff through a normal coffee filter into a teapot or something, too.

You now have enough super-strong coffee concentrate to last one person a few days. I usually dilute mine in a ratio of 1 part coffee to 2 parts hot water or cold soymilk. It also makes ridiculously good mochas, coffee-flavored desserts, and so on.

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[petronia]

Cold brew is definitely superior.

I do 1 cup coffee to 5 cups water, and, uh, never bother straining the whole thing. I just put a paper coffee filter in a funnel and strain a portion directly into a glass over ice cubes. Add some milk or soy. The pitcher lasts a week and does not seem to change much in taste and strength over the course of that time.