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How do you make coffee without a coffee maker?
By admin | April 14, 2010
I have never made coffee before and I had bought the grounds and cream and milk and filters…only to realize that my coffee maker is missing the little thing that holds the filters in place…
Is there an easy way to make coffee (to end up as iced coffee) without a maker?
Topics: coffee excellence | 1 Comment »
April 14th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
I have a way hardly anyone seems to have ever heard of that’s actually best for iced coffee, but makes a great hot coffee too. It’s called cold brewed coffee.
There’s a device sold called a Toddy Cold Brew system, but I do it with nothing but bowls and a strainer. All you do is combine 1/2 pound medium grind coffee with 5-6 cups cold water, let it sit overnight, pour it through a strainer into a bowl to get the majority of the grounds, and finally pour through a medium strainer with a paper coffee filter to get the fine residue.
It makes about 3.5 cups of a cold coffee concentrate. You add as much as you like for strength and dilute with water. It’s delicious and smooth (almost no acid), stores for around a week in the fridge and can actually make great "instant" coffee.
I bring some to work so I just have to add hot water. I’ve used it for coffee based drinks after dinner (great with Kahlua & Bailey’s). It’s even been made into homemade coffee ice cream.
No one ever picks this method, but I think it’s worth knowing about.