Tips & Troubleshooting
You can scale this recipe however large or small you’d like, as long as you keep the same ratio of coffee to water. Like any brewing method, flavor is based on how much coffee you’re using and how you grind it. If it tastes off, experiment with changing the grind size first. If you’re still stumped, make small adjustments to your dose.
The flavor of your cold brew coffee will keep longer if you keep it refrigerated in a sealed container (like a mason jar with a lid). Check out the following suggestions to improve your extraction:
- My coffee tastes bitter – grind coarser.
- My coffee is sour – grind finer.
- My coffee is thin and flat – use a slightly lower ratio of water to coffee (ie 9.5:1).
- My coffee is intense and drying – use a slightly higher ratio of water to coffee (ie 10.5:1).
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