Cold Brew Coffee: Recipes + Serving Suggestions

Make cold brew at home in a flash with our delicious recipes and serving suggestions from Origin's passionate Education team.

FLASH ICED FILTER - SERVES 1

Ingredients:

• 30g coffee
• 40g filtered water
• 125g filtered ice

Equipment:

• Drip brewer
• Filter papers
• Carafe
• Grinder
• Scales
• Timer

Recipe:

1. Prepare a pour over style brew by adding and rinsing a filter paper with hot water
2. Grind 30g coffee to a medium-fine grind size and add to brewing device.
3. Add 125g ice to carafe
4. Place brewer on top of carafe
5. Tare scales to 0
6. Start timer
7. Add 40g water at 92-96°c to coffee bed
8. After 30 seconds, slowly pour a further 160g hot water over coffee bed in a circular motion until the scales read 200g, aiming for a total contact time of around 2 minutes and 30 seconds
9. Swirl until all ice has melted and liquid becomes chilled
10. Taste and adjust grind size accordingly

 

COLD BREW CONCENTRATE - SERVES 1

Ingredients:

• 200g coffee
• 1l filtered water

Equipment:

• Jar or container (with lid)
• Grinder
• Scales
• Filter paper

 Recipe:

1. Place 200g freshly ground coffee into a clean jar or container
2. Pour 1l of filtered water over the coffee, ensuring all coffee is immersed by stirring
3. Cover with a lid and let brew for 18-24 hours at the room temperature.
4. Filter out the coffee grounds by using a paper filter
5. Store in the fridge up to 1 week

SERVING SUGGESTIONS

Cold brew with still/sparkling water

Using 1:1 ratio, pour 1 part of cold brew and 1 part of still or sparkling filtered water over ice

Cold brew with milk/alternative milk

Using 1:1 ratio, pour 1 part of cold brew and 1 part of milk/non dairy alternative over ice

Cold brew tonic

Using 1:1 ration, pour 1 part of cold brew and 1 part of tonic water over ice. Garnish with slice of orange

Cold brew ginger beer

Using 1:1 ration, pour 1 part of cold brew and 1 part of ginger beer over ice. Garnish with slice of grapefruit.