Cold Brew Coffee With a Twist... of Lemon

One of my favourite ways to have coffee is coldly brewed.  I first tried it at Blue Bottle Coffee in San Francisco.  It was enlightening.  I kept going back, emptying my pockets, for that fantastic candy-like slow brew coffee; begging the baristas, "Hey can I order a double cold brew?  Or, like, a litre of it?" I had to find out how to make this at home.  I shopped for weeks, but all the cold brewers for a couple hundred dollars.  Then I found what I was looking for.  The >>Bruer<<

It makes cold brew coffee easy and accessible.

I want to share my recipe for sweet, tasty, candy-like cold brewed coffee.

1. Start with a high quality bean: something naturally processed and/or Ethiopian.  Other beans can work, but I prefer a light roast.
2. It's perfect by itself, but I like to add a bit of citrus peel to boost the sweetness and add another dimension of flavour.  These are meyer lemons from my trees.
3. I brew, almost exactly, according to the Bruer instructions: 50g-60g medium ground coffee.

I like to serve it by diluting it slightly and pouring it over ice.  Also, mixing in a 50:50 ratio of coffee:Perrier.  It's the taste of summer!

Coffee Purist

I can't even remember the last time I added cream or sugar.

The Cold Bruer

An amazing new coffeemaker:

The Bruer is the next iteration of cold brew coffee.  Its elegance is on par with the Chemex and Aeropress.  This glass, metal and silicon coffeemaker drips cold water through coffee grounds over the course of 10-20 hours (depending on how you like your coffee).  The resulting flavour is unbelievably smooth and sweet with layers of complexity.

There's an excellent how-to that covers several aspects of the coffee brewing process on the Bruer blog: http://www.bruer.co/blog/

As I learned at Blue Bottle Coffee in San Francisco, cold brew is best served over ice.  But, on a chilly day, mixing equal parts cold brew and boiling water to your mug, won't disappoint.  It's still a sweet, mellow brew.

You can buy the Bruer here: http://www.bruer.co/ Buy it, but it now! :)

There's a tree in my coffee.

My love of coffee...

International Coffee Day 2013!

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