Fruit juice or creamy almonds? Your guide to controlling cold brew flavors

16/02/2025 46 min Temporada 6 Episodio 2
Fruit juice or creamy almonds? Your guide to controlling cold brew flavors

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Episode Synopsis

When I started making cold brew this last year, I treated it like hot brew filter coffee. But no matter how I adjusted the grind or tweaked the brew time, I hardly got any differences in flavor…
 
Then it hit me: cold brew isn’t just a slower hot brew—it’s a completely different game with its own rules!
 
In this episode, I speak with leading coffee researchers who break down the microscopic dance between water and coffee that explains why cold brew plays by its own playbook.
 
And I bring you in on the brewing secret that can turn your brews from fruit juice to nutty creaminess. 
 
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