How to: Make Your Flash Brew Iced Coffee at Home
Everyone knows how expensive it is to do your daily trip to Starbucks, or your neighborhood coffee shop. If you’re like me, and most other people, you’re dead inside until you have some coffee. Luckily for me, I’ve always worked in the coffee biz. Coffee has always been a free commodity for me, so I would only make it at home on my days off, but with COVID-19 running rampant, I’ve been making coffee at home every morning. When I do, I always go for cold brew or iced coffee, I’ll be explaining my quick and easy way to make both today.
The main difference between cold brew and iced coffee is that cold brew is coffee that is brewed for a long period, in cold water (hence the name), and iced coffee is coffee that is brewed hot but on top of ice. All the measurements listed below can be adjusted to your liking. This is not a standard, it’s just my recipe. Just remember that your coffee to water ratio is a balancing act, if you change one variable, adjust the other as well!
First things first, you’ll want a couple of household tools. My coffee station at home includes the following appliances:
Coffee Grinder: I use a Burr Grinder. You can really use any grinder that’s similar, or pre-ground coffee, just make sure it’s a medium to fine grind for our cone shaped pour over.
Pour over cone: There are a variety types of pour over cones you can own. I use the kalita wave 185 dripper, but any pour over cone will work. You’ll also want to find filters that will fit your brewer.
Gooseneck pour over kettle: You’ll want a gooseneck kettle in order to pour the water over your dry grounds. Simply get some water boiled to 200 degrees and transfer it to your kettle. The gooseneck pour over kettle is how you’ll accomplish a steady stream to brew your coffee.
Now you’ll need: 30 grams of your preferred coffee bean, 335 grams of filtered + 200-degree water, 160 grams of ice and something to hold your iced coffee.
First things first, you’ll want to put your filter on your pour over dripper. Then immediately wet your coffee filter before putting your beautifully ground coffee in it. Once that’s done, pour that ground coffee into the pour over dripper and make sure your water is ready and in your kettle.
Put your 160 grams of ice in your cup and carefully place the pour over brewer on top of this same cup. Begin pouring your hot water onto your dry grounds, once you have all the surface grounds wet, let the coffee fall for 30 seconds in order to “bloom” the coffee.
Pour your hot water over the grounds once again, touching all the surface space. Once you’ve hit all the grounds, repeat, allow coffee to fall for 30 seconds. Continue doing this until your hot water is gone.
Boom, your coffee is done! I prefer a lot of extra ice and some whole milk. This part is solely up to you!