Cold Drip system help

skinny_barista

Just wondering if anyone could help me out. I have purchased a Cold Drip system and i want to find out the best coffee bean/blend to use in it. Any help with anything to do with cold drip will be genuinely appreciated

mwcalder

Hey mate! What dripper do you have? Generally anything goes with the drip! However, I have found that a lighter roast helps for clarity of flavour and ground pretty course in order not to over extract over the long drip period. One drip every two seconds is what I aimed for.

cosmic_couple22

Hi Skinny_B congrats on the cold drip purchase opens up a whole new world of coffee brewing. Regarding beans I would recommend the more fruity floral tasting note beans, roasted to a lighter filter roast level. Yirgicheffe's, Mexicans and Panamas have worked well for me, at ratios between 1/10 < 1/15 depending on how strong a flavour you like. There is a great deal of opinion out there on brew times from 90 minutes to 24 hours. I think a good starting point is a 6 hour brew. Grind your beans to a  coarse grind place a paper filter on top to help avoid channelling, add your ice and water (2/3rd ice 1/3rd cold water, weighed) to the top reservoir then adjust your drip rate about 1 drip every 2 to 3 seconds. You will have to adjust the drip rate throughout the process to keep it constant as it never remains constant due to rate of melt, increasing water head etc, I find every 1/2 hour I am checking the rate and making adjustments. My most used profile is 45 grams coffee to 600mls ice/water over 8 hours and have had a lot of nice brews at this, just recently in Melbourne I had the pleasure of some Ethiopian Nekisse Ruby brewed over 24 hours that was outstanding. Good luck with the cold brew and I am sure a few other members will pipe in an offer their methods, most of all play around with it record a few simple notes on what you did and as always if your happy with what's in the cup, job done. Keep us posted on how you go. Chester

Lacehim

I had some at chesters (cosmic_couple) and loved it.  Can't wait to get some brewing at home on my own when my Brewover arrives!

Brett H

I reckon Chester's advice is as good as it gets!  I have a smaller Cold Dripper setup and have had great brews from lighter roasted Yirg and PNG beans!