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Just started experimenting with cold brew. I noticed the extremely low water ratio of 1:4 as compared to your garden variety manual pourover of 1:15 to 1:18. Is it as thick as I imagine it would?

How much do you usually make in a single batch? How much (before diluting) would you put in a single serving?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I start with a 3:1 ratio of water to grounds, maybe 4:1 by the time it mixes. I do mine in a mason jar, so I fill the jar to 500ml with grounds then I fill that up the rest of the way with water. Its a 1.75L jar so I figure about 1500ml water goes in as its mixing up with the grounds.

Let sit for a day in the fridge and stir or shake occasionally.

This makes a good concentrate, which I then mix with water to get the right taste.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How much would you put in a single serving, and how much would you dilute it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

When using the above concentrate, I'd go for a roughly 60/40 concentrate to cold water mixture.

I usually fill a 20oz yeti with ice, then add concentrate and water to fill it up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ohhh yeah that makes sense now.

I uh... Drank it straight and got kinda loopy a few times.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Woof. Cold brew has the highest caffeine content of any other brew method. You probably drank 4-5 times the amount of caffeine you're used to lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah. All I knew was that my throat hurt and it felt like I had boofed a JATO rocket