Use a dark roast.
Even if you don’t like dark roasts in hot coffee, cold brew is a lot less bitter.
As others have reccomended here, get a filter thing, or a cold brew maker. It doesn’t make the brew better, but it makes cleanup so much easier. Which is good if you’re making it regularly.
Maybe also try it on !coffee@lemmy.ml
When I make cold brew I tend to use a filter bag, makes cleanup a lot easier. While I would love to go on a tangent about sourcing local specialty coffee & grinding just to your dose to keep your beans fresh, those don’t matter quite as much for cold brew as they do for espresso & pour over. What really matters is if you enjoy the end result, so if there’s anything that you don’t particularly enjoy about your cold brew you can determine the root cause & adjust accordingly.
Any recommendations on filters or filter bags? I’ve only got drip coffee filters which certainly won’t do the trick.
I use these pretty much every week. They last a long time. https://a.co/d/7J0YBUw
If you’ve got drip coffee filters, I would just pour the final brew through a drip coffee brewer and into another vessel (provided that you have a large enough brewer). It might take a bit longer than the steel filters, but the resulting cold brew is extremely clean tasting and you won’t have to buy an additional thing to store.
+1 for a filter bag, it’s made it so much easier. Also don’t forget to dilute it! That’s basically coffee concentrate right there lol
I use a stainless steel filter with a 100 micron mesh. It drops right into the mason jar for steeping. When it’s ready, I pull out the filter, dump the grounds, rinse it out, and start the next batch. I’ve seen filters with more fine or course meshes, but I find the 100 micron to be good for course-ground coffee, like is typically recommended for a french press.
Personally I do not make concentrate. I use a smaller amount of grounds to make ready-to-drink cold brew. But you can do it either way.
