How to make French press coffee Jun 10, 2021 The French press has been extremely popular for almost a century because it’s easy to use and makes a super rich, full bodied coffee. It’s a very gentle way of extracting flavor from coffee grounds with hot water, so all of…
Since starting Driftaway, we’ve offered our main flavor profiles as single origin coffees, so that we can easily communicate the taste and terroir of coffee regions from around the world. For coffees roasting in September 2021, we’re shaking things up a bit, and are excited to share a different approach:…
For cold brew, it’s best to use a medium-coarse grind – one that looks like kosher salt.When making cold brew, the coffee grounds steep in the cold water for more than 12 hours (we recommend 16 hours). A coarser grind helps to avoid removing too many coffee solids (read: flavor)…
Making Cold Brew in a French Press Jun 10, 2021 If you’re looking for an easy way to make cold brew out of a Driftaway coffee that doesn’t come in one of our mesh bags, look no further! We’ve got a simple method and recipe for making great cold brew in…
This is a great question, and it’s why we created our Cold brew Explorer Kit, because it really depends on what flavors you like! For example, if you like coffees that are bright and fruity, you’d probably like a cold brew that’s bright and fruity. Our Explorer Kit comes with…
No – not quite. They are both cold coffee, but are brewed in different ways. Cold brew is made by steeping coffee for 12 to 24 hours in cold water. Iced coffee is made by brewing coffee hot and then slowly cooling it down – if coffee cools slowly, it…
Yes, if your recipe uses more coffee. For example, if you’re using our recipe, and dilute 2 parts coffee to 1 part water after brewing, the actual coffee to water ratio ends up being 1 part coffee to 11 part water. Compared to how much coffee is usually used when…
Cold brew concentrate IS cold brew, but it will need to be diluted before you drink it. Some recipes for cold brew call for making a concentrate that you then dilute with milk or water when it’s done steeping. Recipes like this will call for a higher coffee to water…
When you make cold brew with Driftaway Cold brew bags, our recipe suggests using 1 part coffee to 7.33 parts water, and then we recommend a dilution after brewing of 2 parts coffee to 1 part water. So, once diluted, the final coffee to water ratio would be 1 part…
Cold brew does taste great longer than hot brew does, but it still has a “best by” date of sorts. Definitely store it in the fridge and it will last 5 days. Don’t store it at room temperature! This will make it go stale more quickly, and it could grow…
