How to Cold Brew Coffee or How We Smoothly Outsmart The Morning Rush
The Cold Brew Gospel (According to People Who Roast for a Living)
Cold brew isn’t some zen ritual demanding you meditate for 18 hours. It’s what happens when lazy coffee snobs outsmart the morning rush.
Make one big batch on Sunday night while you’re already ignoring the dishes. The rest of the week? Grab jar, pour over ice, done. Ten seconds from fridge to first sip. No kettle, no scale, no “where’s my gooseneck?” panic at 6:15 a.m.
That’s the real magic.
Cold Brew ≠ Iced Coffee
Iced coffee = hot coffee that got cold. Cold brew = never saw heat. Lower acid, sweeter, syrupy body. Basically hot coffee’s chill cousin who doesn’t give you heartburn.
Roast Level: Just Brew What You Like
We roast the full spectrum, and after hundreds of cold brew batches we can say confidently: a blend of light and dark roasts strikes a perfect balance for most of us; dark roast brings the chocolate tones and body, while the light roast adds smooth sweetness and hints of fruit straight from origin.
That being said, cold brewing can bring any of your favorite coffees to life once you have your recipe down.
Origins that crush it:
- Colombia – clean sweetness, crowd-pleaser
- Guatemala / Honduras – cocoa with a whisper of fruit
- Ethiopia Washed – if you want elegant bright fruit tones
- Sumatra – heavy, earthy
- Ethiopia natural – use 20–30% max unless you want straight blueberry syrup
Our house recipe – South American and Central American coffees depending on season, spiked with our favorite coffees from Ethiopia. Buy: Here
The Method We Actually Use
1:6 coffee-to-water by weight (100 g coffee → 600 g water) Coarse grind (sea salt, not sand) 16–24 hours at room temp: you have to experiment to find the right time for you (hint: finer grind, cleaner water equals shorter brew time & inside fridge add 4–6 hours).
Dilute 1:1 when you drink it. Or don’t. We’re not the boss of you.
Water: Still 98% of the Drink
Bad water = bad cold brew. Filtered is non-negotiable. Distilled tastes dead. Find the middle.
Decaf Cold Brew Is Legit
Our Mountain Water decaf in cold brew form is smooth and chocolatey with zero bedtime consequences. Evening treat, unlocked.
Tiny Tweaks We Swear By
- Taste the concentrate straight before diluting—tells you everything about the next batch
- Glass jars only (plastic turns week-old brew sad)
- Freeze in cubes for emergency iced lattes
- One cinnamon stick in the jar = subtle win, not potpourri
Troubleshooting
Bitter- coarser grind or shorter steep
Weak- less water, finer grind or longer steep
Sour- darker roast, finer grind, more time.
Weird flavors- blame the water or that curry you stored next to it
The Real Reason We’re Addicted
You do the work once, then coast on great coffee all week. It’s the closest thing coffee has to a cheat code.
So, grab a bag of our Cold Press Elixir (literally built for this) or any medium-dark single origin, fill a jar, and forget about it until tomorrow.
Your Monday-through-Friday self is already grateful.
– The Tiny Footprint Crew (Currently drinking Thursday’s batch like it’s our job) 🌱☕
