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What is Cold Drip Coffee?

Cold drip coffee refers to coffee beverages extracted through long-term low-temperature immersion using water below 5℃ or even near freezing point. For making cold drip coffee, we recommend using single-origin beans with a drip rate of 7 drops per 10 seconds for about 6-8 hours. This long-term low-temperature extraction method ensures the coffee grounds are 100% saturated and moistened, effectively removing bitterness and tannic acid, resulting in a rich, smooth taste that's not acidic or harsh on the stomach.

Sometimes we use one or more single-origin beans to make cold drip coffee blends. We've tried several varieties that turned out quite well, and today we'd like to share them with you.

Recipe 1: Clean and Refreshing Type

60 grams of Kenya Kamoini

Using washed Kenya coffee beans for cold drip yields a cup of coffee with clean flavor and bright acidity.

Kenya Kamoini is a classic Kenyan coffee that tastes like a glass of juice. The entry features prominent orange acidity and aroma, the mid-section carries some grapefruit peel flavors, while the aftertaste brings berry fruit notes and caramel sweetness.

Recipe 2: Fermented Wine-Aroma Type

30 grams of Sidamo Guji + 30 grams of Panama Hartmann

Natural-processed Guji plus red wine-processed Hartmann creates a rich fermented wine aroma with some slight fruit acidity, making it suitable for those who prefer stronger flavors—

The natural-processed Guji has higher sweetness, with some strawberry-like berry aromas and flavors of passion fruit, fermented wine notes, strawberry, and jackfruit.

The red wine-processed Hartmann features some fermented red wine aroma, with a smooth entry and flavors of tropical fruits, nuts, and brown sugar.

Coffee made from this recipe has strong fermented notes, higher sweetness, and richer body.

Recipe 3: Balanced Complementary Type

30 grams of Costa Rica Black Honey + 30 grams of Yirgacheffe Benabeka

Black Honey beans carry slight fermented notes. Using the sweetness of Black Honey to complement the acidity of washed Yirgacheffe is suitable for those who prefer lighter, fresher flavors—

This Black Honey bean features flavors of brown sugar, caramel, and spices, with relatively high sweetness.

The washed-processed Benabeka is characterized by the sweet and sour aroma of ripe yellow lemons, with a aftertaste that carries some black tea notes, tasting like a glass of lemon iced tea.

It smells with a hint of brown sugar aroma but tastes with lemon acidity. The overall flavor tends toward sweet and sour, with a relatively light body.

Production Tips

1. Coffee beans to water to ice ratio is 1:5:5

2. You can tamp the grounds, but not too forcefully. The weight of the tamper itself is sufficient. The purpose of tamping is to level the grounds, not to compact them. Without tamping, water will easily float the grounds when added; but tamping too hard will prevent water from passing through and can easily cause channeling effects.

3. Remember to place a filter paper on the surface of the grounds. The tension of the filter paper helps distribute water evenly. Without filter paper, long-term water dripping will create a pit in the coffee bed.

4. Use ice water for "pre-infusion," which is similar to the blooming process in pour-over coffee. This can improve extraction efficiency and product consistency. Direct cold dripping without pre-infusion may cause uneven moisture in the coffee layer, with some coffee grounds over-extracted while others don't participate in extraction at all.

5. After production, it's best to pour the coffee into a sealed glass bottle and let it ferment in the refrigerator overnight. This allows the coffee flavors to meld together, resulting in better taste and easier drinking.

Cold Drip Coffee Bean Brand Recommendations

Single-origin cold drip coffee beans roasted by FrontStreet Coffee offer excellent guarantees in both brand and quality. More importantly, they offer extremely high cost-performance. A half-pound (227 grams) package costs only about 80-90 RMB. Calculating based on each cold drip coffee being 200ml with a 1:10 coffee-to-water ratio, one package can make 11 cups of coffee, with each cup costing only 8-9 RMB. Compared to cafés selling cold drip for tens of RMB per cup, this offers exceptional value.

FrontStreet Coffee: A Guangzhou-based roastery with a small shop but diverse bean varieties, where you can find both famous and lesser-known beans. They also provide online shop services. https://shop104210103.taobao.com

Important Notice :

前街咖啡 FrontStreet Coffee has moved to new addredd:

FrontStreet Coffee Address: 315,Donghua East Road,GuangZhou

Tel:020 38364473