Coffee served cold.
Iced coffee and cold brew are mostly popular in the sunnier climates but have found a place in the coffee shops of the UK.
What’s the difference between iced coffee and cold brew?
With iced coffee, the coffee is usually prepared with hot water first and then cooled. When you make coffee using hot water, it oxidises and degrades much more and does it faster.
Cold Brew uses cold or room-temperature water to brew the coffee, which gives a different quality to the flavour because it’s less soluble than brewing it in hot water. This means it's a slower process than iced coffee but by increasing the time at which you're ‘extracting’ or ‘brewing’, you maximise the solubility of the coffee grounds. So a proper ‘cold brew’ coffee can take a little longer to prepare.
Using a cold brew method, you’ll often find the acidity and bitterness of the coffee is lower.
Coffee served cold.
Iced coffee and cold brew are mostly popular in the sunnier climates but have found a place in the coffee shops of the UK.
What’s the difference between iced coffee and cold brew?
With iced coffee, the coffee is usually prepared with hot water first and then cooled. When you make coffee using hot water, it oxidises and degrades much more and does it faster.
Cold Brew uses cold or room-temperature water to brew the coffee, which gives a different quality to the flavour because it’s less soluble than brewing it in hot water. This means it's a slower process than iced coffee but by increasing the time at which you're ‘extracting’ or ‘brewing’, you maximise the solubility of the coffee grounds. So a proper ‘cold brew’ coffee can take a little longer to prepare.
Using a cold brew method, you’ll often find the acidity and bitterness of the coffee is lower.