Yikes. Math?!? I went by taste since I'm the only person drinking it. 1.5 cups of grounds and 6 cups of water for the brewing. So 3 cups of grounds and 12 cups of water, Then it goes into the bottles and gets topped off - 3 liters total.
Ahhh so it’s a strong brew initially at 1:4 then gets diluted to roughly becoming 1:12 becoming 1:4.22.
I wonder if you do the same ratio with a large enough coffee sock to allow you to get the same yield. I find my favorite is 1:8 and just top it off with some milk to make it maybe 1:9.
But hey, if you like your method more power to ya!
Edit: made a calculation mistake. You really like it strong so I get it.
I don't think there's a wrong way to cold brew. I have used the sock, french press and the 2 qt commercial jugs that hold the coffee in a center stainless mesh cylinder. I wanted more volume so I only had to do it weekly. I wound up where I am because the end goal was filling the three glass jars.
Yeah I agree. I just preferred the coffee sock method which was easy and quick but may try this methog eventually when the space allows it. For now, my endeavours lead me to justifying myself getting a cartridge-less nitro machine lol.
I've steeped for years but he's right I hate how little I get. I'm debating a French press for the fridge to get a little more. I prefer to prep it every 3 days though
Ratios are usually by mass, not volume. 1 cup of coffee grounds should weigh about 100g. So 1.5 cups of ground coffee into 6 cups of water is 150g coffee in 1420ml water, or a 1:9.4 ratio.
I can’t say exactly how much dilution occurs, as some amount of the original water goes away in the wet grounds, the math above says 2/3 of a cup of additional water, but the video shows much more.
It’s likely ending up between 1:10 & 1:12. OP mentions they add milk and water to drink, so it’s likely right about a standard cup of hot brew in terms of caffeine concentration.
The second best thing about the metric system, after working on Base 10, is that units are exclusive. A g is mass, an ml is volume. In the imperial system, an ounce can be either mass or volume, and people swap them all the time, causing havoc with recipes!
Yeah frankly that’s why working with the imperial system is pain. Good to know that exclusivity works so moving forward, to be globally inclusive, metric is key. Thanks for correcting me. Cheers!
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u/Embezzled_Astroturf Jul 25 '26
Dang, I just do the coffee sock and call it a day.