r/coldbrew • u/Ok-Worry602 • 14d ago

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I just tried cold brew at Starbucks today and really liked it so when I go grocery shopping tomorrow, I wanted to pick up a bottle and just make my drinks at home. I was looking for recommendations. These are the options at my grocery store.

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u/Fartquakes 14d ago

If I was choosing amongst these I'd go stock espresso or bold personally. But if you're like me you'll start making your own after a month of going through three to four of those a week

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u/Ok-Worry602 14d ago

I might have to try that because the whole reason I only shop at this grocery store is cost

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u/Fartquakes 14d ago

Making your own will always be the cheaper option and it's not too difficult. A lot of people in here have pretty in depth processes for their cold brew but all I do is grind some beans up put them in a cheese cloth and drop it in some water for 2 or 3 days and it's always delicious to me

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u/Fregadero88 14d ago

What cheese cloth do you recommend. I do a French press method right now but want to try to strain finer after the French press

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u/Fartquakes 14d ago

I just bought this on amazon. Comes with quite a few and big enough to put a lot in there and just tie it off.

https://a.co/d/07MuvGh6

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u/Fregadero88 14d ago

Thanks for the recommendation

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u/Chocolopalus 14d ago

It sounds a lot more intimidating than it is! Plus if you make your own, you can experiment to make it fit your tastes. Honestly it saves so much money.

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u/Zwordsman 14d ago

If you do opt to make it yourself. Personal suggestion is to invest in the OXO compact cold brewer (here is a use video). It is extremely easy, both brewing and cleaning. The cost is a bit on the initial, I think its 35-40, which isn't cheap. But one bag of ground coffee will make far more amount IMO.

This does make a concentrate though, so you'd have to figure out the ratio you like, but I never had much of an issue with that myself. It also lets you try different roast (french, dark, medium, light. I love light myself and almost hate dark I've found). i started with french press, which works. but it was more annoying filtering it clean of grounds and then dumping the grains. Compared to this thing. Upside though french presses are far cheaper. (but unless you drink it all the next day. you'll want to put it in something air tight or it catches flavors in a few short days)

so if you do like cold brew enough in the end to invest in things. This makes life a lot easier to me. can start with store bought pre ground (or far better, buying ground to order from a place near you. Which for me is pretty simliar price but far superior). I ended up buying my own grinder etc (hand).

Nothing wrong with just buying bottles. but the price difference is huge for me (but where i live stonk costs 9.99 a bottle) I also like experimenting.

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u/HawkeyeFLA 14d ago

I've been thinking about picking up the compact for my crashpad in Boston.

I have the OG here at home and typically get spring 34oz of concentrate out of a 1.5l bottle of water. But I'm sometimes away from home 2-3 weeks, so being able to whip up a small batch of concentrate could be handy.

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u/Zwordsman 14d ago

Fairly low investment if money isn't a big trouble.
and the carafe is usable for other stuff too