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The Oromo people would customarily plant a coffee tree on the graves of powerful sorcerers. They believed that the first coffee bush sprang up from the tears that the god of heaven shed over the corpse of a dead sorcerer.

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I'm getting old and the morning coffee isn't doing anything for the crash after midday. It's also getting hot and I don't want an afternoon hot cup of coffee. I want to try making cold brew and it seems simple enough. Any tips?

So far I've seen 1:8 coffee to water recommended. 24 hours steeped and 2:1 water to concentrate. Sound ok? Any extra steps to make it twice as good?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting, I made my first batch in a French press..only enough for one serving though. If I make a bigger batch, how long have you found one can store the concentrate? It'd be tempting to make a huge batch on the weekend to last me the week. I only see myself having a cup a day.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think there's a clear cutoff from a taste perspective, it'll just be staler the longer you wait. As with most things, it's just about juggling the convenience vs quality tradeoff. But the win-win solution, especially in the later days, might be that condensed milk everyone's talking about.