Good to the last drop
OK, I admit this photo has nothing to do with this entry. I was looking for art of a cup of coffee in our photo archives and couldn't resist. The caption is posted below.
Anyway, I got the following e-mail from Nona Nielsen-Parker, chef/manager of Atwater's in the Belvedere Square:
We have started to make a new product that still isn't that well known in Baltimore. It's called Cold Brew Coffee. Would you be interested in writing about it? Stopping by for a taste?? It's really good with no hot water added making for a much smoother and less bitter coffee. We, the staff at Atwaters are addicted to it. At the moment we are serving it as our iced coffee not as our hot coffee.
I'm not a coffee expert, although...
I won't turn down a nice cup of Kona, so I didn't rush out to try it. Cold-brew is supposed to be lower in acid and caffeine, which is good, but here's another (and pretty funny) view of it at How to Brew Coffee (Dot Com).
If you have an opinion, please post below.
And here's the caption information:
A squirrel cleans the last drops from a beverage cup found blowing in the wind in Hoyt Park in Saginaw, Mich. (AP Photo/The Saginaw News, David A. Sommers)
Comments
I'm a fan of it, though I prefer press pot over it by a great deal. Cold brew does tend to make a full bodied and smooth cup of coffee, but can be a bit of a hassle.
Posted by: Josh Hall | October 5, 2007 11:51 AM
Cold brew is very good, and is great for making iced coffee, although it does require prior planning. But if you're a regular coffee drinker, it's not so hard to remember to make your coffee the night before.
The best way to make cold brew is to just stir together some coffee and filtered water and leave it in a jar overnight. Then pour it through a fine sieve. Done.
Posted by: rk | October 5, 2007 1:38 PM