Cold Brew & Iced Coffee Recipes - Brew At Home
By Tyler Workman
This page is a combination of brewing recipes for our Cold Brew and Iced Coffee varieties! We hope you enjoy the recipes for the best brew at home Cold Brew and Iced Coffee.
Cold Brew popularity has grown significantly in the U.S. over the past 10 years and has proven itself by being a smooth, rich, delicious way to enjoy cold coffee. We enjoy our cold brew with a splash of half and half and a touch of agave for decadent coffee drink that tastes like coffee ice cream.
Two of the recipes below take the standard cold brew approach by using a coarse grind size and long brew time (12-24 hrs). The third recipe is an approach that we prefer which is a finer grind size with a shorter brew time (8 hrs) then straining through some type of coffee filter for an even cleaner and brighter cold brew.
Cold Brew Recipes:
KAHA Cold Brew using a 1 Quart (32 oz) Mason Jar:
- 3 oz (85 g) of KAHA Cold Brew medium ground coffee (drip coffee consistency)
- 16 oz (473 ml) of cold or room temperature filtered or bottled water.
- Add your ground cold brew coffee grinds to the mason jar.
- Pour your 16 oz (473 ml) of water to the mason jar.
- Using a spoon stir the water and coffee grind together to saturate grinds.
- Steep/Brew the coffee for 8 hrs at room temperature or refrigerated.
- Use a separate container, and some sort of paper coffee filter. It could be:
- Drip coffee filter basket with filter on top of a coffee pot
- Clever Dripper with filter on top of large jar or mug
- Chemex coffee maker with filter
- Any type of coffee filter over any type of vessel or container
- Pour the mixture of coffee grinds and water from the mason jar into the paper filter and over your dispensing vessel, carafe, etc. You may need to do in a couple of batches.
- Let drain completely.
- Yields about 12 oz of cold brew concentrate (1:6 ratio)
- Dilute to 1 part coffee, 2 parts water or milk, or to taste.
This is our favorite recipe for making single batches or small batches. You can use a Mason Jar, Pyrex dish, pitcher or any vessel where you can add coffee grinds and water to soak for a long period of time. This is our favorite method because we grind finer, brew for less time, use regular items we have in our kitchen, and we believe the finer grind and shorter brew time produces a brighter, more lively cup with the same richness and smoothness as a longer brewed cold brew.
KAHA Cold Brew using the Toddy Cold Brew System (Dual Filter Method):
- 12 oz (340 g) of KAHA Cold Brew coarse ground coffee (French Press consistency)
- 8 cups (1.9 L) of cold or room temperature filtered or bottled water
- Place your Toddy paper filter bag into the brewing container and leave open.
- Pour your coarse ground coffee into the the paper filter bag
- Pour 8 cups of water into the paper filter bag over the coffee grinds. Gently use a spoon or spatula to ensure all coffee grinds are saturated.
- Tightly twist the top of the bag to close it.
- Steep/Brew the coffee for 12-24 hrs at room temperature or refrigerated
- Remove the stopper and let your coffee concentrate drain into the glass decanter.
- Remove and discard the paper filter and coffee grounds.
- Dilute to 1 part coffee, 2 parts water or milk, or to taste.
For this recipe we are using the Toddy Cold Brew System. It was introduced back in 1964 and is one of the most trusted cold brewers on the market. You can do a single or dual filter method (felt filter + paper filter bag). We think the dual filter method results in a cleaner brighter cup. This recipe uses a 1 to 5.5 ratio concentrate that you will then dilute with water or milk. The cold brew concentrate will last refrigerated for up to 2 weeks. A good place to start with diluting your concentrate is 1 part coffee concentrate to 2 parts water or milk. You can then adjust to taste. We hope you enjoy this recipe!
KAHA Cold Brew using the OXO Compact Cold Brew Maker:
- 4 oz (113 g) of KAHA Cold Brew coarse ground coffee (French Press consistency)
- 24 oz (680 ml) of cold or room temperature filtered or bottled water.
- Add your coarsely ground cold brew coffee grinds to the brewing container.
- Put on the OXO rain maker screen to the brewing container.
- Pour 24 oz (680 ml) of cold or room temperature filtered or bottled water into the rain maker screen to even disperse water over the coffee grinds.
- Steep/Brew the coffee for 12-24 hrs at room temperature or refrigerated.
- Place the brew container on top of the glass carafe to drain.
- Yields 12 oz of cold brew concentrate.
- Dilute to 1 part coffee, 2 parts water or milk, or to taste.
The OXO Compatct Cold Brew Coffee Maker is a great cold brew maker for smaller spaces, and for making smaller batches, but is still able to make 12 oz of cold brew concentrate! This cold brew method uses a steel mesh for filtering (you can also use an additional Aeropress paper filter if you have one for a cleaner cup). This recipe uses a 1:6 ratio (coffee to water) and yields 12 oz of cold brew concentrate which will keep refrigerated for up to 2 weeks. A good place to start with diluting your concentrate is 1 part coffee concentrate to 2 parts water or milk. You can then adjust to taste. Enjoy!
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Our philosophy when brewing iced coffee is start at a concentrate, flash chill the coffee with ice immediately which still results in a bit of a concentrate, then serve the chilled coffee over ice to dilute it further just slightly.
We recommend experimenting with ice amounts to get the coffee as strong as you like. These recipes gave us the most brightness and complexity which is what we love for this coffee as an iced coffee.
Iced Coffee Recipes:
KAHA Iced Coffee Drip Coffee Machine (Flash Chilled Iced Coffee):
- 1:10 ratio (1 part ground coffee to 10 parts water)
- 58 grams coffee
- 614 ml water (this is 4 cups water on OXO brand drip coffee machine)
- Medium grind (drip grind size) setting 12 on Baratza Encore grinder
- After brewing, add 150 grams ice to the coffee pot/carafe to flash chill
For this recipe we used a OXO brand drip coffee machine, but the 1:10 ratio will work for any drip coffee machine. This recipe is brewed at a concentrate then flash chilled with the 150 grams of ice to preserve the brightness, acidity, and complexity of the coffee while cooling it down. After the ice melts the coffee is still at a slight concentrate so it can be served over ice and slightly diluted further. This iced coffee recipe will keep fresh while refrigerated for 5 days in our experience. Once people have used this recipe to make iced coffee at home using a drip coffee machine, it is life changing for some of our customers since you can enjoy multiple cups of iced coffee! We hope you enjoy this recipe!
KAHA Iced Coffee Aeoropress Recipe (Flash Chilled Iced Coffee):
- 1:10 ratio (1 part ground coffee to 10 parts water)
- 20 grams coffee
- 200 ml water
- 92 g ice (for flash chilling) in the mug/carafe you are brewing into
- 200 F degree water temperature
- Medium grind (drip grind size) setting 12 on Baratza Encore grinder
- Stir with stir stick while pouring water to agitate the grounds
- Let steep for 40 seconds, then plunge onto ice until hissing sound
- Swirl coffee and ice around to flash chill, ice will melt
- Add an additional 50 g ice and enjoy the coffee iced
This is our favorite flash chilled iced coffee recipe for the KAHA Iced Coffee Blend . We love this brew method for its speed and convenience to produce an amazing iced coffee that is so refreshing!
KAHA Iced Coffee Clever Brewer Recipe (Flash Chilled Iced Coffee):
- 1:10 ratio (1 part ground coffee to 10 parts water)
- 20 grams coffee
- 200 ml water
- 92 g ice (for flash chilling) in the mug/carafe you are brewing into
- 200 F degree water temperature
- Medium grind (drip grind size) setting 12 on Baratza Encore grinder
- Let steep for 2:30 seconds
- Place Clever Brewer on mug to begin draining/draw down over ice in the mug
- Add an additional 50 g ice and enjoy the coffee iced
This Clever Brewer recipe is similar to the Aeropress recipe, only with a longer steep time for the Clever Brewer. This results in a bright cup with complexity for an iced coffee. We love this brew method for its ease of use since you do not need as much technique as a pour over to achieve a great cup of iced coffee.
We hope you enjoy these recipes for our KAHA Cold Brew & Iced Coffee! We also recommend further experimenting with different ratios of coffee and water, different temperatures, different grind sizes, and different brew methods to get the coffee exactly how you want it since coffee is very subjective. Enjoy! ☕
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