Huh. I drink iced coffee in the summer, even though half (most?) the time in Seattle summer it's not really warm enough to be drinking it. Or if it's actually hot out, no matter what the season (um, that would be somewhere other than Seattle, though).

The thing I don't get is the fetishization of "cold brew". Like...it's not that fancy (why are you charging so much extra??), and also I don't really care if it's cold brew or just regular brew that you stuck in the fridge? They may taste different (I recall reading an article where someone tested that) but generally I'm putting cream and sugar in, and not super noticing the difference.

I drink iced Americanos or cold brew during the summer (plus the occasional Nitro from Starbucks), and either French Press or cappucinos during the winter depending on what I have time for. If the milk isn't steamed/foamed, I take it black.

why are you charging so much extra??

Because cold brew uses at least twice the amount of beans for the same amount of coffee, plus additional time. (Letting it steep a full 24 hours makes a huge difference in taste.)

If you're putting milk/sugar in, it's probably not worth the extra effort, but black cold brew vs black coffee-that's-been-put-in-the-fridge taste very different.

I like making cold brew concentrate. I think it's supposed to be less bitter than regular coffee, I'm not sure that I can taste a difference, I just find it convenient.

My only problem with iced coffee is that I drink it too fast. hot coffee I have to sip fairly slowly, but almost as soon as I get an iced coffee it's gone.

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Because cold brew uses at least twice the amount of beans for the same amount of coffee, plus additional time. (Letting it steep a full 24 hours makes a huge difference in taste.)

Ah--I knew it took more time (but...it doesn't take more EFFORT, really--I can see saying "oh we ran out" but not "we charge more because it sits for a day"), but didn't know it took more actual coffee.

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I drink my iced coffee black. I enjoy cold brew, as long as it is correctly mixed with water - it shouldn't really take twice as many beans for the same amount of liquid if properly mixed; that proportion gives you a concentrate that should be watered down. But since cold brew is less acidic than normal coffee, many people do drink it stronger than they drink hot coffee. I'm weird in that I like my hot coffee extra strong but actually like my cold brew a little weaker, so for me cold brew is probably fewer beans per oz of liquid.

Black, at least, cold brew DEFINITELY tastes different from chilled hot coffee (or coffee brewed directly over ice). I personally prefer the chilled hot coffee most of the time. Cold brew is naturally sweeter and much less acidic, and with more caffeine even at equal bean concentrations. Caffeine is water soluble at any temperature, so it essentially ALL comes out in cold brew, but the compounds that make coffee really acidic only dissolve at high temp. This is amplified even further if you drink your cold brew strong as mentioned above. This also means that leftover coffee grounds from cold brew are significantly more acidic than ones from hot coffee, which can make a difference if you compost with your grounds a lot - put your cold brew grounds on your blueberries.

I don't think either of them taste anything like coffee ice cream, which I also do not like at all. Give me that french dessert with espresso poured over vanilla all day though.

In RI and parts of MA people drink iced coffee all year long.

So annoying to have to specify "hot" coffee at Dunkies. Grump.

OTOH, coffee milk is da bomb. When I taught there back in the '70s, CCRI's cafeteria had a coffee milk dispenser right next to the chocolate milk dispenser. Instant mocha milk.

The thing I don't get is the fetishization of "cold brew". Like...it's not that fancy (why are you charging so much extra??), and also I don't really care if it's cold brew or just regular brew that you stuck in the fridge?

I'm lazy as hell, so I just brew it in the evening and stick it in the fridge. I drink my coffee (hot and cold) with half and half, so I'm guessing cold brew isn't worth the effort.