Cold Brew Coffee

Ah, coffee! With a range of varieties, types, and flavours, almost everyone has a favourite version of this versatile beverage.

While Cold Coffee simply adds ice and often sugar to coffee, Cold Brew Coffee has a comparatively complicated brewing process. Coarse ground coffee is steeped in cold water for at least 12 hours. It’s then filtered out, leaving a concentrated coffee that can be served in a variety of ways. When served with ice, it’s called Cold Brew Coffee. It’s distinctive because of the flavour it adds and is a favourite among coffee connoisseurs.

Although there’s a lack of clarity about the origins of Cold Brew Coffee, the earliest documented record is from the 1600s and is called Kyoto because of its popularity in the city. They brewed coffee for several hours, extracting every ounce of flavour from the bean, even creating machines so the coffee could be brewed in public places as a spectacle.

Coffee itself, although grown worldwide, has its origins in Ethiopia. According to legend, a goat herder named Kaldi noticed that after eating those particular berries, his goats became so energetic that they didn't sleep all night. He reported this to the local monastery’s abbot, who made a drink with the berries and found himself feeling alert for long hours. Soon, knowledge of the energising berries began to spread across the globe.

Today, Cold Brew Coffee is popular all over the globe. Depending on what’s locally available, different flavours are also up for grabs. It comes with several health benefits too, like increasing metabolism, lifting one’s mood, lowering the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and more.