Coffee Addition - What I Learned From a Pro Brewer

[spiderwrangler]

So the 24 hour old gas station coffee should work just fine? You're probably right in that most people interested in adding coffee are already drinking better quality stuff, but doing cold vs. hot may highlight different characters.

I've never had to intentionally make cold coffee, usually the end of the 2nd pot is already there. The scene plays out with me discovering that it's gone cold, shrugging my shoulders & draining the pot anyways. Good coffee is good coffee. Even cold.

By cold I was referring to the cold steeping you'd already given a process for...

A good place to start would be 3 level, not packed, tablespoons of grounds in 12 ounces of cold water (I prefer pre-boiled to ensure there's no spoilers in there, but there are some brewers out there who would tell you it's not necessary). Leave it in the fridge overnight, 24 hours is better, beyond that I would taste it regularly to see if you have the flavor you're after.

[Ozwald]

By cold I was referring to the cold steeping you'd already given a process for...

My gas station won't make that for me for some reason.

Actually I thought you were referring to the taste-testing. I guess I'll have to take that back... sort of... I've still never made cold coffee, but I've sure cold-steeped a coffee addition a lot of times.