My family and I drink pretty much every style of coffee regularly, but the favorite by far is iced coffee brewed hot into ice using a Hario switch. (James Hoffman’s recipe that includes the ice in the recipe). It tastes the best to everyone and it can be made cold in less than 10 minutes (unlike cold brew, which has to be made ahead of time).

The problem I have now is that everyone enjoys it so much that I make a minimum of 6x 500ml batches per week and it’s just labor intensive. All I really need is a machine that does immersion brewing and lets me set a “steep time” after pre infusion. I love my regular coffee machine but it has no mechanism to hold the water in.

Does such a thing exist? I can’t find anything that is not manual. I’ve tried a larger French press with a paper filter but that gets messy quickly. Any suggestions?

Thanks ☕

  • psilotopOP
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    8 days ago

    Haha that would be cool!

    The answer is that it tastes different. Cooling it after brewing takes time and doesn’t taste the same. The recipe includes the ice as part of the water so it’s immediately cold without watering it down.

    https://youtu.be/8uGGeV8A-BM?is=Q1qnrF0l0y4AChos

    Here is the recipe if you’re interested.

    • beeng@discuss.tchncs.de
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      7 days ago

      I’ve tried it, I don’t mind it. Didn’t taste the difference too much, but my favourite is aeropress and cooled in the cocktail shaker with running water over the walls, strong, then over ice.

      But I’m only making 1 or 2, big batch I can see would be annoying. Big batch I cold brew pre batch with ice pour over and a touch of salt.

      Maybe my copper coil will be revolutionary :D