What Are the Benefits of Cold Brew Coffee?
By www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org
We recently wrote about a new craze in the
coffee world, bottled cold brew coffee. Today
we ask, what are the benefits of cold brew
coffee? The Washington Post wonders the same
and poses the question, why you should be
drinking more cold-brew coffee.
[T]he cold-brew process swaps piping hot water
for room-temperature water, and requires grounds
to steep for up to 24 hours.
What results is a batch of coffee - which
can be served iced or heated - that’s much
less bitter than coffee brewed the traditional
way. According to a study conducted by Intertek
in 2005, cold-brewed coffee contains about
65 percent less acidity than coffee brewed
in hot water, making it a viable alternative
for sensitive stomachs.
“When you brew with cold water over a longer
period of time, you extract the fruity and
chocolaty notes as well as the caffeine, but
you don’t extract the bitter notes,” says
Terry Darcy, co-founder of Confluence Coffee
Co., a D.C.-based line of cold-brew coffees.
If you are prone to gastritis or esophageal
reflux it is probably a good idea to try the
benefits of cold brew coffee. Another issue
is the antioxidants in coffee. Are they preserved
or lost when you cold brew coffee.
Antioxidants
We have written about regular and organic
coffee antioxidants. Antioxidants reduce the
effects of free radicals and are the reason
for many of health benefits of coffee, such
as a reduced incidence of Type II diabetes,
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and
various forms of cancer. Are antioxidants
preserved in the cold brew method? It turns
out that no one has done any research to find
out!
Is It All about Taste?
If you are looking for a less bitter coffee,
that is one of the benefits of cold brew.
Of all people, Business Insider writes about
how to make cold brew.
Because cold brew extracts different flavors
than those found in hot coffee, it also tastes
much smoother and richer.
“The more delicate fruity and floral flavors
that make great coffees distinct from one
another need heat to make it into your cup
-cold water simply can't dissolve them,”
Sam Lewontin, an award-winning barista and
KRUPS brand ambassador, told Business Insider
in an email. “What it can dissolve are the
things that we think of as tasting like ‘coffee’:
chocolatey, nutty, and toasty flavors."
The most popular part of cold brew seems to
be the less acidic taste combined with the
toasty flavors that we normally associate
with coffee.
With Gas
The next extension of cold brew coffee is
to add a little fizz. That makes it nitro
coffee, the latest iced coffee trend. Read
what Refinery29 has to say.
If you see your barista serving fellow coffee
drinkers what looks like pints of beer, don't
panic. You may not have had your morning Joe
just yet, but you're not seeing things — and
your local coffee shop isn't attempting to
get everyone tipsy on a Monday morning. Nitro
cold-brew iced coffee is, in fact, the latest
rapidly growing coffee trend (not to be confused
with last year's bubbly iced coffee du jour,
espresso tonic).
So, what exactly is nitro cold-brew iced coffee?
It's regular cold-brew coffee, plus nitrogen,
that is then pulled on a pressurized nitro
tap (just like when you order beer on tap
at a bar). The result is a bubbly coffee drink
that has a head of foam, similar to a pint
of brew.
Enjoy the flavor and the fizz if you like.
And don’t forget that healthy organic coffee
is best.
For more information about high quality and
organic coffee, visit www.BuyOrganicCoffee.org.
