- Hello, everyone, my
name is Arlene de la Cruz,
and I am an eight-year Starbucks partner.
I am coming to you live
from my kitchen in Washington Heights,
making one of my favorite
year-round beverages
of cold brew with my favorite
coffee, Guatemala Antigua.
So to make cold brew at home
using your coffee press,
pick up a bag of
medium-roast coffee, ideally,
at your local Starbucks store,
then you are going to
use 82 grams of coffee.
I have a scale at home,
so I will weigh my coffee
in order to make our cold brew.
(funky hip hop music)
Perfect, it's 82 grams.
Next, I'm gonna pour it
into our coffee press.
Once we pour it into the coffee
press, I like to shake it
to make sure all of the grounds are level.
Then I'm gonna pour two cups of water,
and then I like to pour it in
in a circular motion to ensure
that all of the grounds are
fully submerged in water.
Once this is done, I'll take my spatula
to ensure that all the
grounds are fully submerged.
I'll lower the lid, I make
sure that I do not plunge it,
then I place it in the
fridge for 16 to 20 hours.
Here we go.
(clock ticking)
So after 16 hours of being in the fridge
on our coffee press, we're gonna plunge it
and pour it into a pitcher.
I have it here as a concentrate.
So we're gonna make one
of my favorite beverages,
actually inspired from the
New York City Roastery,
and it's a cold brew float.
We're gonna take six ounces,
or 3/4 of a cup, of cold brew concentrate
and pour it into a glass,
and then we're gonna pour
about 1/2 a cup of water,
and then we will mix in
some vanilla ice cream,
and there we have
our cold brew float.
Voila! (slurps)
So another one of my favorite beverages
inspired by the New York City
Roastery, our cold brew tonic,
which is so simple to make
at home and very refreshing.
So what you'll do is grab some ice
and pour it into your glass,
pour your cold brew about
halfway through your glass,
pour some tonic,
and then you will garnish as you please.
I usually garnish with mint,
but you can garnish
with lemon or lime.
So there you go.
Voila.
Thank you for joining me
as I made cold brew at home
from New York City, Washington Heights.
I appreciate you.
Make sure that, as you
make coffee at home,
that you hashtag #StarbucksAtHome.
Cheers!
