I have always brewed hot coffee and then let it cool before adding ice. Never again; the aromatics and special fruit qualities of fine coffee are long gone. I have learned that the secret to making a great iced coffee is all in the FRESHNESS OF THE BREW. It must be captured then and there. The key is to brew a concentrated coffee beverage of exactly the right strength and extraction directly over ice. Some of you who try this may never go back to hot coffee.

We provide instructions below using the Technivorm brewer and the Baratza grinder, available on our website. These are precision machines. The Salter Microtronic scale, photographed here, is also available. This last page also features a package deal for all three at a substantial discount.

Items needed (recommended)

1. Drip Brewer, ideally a Technivorm brewer, and filter.
2. BurrGrinder: Setting = medium drip grind = 28 on a Baratza Virtuoso.

3. Kitchen scale to weigh coffee and ice in grams or ounces
4. Fresh roasted coffee
5. Timer to measure in seconds

 Preparation:

1. Weigh, then grind 102 Grams (3.6 oz) of coffee and place in filter basket.

2. Fill Technivorm brewer to 6 “cups” (= ¾ Liters or 25 fl. oz.) on the reservoir scale.

3. Set the filter basket flow control to STOP, if you have the adjustable filter top model, or remove carafe from below filter, shown in step 5, depending on the model Technivorm.

4. Weigh 500 Grams (17.6 oz) of ICE and place in brewer carafe.

5. Place all covers on brewer. Start brewer (with filter basket OFF and/or carafe removed. Filter top should not leak.)

6. When reservoir reaches the 4 "cup” setting (17 fl. oz. or ½ liter) switch brewer OFF and start timer. This provides a pre-wet period for the coffee.
7. At 1:30 minutes restart the brewer and open filter holder to open (top position shown on left) – or - move carafe in place under the filter holder (right; this allows the extracted coffee to flow out of basket). Liquid coffee concentrate begins to enter the ice filled carafe. Allow the brewer to complete normally.



When brewing has finished, stir the contents briefly: just about all the remaining ice will melt. You will have approximately 1.1 liters, a bit over a quart, of fresh ICED coffee concentrate. The total Brew time required for full extraction is about 5 minutes. The final concentrate is approximately 1.75% TDS (Total Dissolved Solids).

Fill your chilled glasses about 2/3 with ICE, and then pour your fresh-brewed concentrate and serve immediately. The cubes will melt very slowly because the coffee concentrate is already iced and cold.

The iced coffee flavor profile is completely different than the same coffee served hot . These are naturally sweet, thirst quenching drinks. We especially recommend coffees with more pronounced clean fruit flavors, such as our Ethiopian Yirgacheffe, our great Kenyas, Colombians and the La Minita - for ICED Coffee.

New Crop Special Edition Panama La Esmeralda, Gesha Variety, arrives!

The new crop Panama La Esmeralda just arrived yesterday at our warehouse. I have not had time to cup the arrival coffee yet but I want to get things going for our Esmeralda fans, so we are putting this on sale at prices significantly lower than last year’s (while what we paid this year has gone up) for this coming Monday, July 14 roast: $ 22.95 for 8 8 oz. Click here for a full description and/or to order or call 866-GHH-JAVA. For the first time La Esmeralda has been vacuumed-sealed and boxed at origin to seal in freshness for the long haul to the US and Boston. We diligently cupped the lot samples this spring (it is another good year!) and feel you will share our enthusiasm over this unique and powerful coffee. The La Esmeralda makes a spectacular iced coffee, by the way. This Special Edition Coffee will be roasted on Mondays - July 28, August 11 and August 25.

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July 21, August 4, August 18 $15.95 per 8 oz. roasted. Click here to order or call 866-GHH-JAVA.

$5 for shipments of 3-7 coffee items, to continental U.S. addresses

Via UPS Ground service.

For more than 7 coffee items, just add $1 per bag.
All other types of shipment are at standard rates.