Iced No. 8 Consent: flash brew recipe

For iced No. 8 Consent, brew hot over ice. Use 30 g of coffee, 300 g (10 fl oz) of water just off the boil, and 150 g of ice in the carafe or a pitcher. You end up with about 15 oz of iced coffee. The ice does the chilling and the dilution at once, so the cup stays sweet and clear and you do not have to wait overnight.

What is the flash brew recipe for No. 8 Consent?

Flash brewing is a hot pour-over onto ice. Because the ice melts into the coffee, you brew a stronger concentrate than usual, then let the ice bring it back to drinking strength. This is our starting point and not a lab result, so adjust it to taste.

1. Put 150 g of ice in the carafe or a heatproof pitcher. Place it under the dripper.
2. Grind 30 g of No. 8 Consent for pour-over (medium) and rinse the paper filter.
3. Heat water to just off the boil (around 200 to 205 F, or 93 to 96 C).
4. Pour 60 g to wet the grounds and wait about 30 seconds.
5. Pour the remaining 240 g in slow circles, finishing in roughly 2 1/2 to 3 minutes.
6. Swirl so the coffee melts the ice, then pour over fresh ice in a glass.

The hot part runs at 1:10, which is much stronger than the 60 g per litre printed on the label for hot drip or pour-over. That is intentional. Once the ice melts, the whole drink works out to about 1:15.

Does this Costa Rican coffee work iced?

We can only tell you what the label says. No. 8 Consent lists sweet apple, raisin and honey, and the roaster describes it as clean and sweet. A coffee that already leans sweet is a reasonable thing to try over ice. We would not promise more than that, and we would rather you try it than take our word. If a cup tastes thin, use less ice or add a bit more coffee to the bed. If it tastes sharp, use a slightly cooler water temperature.

How do you keep flash brew from tasting watery?

Three things matter most. First, weigh the ice, because a few extra cubes quietly turn 1:15 into 1:18. Second, keep the hot pour slow and even so the grounds are all wet, since a rushed pour wastes the concentrate. Third, serve it soon. Iced coffee is best the day you make it, and a glass that sits and melts will taste thinner by the minute. If you make a batch for guests, brew it in two rounds of 30 g and combine them, rather than stretching one dose over more ice.

A splash of milk works too. The roaster says this coffee is one to serve to someone who says they do not like black coffee, and the label notes of apple and honey suggest it should hold up to a little milk. Taste it plain first and decide.

What should you change if the first glass is off?

Use the glass as the guide. Too sour or sharp: use water a little hotter and pour more slowly, or grind slightly finer. Too bitter or heavy: grind a touch coarser and shorten the pour. Too thin: cut the ice in the carafe to 120 g, which moves the drink closer to 1:14. Change one thing per batch, write it on a sticky note, and by the third glass you will have your own version of the recipe. We kept the steps simple on purpose, because the label for this coffee gives only a hot dose, and every number above the label dose is our own starting point.

Flash brew, cold brew or iced coffee: what is the difference?

Flash brew is a fast hot brew that is cooled on ice. Cold brew is steeped without heat for many hours. Plain iced coffee is usually hot coffee that has been chilled after brewing. We lay out the first two in cold brew vs iced coffee, and our cold brew pick covers the other route. For the hot method on this coffee, our No. 8 Consent brewing guide has the full recipe, and what No. 8 Consent tastes like describes the hot cup.

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