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We get it — it's hot outside, and maybe you're avoiding unnecessary outings. Life Kit walks you through a super simple cold brew recipe you can make at home.** [**Life Kit** **Tools To Help You Get It Together**](https://www.npr.org/lifekit) - [Health](https://www.npr.org/tags/796672286/life-kit-health) - [Money](https://www.npr.org/tags/797021180/life-kit-money) - [Parenting](https://www.npr.org/tags/797069332/life-kit-parenting) - [Dear Life Kit](https://www.npr.org/series/1119010042/dear-life-kit) - [Life Skills](https://www.npr.org/tags/797045400/life-kit-life-skills) - [Podcast](https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510338/all-guides) - [Newsletter](https://www.npr.org/newsletter/life-kit) - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/NPRLifeKit) # An Easy Cold Brew Recipe You Can Make At Home July 31, 20204:59 AM ET By [](https://www.npr.org/people/348740829/andrew-limbong) [Andrew Limbong](https://www.npr.org/people/348740829/andrew-limbong) , [](https://www.npr.org/people/637150103/beck-harlan) [Beck Harlan](https://www.npr.org/people/637150103/beck-harlan) It's hot in the room where I'm writing this. Technically it's 93 degrees outside, but it "feels like" 103. To me the phrase "feels like" reads as a subjective term, as in it "feels like" all my clothes are stuck to my body. But this sort of heat is the perfect excuse to drink some cold brew coffee. ****NPR** **YouTube**** I'd previously thought that cold brew was a gussied up, more expensive version of regular old iced coffee, but it's a whole different process of brewing coffee that extracts more caffeine than an auto drip. And making it yourself — taking the time to let it sit, let it steep and figure out how much coffee to water works for you? It's revealed itself to be both a fun experiment and a gracious giver of a midafternoon buzz. Food scientist [professor Chahan Yeretzian](https://www.zhaw.ch/en/about-us/person/yere/) is the head of the Coffee Excellence Centre in Zurich, and he was kind enough to hop on a Zoom chat and talk about best practices for making your own cold brew. And sure, you can get one of those cold brew coffeemakers, but I make do with just two pitchers and a cheesecloth. *(If you're curious about how to up the rest of your coffee game, we've got a Life Kit with six simple tips to* [*brew a better cup of coffee at home*](https://www.npr.org/2020/07/24/895316740/its-pretty-easy-to-level-up-your-coffee-game-here-s-how)*.)* *** Sponsor Message ###### **Easy Cold Brew Recipe** Here's a recipe below that's less of a recipe and more of a baseline guide. **(You can watch the steps in the video above!)** Your brew ratio — that is, your coffee to water proportions — will vary depending on your own taste. Yeretzian likes a 1-to-8 ratio because he likes a more "tea-like" flavor with coffee. I like it a little stronger because my palette is dumber than his, likely. So I go with a coffee water ratio of 1-to-4. 1. Grind 1 cup of coffee roughly, and put it in a pitcher/container. 2. Add 4 cups of water, stir, cover, and leave it at room temperature for six hours.\* 3. Filter the coffee beans out a couple times, then run it once more through a paper filter. 4. Chill, or pour on top of ice, and enjoy. \*You can stick it in the fridge, if you feel uncomfortable leaving things out at room temperature for a while, but it'll slow down the brewing process, so account for that extra time by an hour or so. 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