57 / The most inefficient way to make Japanese-style iced coffee

Ditch the ratios, don't tare the scale, and just go with your gut

Japanese iced coffee is basically a pour over directly onto ice, with less water poured over, because the ice will melt. Here’s how to make it in the most inefficient way possible.

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Instructions:

1. Make sure there’s a baby sound asleep nearby, preventing you from making any noise at all. The desire for coffee is worth the risk.

2. Dump the same amount of coffee beans you normally use for a french press into your electric grinder. This is how we’re measuring.

3. Now remove a pinch of beans and put them back into the coffee bag because that was a little too much.

4. Transfer the beans from the electric grinder into the manual grinder because whoever invented the electric grinder didn’t need to make coffee at 4am.

5. Manually grind all the beans in the manual grinder with your manual hands.

6. Take a pause because your rotator cuff is starting to flare up again and start boiling water.

7. Now finish grinding those beans. You’re almost done!

8. Open the ice tray in your freezer and delicately place one ice cube at a time into your mug. Because you’re moving so quietly (great job!), the ice will stick to your fingers and this is scary but power through and fill your mug to the top with ice.

9. Place a dripper cone on top of your mug that’s now filled with ice.

10. Dump the coffee grounds into the dripper cone.

11. Pour just enough boiled water over the grounds to wet them and let sit for 30 seconds. I think they call this “blooming.”

12. Continue slowly pouring water over the grounds until your mug is filled to the top.

13. Enjoy that first sip alone in the quiet stillness of the morning. This is truly the best moment of the day.

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Amy Stewart

says our art isn’t what’s frustrating us, it’s the comparison to others. I think this applies to making anything new in the era of the internet, even an iced coffee recipe. You don’t need all the beautiful gear, just go for it with what you already have in your kitchen. It’s a creative act to put your personal spin on recipes ☕.