Easy Starbucks-Style Cold Brew

🧂 Ingredients

• 6 ounces dark roast coffee beans

  coarsely ground
• 30 ounces filtered water
• Ice
• 1 whole vanilla bean
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup filtered water
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup whipping cream

Instructions

• 1 Make the cold brew. Grind your coffee beans coarsely and add them to your cold
  brew maker (we like the Ovalware RJ3), French press, or mason jar. Then top with
  room temperature filtered water. We recommend starting with a coffee to water
  ratio of 1:5 (one part coffee, five parts water). If you’re making 30 ounces of
  cold brew, you’ll need 6 ounces of ground coffee. Now leave your cold brew to
  steep for 16 hours on the counter or 18 hours in the refrigerator.
• 2 Filter your cold brew. Once it finishes steeping, filter your cold brew
  concentrate to remove the coffee grounds. If you’re not using a French press or
  cold brew maker, you can pour the mixture through a paper filter in a pour-over
  coffee maker or a cheesecloth draped over a bowl.
• 3 Make the vanilla simple syrup. While the cold brew is brewing, you can whip up a
  quick vanilla simple syrup. Bring sugar, water, and a whole vanilla bean to a
  boil in a small saucepan. Once it’s boiling, remove the pan from the heat and
  carefully take out the vanilla bean. Let the syrup cool.
• 4 Make the sweet cream. Now it’s time to make that amazing sweet cream! Pour the
  milk, whipping cream, and 1 tablespoon of your vanilla simple syrup into a bowl.
  Whisk vigorously until you have a creamy, frothy consistency. You can also pour
  the ingredients into a mason jar and shake it well.
• 5 Put it all together and enjoy! Fill a tall glass with ice (or coffee ice, if you
  have some on hand). Pour the cold brew concentrate into the glass, leaving room
  for a splash of water. Then pour the sweet cream on top. You’ll be amazed at how
  beautiful the cream is as it mixes with your cold brew!

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