Nitro Cold Brew
Cold brew charged with nitrogen for a creamy, cascading, draught-like pour.
Method
Cold brew
Typical volume
350 ml
Caffeine
275 mg
Caffeine is a reference value for this drink and brew method, not a measurement of your cup.
Nitro Cold Brew technique
- Start from cold brew made at 1:8 - 125g of coffee to 1L of water - steeped 16 hours and filtered clean.
- Do not dilute; nitrogen flattens perceived strength and sweetness.
- Charge a 1L cream whipper with a nitrogen (N2) cartridge, not N2O, or run a keg at 30-40 psi on beer gas.
- Chill to 3-4°C and leave it under pressure for 12 hours before serving.
- Pour hard into a chilled glass with no ice and let the cascade settle for 30 seconds.
Nitrogen is barely soluble, which is exactly why the pour cascades and the head holds. Ice is the enemy of a drink built on texture.
What makes it
More cold brew drinks
Log it, and the caffeine with it
The app records every nitro cold brew you make, estimates the caffeine, and writes it to Apple Health so your daily total counts every source, not just coffee.
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