Cold brew math

Cold Brew Ratio Calculator

Tell me how much water you're using and how strong you like it. I'll work out the grounds and when to start it.

Medium it is. That's my go-to for iced coffee.
How much water?
How strong?

Ready to pour over ice, no watering down.

Your scoop holds

Ground coffee to use

6.5tablespoons
  • Scoops (2 tbsp each)a little over 3
  • By weight35 g
  • Iced coffees, blackabout 3
  • Steep in the fridgeabout 8 hours
  • Start it by11:00 PM the night before

Adding creamer or milk? You'll get a few more glasses out of it.

Where the numbers come from: medium uses Hario's Mizudashi manual (80 g of coffee to about 1150 ml of water, about 8 hours). Strong uses Groundwork Coffee's 1:10 Mizudashi recipe. Concentrate uses Stumptown's cold brew FAQ (12 oz of coffee to 64 oz of water, mixed half and half when you pour). Tablespoons use Takeya's figure of about 106 g for 1ΒΌ cups of coarse grounds.

Treat it as a starting point. Grind and beans change the weight of a scoop, so taste it and adjust. Nothing you type is saved or sent.

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