Everyone who drinks coffee probably prefers it a certain way whether that be hot with cream, 2 sugars hold the cream or black and so forth. Some people are drinking their coffee in a completely new way altogether, you may have heard of cold-brew coffee. To cold-brew coffee is not to pour coffee over ice but rather to brew coffee in cold water for many hours. The reasoning behind the cold-brew approach is it produces less acidity, creating a naturally sweeter taste and is healthier for you body. According to Nutritionist Vicki Edgson, when you brew coffee with boiling water it burns the beans and reduces their health benefits. Learn the benefits of brewing your coffee hot below and then choose what works best for your cup of coffee.
Heat can make your drink better: “Some of the brighter more aromatic compounds you find in coffee don’t dissolve in cold water,” says Utevsky. Cold water tends to draw out the sweeter base notes in coffee, while hot water essentially cooks as it extracts. “It transforms the flavor notes and aromas of the solubles into a more nuanced product,” she explains. If you like your coffee (or tea) without milk, choose your beans wisely. Cold brew tends to be lower in acidity, more viscous, and sweet, while hot-brewed coffee can showcase brighter, more floral notes. “Right now for our cold brew we are using Counter Culture’s La Voz from Guatemala, a sweet, juicy coffee with notes of pink grapefruit and toasted almonds. But for our iced coffee we are using Reko, a washed coffee from Ethiopia that is floral and tea-like, and all of those subtle qualities wouldn’t be released if it were brewed with only cold water.”
SRC: Learn more about the differences between cold brew and hot brew coffee at: www.huffingtonpost.com/epicurious/is-cold-brew-coffee-alway_b_5439467.html