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Well, this is my secret as far as I know. It weaned my off Tim Horton's, and saved me a little cash.

Cold coffee, IMO, is pretty good but it is hard to beat a Timmy's. This coffee helped to slow me down a lot on the Timmy's.

What you need.

Coffee. Any brand will do. I have tried the good and the cheap - they both come out about the same. I think the difference is the tastes comes out with the acids in the hot brew. Since this is a cold brew they are about the same. Both are good and no (less) acids.

A bottle of cold water.

Three large plastic take-out cups.

A 6" diameter round piece of cardboard.

Step 1 Equipment

Three large plastic take out cups. I hate to throw anything away. You can likely tell by the curtains in some of the shots. Bigger the better as far as I am concerned. With these cups I can drink for about a day. I drink a lot of coffee when I am off work though. (And at work.)

I will get to the cardboard later.

Get yourself a 5/64" drill bit from the tool box, and wipe the oil and grease off it. Using your fingers to twist the bit drill a dozen of so holes in the bottom of one of the cups. ( Only one cup.) I don't really think that the placement matters as long as they are in the bottom bottom. ( Not the side bottom)

Clean away any little pieces of plastic that may be around the holes. You should be able to see cleanly through the holes with out seeing any little plastic hairs.

Place that cup inside one of the other cups.

We are now ready to start making coffee.

Comments

[suayres]

I'm confused: what is the function of the cardboard?

[eetzel]

I have solved the sediment problem. When I transfer mine to an old glass milk bottle, I put a permanent coffee filter in the funnel. It cuts down on the sediment and I can drink the whole cup of coffee. I do find that I drink more coffee this way and I tend to not thin it down.

[strmrnnr]

You drink it full strength?

[eetzel]

Yes, I drink it full strength. Sometimes I will pour it over Ice cubes or add flavored syrup to sweeten it. I do make milky drinks as well but sometimes you just need strong coffee.

[strmrnnr]

I've something you may like. Get a 2L plastic bottle and grind the coffee to a turkish fine grind. Mix in the bottle with water and shake a couple of times over a few hours. Let the grinds settle out over night. This makes a strong brew, and the grounds are so fine they almost cement in the bottom so the concentrate can be poured off pretty easy. You can be a second run with these also.

[eetzel]

I had some Plexiglass leftover from another project. Makes a wonderful sub for the cardboard.