Coffee Addiction?

Somewhere roughly between 1732 and 1734, Bach wrote, essentially, a miniature comic opera, popularly known as the Coffee Cantata (BWV 211.)

Featuring such lovely lyrics as "Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht" ("Be still, stop chattering"), it's basically an ode to the trials and tribulations of coffee addiction.

The mini-cantata ends with the trio which exults in the fact that "drinking coffee is natural".

And never a truer word was said.

Cold-brewed Coffee

You don't understand coffee unless you've had this. The resulting coffee is nothing like you've had before. It has a velvety almost chocolatey texture, and unlike regular coffee has virtually no acidity. It also makes phenomenal "Thai iced coffee".

For once, the CC has moved up the order of posts to encourage the blog-readers to try this. The CC has been converted. Join the light!

Ingredients

1/3 cup coffee (medium grind)
2-1/2 cups cold water
lots of time

Recipe

Soak the ground coffee in cold water overnight (12-24 hours.)

Filter through a coffee filter + sieve.

Depending on the grind, you may need to dilute it with water. You can heat it to drink warm, or just drink it cold.

Unlike regular drip, this will not "spoil". You can store it for a few days (not that it will last that long.)