One morning last week our Singapore neighbor to the right called me over to the brick wall between our houses to present me with a jar of Cold Brew than her son had brewed for me. It was during the pandemic that I was spending a lot of time at our dining table on my sewing machine kick. Like so many other pandemic-experiencing persons around the world, with the help of various YouTube videos, I taught myself to make masks. Looking back. the measuring and cutting and sewing was not too difficult to understand but alas, I was a newbie!
So if you have never heard of Cold Brew on the double U double U dot, it is described like this:
“The drip coffee you’re used to is anywhere from 1 part coffee to 16 to 20 parts water. We also call this “strength”. Cold brew concentrate is often 1:4 to 1:8. It is literally a concentrated coffee drink and is much stronger – and has much more caffeine – than the same amount of drip coffee liquid.”
And strong coffee it is. Probably a smart decision to have a cup or two no closer to bedtime than 6-hrs. Anyways, now that I was aware of Cold Brew, when visiting a coffee shop (in Singapore, at least) you can find it.
So after explaining to Linda that it was the best coffee I had ever drank, she sent me a link for the cup that her son used, but yikes! it was a little bit more than I would like to spend!! This is the girl who had been enjoying her 50RMB (USD$7.50-ish) USED drip coffee maker for years so spending SGD$42 (USD$32-ish) dollars on a Cold Brew coffee “maker” was a no go. Anyways, a month or so before we left Singapore, I purchased a coffee dripper (not really same-same as her son’s Cold Brew coffee “maker” but it felt special none the less.
Anyways, that process of learning about Cold Brew coffee will always be a fun memory for me and my time in Singapore. Admittedly, I still use my husband’s drip coffee maker for every day use but my Cold Brew coffee maker is for special times. Mostly for my afternoon pick-me-up or when I am out on the road running errands and want a warm drink – even in the summer. Living on a tropical island does that to you. The weather is a no matter when it comes to certain routines like morning/afternoon coffee or wearing socks during the day.
On another note and a special memory of mine, I will talk coffee mugs in a later post. Let me just say that Starbucks appreciates our purchases!!
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