Quick 4-Hour
Open in appA quicker cold-brew variation pairs a finer grind with room-temperature water to compress extraction into an afternoon. It aims for a convenient, aromatic cup with more immediacy and edge than a long refrigerator steep.
Free iOS No signup 1061 recipes by 146 baristas
Parameters
- 60 g
- Coffee
- 500 g
- Water
- 1:8.3
- Ratio
- 20 °C
- Temp
- 5 medium
- Grind
- 4h
- Steep
- ~500 ml
- Yield
What is 5/10 on your Comandante C40 or 1Zpresso? Gota turns it into clicks
Method
-
Pour 1 / 5
Pour 500g gently.
+500g→ 500g Fill gently 20°C -
Swirl 2 / 5
Stir vigorously.
Fill briskly -
Steep 3 / 5
Let it steep undisturbed.
4h–6h -
Prepare 4 / 5
Strain the coffee through a paper filter.
-
Done 5 / 5
Cold brew ready.
Notes
Community
Questions about this recipe
Stuck while brewing it? Ask in the community in your language: people around the world answer, and Gota (AI) answers right away.
More Cold Brew recipes
See all Cold Brew recipesSmooth 1:17
by Cafeshi
Classic
by Specialty Coffee Association
Concentrate 24hr
by Gota Team
Filtron
by Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Kyoto Slow Drip
by Specialty Coffee Association
More by Gota Team
View all recipes by Gota TeamGo Bypass
Go Cold Brew
Go Competition
Go Dark Roast
Light Roast Immersion
Other Traditional models
View all Traditional modelsLearn the fundamentals
Definitions, ratios and protocols behind this recipe.
- Cold brew Cold brew is filter coffee's slowest cousin. You drop coffee and cold (or room-temperature) water into a vessel, leave it for 12–24 hours, and then strain. No heat, no pour, no fuss. Time replaces temperature as the extraction lever.
- Brewer families Brewers split into three families by how water meets coffee. Each family has a character. Knowing which family you're using tells you what kind of cup to expect — and which mistakes are easy to make.
