Any good Starbucks Cold Brew Replicas?

[Beach_Stache]

Hi all,
DW likes Starbucks Cold Brew Coffee.  She doesn't go to Starbucks much to get it (so that saves a bit), but gets the 48oz bottles from the store.  Even those are around $5 for the bottle, which she goes through in about 2-3 days.  So she has cut back in the name of savings, but she has been feeling more guilty lately about the amount of plastic bottles she goes through.  I have a cold brew container and use the Gavalia and I think it tastes great, but she's not a fan.  Anyone have any recommendations for coffee they use for cold brew, something that ends up tasting like the starbucks cold brew stuff?

[seemsright]

I found any googled recipe for cold brew coffee just uses way two much grounds to be cost effective. I found the same thing for pour over coffee. The cheapest coffee method I have found that I like is a french press and letting it brew for 4.5 minutes. Longer brew, less grounds.

I would recommend make a french press the evening before and call it a day.  I am currently tackling my grocery budget and looking at everything in terms of cost but simplicity. I dont want to deal with packaging, storing or fussing with items. 

[InvincibleChutzpah]

Starbucks coffee is quite bitter IMO. As an admitted coffee snob, there's something off about it. All Starbucks varieties are like this to me, light or dark, brewed hot or cold. It's expensive coffee, but not great coffee. Maybe it's that same Starbucks "je ne sais quoi" she's missing. Try a cheap dark roast store brand and see if she likes it more.

[Beach_Stache]

Starbucks coffee is quite bitter IMO. As an admitted coffee snob, there's something off about it. All Starbucks varieties are like this to me, light or dark, brewed hot or cold. It's expensive coffee, but not great coffee. Maybe it's that same Starbucks "je ne sais quoi" she's missing. Try a cheap dark roast store brand and see if she likes it more.

So being a coffee snob, what is your pick for coffee (hot or cold brew)?  I'm trying to be a coffee snob but I'm not good at it.  Just like beer, I don't know much about it, I just know I like what I like but couldn't tell you a thing about it.  I have recently started roasting coffee beans at home, for the cost and for fun, and I can't tell much difference between Arabic, S American, etc.  So I guess I'm not super picky so it shouldn't matter, but notice that the pre-ground cheap stuff isn't doing it for me anymore, and I imagine DW would be the same way, as long as it tastes good she'd be okay trying it.  So what are your coffee snob picks?

[GuitarStv]

My wife has been doing cold brew at home for a long while.

You want to make a large amount at a time because of the wait.  Easiest way is to grind your beans then let them steep in the cold water for two or three days in a French Press (just the container), stirring a couple times a day.  Then strain and pour the cold brew coffee into another container and you're ready to start the process again if you're drinking a lot so that you've got a steady supply.

It should be about the same cost as regular coffee.  It's usually somewhere around 1 cup of beans for 4 cups of water to do iced coffee.  Typically cold brew is much stronger than regular coffee, so you want to dilute it (typically 50-50) with milk, cream, or cold water before drinking it.  So the 1 cup of beans works out to being about 8 cups of iced coffee at the end.

I'm a fan of Lavazza Crema E Aroma for iced coffee, although there are plenty of other good ones.

[Dicey]

A French Press requires hot water, so that isn't really an option, unless you just use the container for steeping/filtering.

Cold brew has a milder flavor because hot water makes the beans release acids, which make the coffee more bitter.

The secret of cold brew is that it's dead easy. If she likes the taste, why not buy Starbucks coffee at Costco? Buy the whole beans and grind them on the coarsest setting.

The absolute easiest way to make cold brew is to get a large glass jar, add desired amount of coffee, fill with cold water, close, and shake vigorously. Shake again every couple of hours. When it's as dark as you like (or more - you can always dilute with fresh water), let the grounds settle and pour off as much as you wish. Heat the coffee and that's it. Refrigerating the brew while it's steeping is optional.

I found a canning jar that has a filter, which simplifies things a bit, but it's kind of messy, so not really an improvement over the method above. At least I got it at a thrift store.

When I make coffee for a crowd, I use a two gallon cooler and paint sieves, which are cheap and washable. I start it the day before. Before serving, I dilute with water and run it through the coffee urn to heat and serve. Easy-peasy and everyone raves about my coffee, which I find hilarious, because I don't drink the stuff myself.

Oh, and cold brew reheats better due to the lower acid levels, I'm told.

[GuitarStv]

A French Press requires hot water, so that isn't really an option, unless you just use the container for steeping/filtering.

A French press doesn't require hot water if you're making cold brew coffee in it.  :P  It's a perfect setup for steeping/filtering.

[InvincibleChutzpah]

Starbucks coffee is quite bitter IMO. As an admitted coffee snob, there's something off about it. All Starbucks varieties are like this to me, light or dark, brewed hot or cold. It's expensive coffee, but not great coffee. Maybe it's that same Starbucks "je ne sais quoi" she's missing. Try a cheap dark roast store brand and see if she likes it more.

So being a coffee snob, what is your pick for coffee (hot or cold brew)?  I'm trying to be a coffee snob but I'm not good at it.  Just like beer, I don't know much about it, I just know I like what I like but couldn't tell you a thing about it.  I have recently started roasting coffee beans at home, for the cost and for fun, and I can't tell much difference between Arabic, S American, etc.  So I guess I'm not super picky so it shouldn't matter, but notice that the pre-ground cheap stuff isn't doing it for me anymore, and I imagine DW would be the same way, as long as it tastes good she'd be okay trying it.  So what are your coffee snob picks?

Much like my taste for wine and beer (I actually brew my own beer so I could talk about that for hours), I like my coffee complex and it never quite falls in one particular category. Most of what I go for ends up being blend of some sort. I don't think bean origin or processing style matters as much as the expertise of the manufacturer. Side by side, Starbucks could have the same origin as any other coffee maker, it's the treatment that makes the difference. I could buy the exact same water, yeast, and grapes as Dom Perignon and never be able to come close to their product. My two favorite coffees right now are Estes Perk from Kind Coffee and Philippines Sitio Belis from Mostra. I tend to go for hot brew because I feel something is missing in the flavor profile of cold brew. Sure it cuts down on bitterness and acidity, but that's not the only flavor the cold water fails to extract.

Take all this with a grain of salt of course. At the end of the day, I'm just a caffeine addict. I will choke down just about any swill you put in front of me provided I have enough cream and sugar. I'll even drink cold brew. Like cream and sugar, I think its a waste of higher end coffee but a great way to make low end coffee more palatable.

[jamesbond007]

Starbucks coffee is quite bitter IMO. As an admitted coffee snob, there's something off about it. All Starbucks varieties are like this to me, light or dark, brewed hot or cold. It's expensive coffee, but not great coffee. Maybe it's that same Starbucks "je ne sais quoi" she's missing. Try a cheap dark roast store brand and see if she likes it more.

You forgot another adjective. Acidic.

[youngwildandfree]

I'm also a coffee snob. Does she exclusively like the Starbucks cold brew, or does she just prefer it to the homemade coffee you guys have tried? It's possible she would enjoy experimenting with different beans and brew methods to optimize the recipe for her taste buds. I like different beans/different acidity/different strengths depending on my mood.

I would absolutely not recommend brewing hot and then cooling. That just sounds yucky.

[Metalcat]

Starbucks coffee is quite bitter IMO. As an admitted coffee snob, there's something off about it. All Starbucks varieties are like this to me, light or dark, brewed hot or cold. It's expensive coffee, but not great coffee. Maybe it's that same Starbucks "je ne sais quoi" she's missing. Try a cheap dark roast store brand and see if she likes it more.

So being a coffee snob, what is your pick for coffee (hot or cold brew)?  I'm trying to be a coffee snob but I'm not good at it.  Just like beer, I don't know much about it, I just know I like what I like but couldn't tell you a thing about it.  I have recently started roasting coffee beans at home, for the cost and for fun, and I can't tell much difference between Arabic, S American, etc.  So I guess I'm not super picky so it shouldn't matter, but notice that the pre-ground cheap stuff isn't doing it for me anymore, and I imagine DW would be the same way, as long as it tastes good she'd be okay trying it.  So what are your coffee snob picks?

Why would you *want* to develop a coffee snobbery?

DH is a coffee snob and it just means that he enjoys coffee less than most people because it has to be "just so". In fact, it's gotten to a point that he just likes one bean from one premium shop. It's like he's given himself a coffee-snob affliction.

If you are currently using pre-ground coffee, then you will get a MASSIVE boost in quality of almost any bean if you grind it fresh. That will have more impact than almost anything else.

Beyond that, I wouldn't seek out developing a refined coffee bean palate, it will just make your coffee more expensive and make all readily available coffee taste worse.

Unless you want to get into hobby roasting your own beans, or something like that, becoming a snob about something is usually just a really convenient way to part with more of your money.

Start with freshly grinding beans, you might end up perfectly thrilled with the upgrade that will cost you nothing other than owning a grinder.

ETA: I say this as someone who used to have a lot of snobberies

[Beach_Stache]

Starbucks coffee is quite bitter IMO. As an admitted coffee snob, there's something off about it. All Starbucks varieties are like this to me, light or dark, brewed hot or cold. It's expensive coffee, but not great coffee. Maybe it's that same Starbucks "je ne sais quoi" she's missing. Try a cheap dark roast store brand and see if she likes it more.

So being a coffee snob, what is your pick for coffee (hot or cold brew)?  I'm trying to be a coffee snob but I'm not good at it.  Just like beer, I don't know much about it, I just know I like what I like but couldn't tell you a thing about it.  I have recently started roasting coffee beans at home, for the cost and for fun, and I can't tell much difference between Arabic, S American, etc.  So I guess I'm not super picky so it shouldn't matter, but notice that the pre-ground cheap stuff isn't doing it for me anymore, and I imagine DW would be the same way, as long as it tastes good she'd be okay trying it.  So what are your coffee snob picks?

Why would you *want* to develop a coffee snobbery?

DH is a coffee snob and it just means that he enjoys coffee less than most people because it has to be "just so". In fact, it's gotten to a point that he just likes one bean from one premium shop. It's like he's given himself a coffee-snob affliction.

If you are currently using pre-ground coffee, then you will get a MASSIVE boost in quality of almost any bean if you grind it fresh. That will have more impact than almost anything else.

Beyond that, I wouldn't seek out developing a refined coffee bean palate, it will just make your coffee more expensive and make all readily available coffee taste worse.

Unless you want to get into hobby roasting your own beans, or something like that, becoming a snob about something is usually just a really convenient way to part with more of your money.

Start with freshly grinding beans, you might end up perfectly thrilled with the upgrade that will cost you nothing other than owning a grinder.

ETA: I say this as someone who used to have a lot of snobberies

Bad choice of words.  I don't care about the coffee (same goes for beer), I just want something that tastes good.  I have been roasting my own beans from green, which is fun, and a good way to save some money and get fresher coffee, but I may be missing something, as it's just eh.  Nothing to write home about.  I've got lighter and darker, and not something that I go "wow".  When I drink a black drip from starbucks I notice a difference for sure, so I'm missing something w/how I cook them, my coffee pot, how much grounds I put in, etc.  Same goes for DW, she doesn't care what the brand is, she just wants something that tastes good, hence the attempt to replicate her favorite starbucks.

[InvincibleChutzpah]

Starbucks coffee is quite bitter IMO. As an admitted coffee snob, there's something off about it. All Starbucks varieties are like this to me, light or dark, brewed hot or cold. It's expensive coffee, but not great coffee. Maybe it's that same Starbucks "je ne sais quoi" she's missing. Try a cheap dark roast store brand and see if she likes it more.

So being a coffee snob, what is your pick for coffee (hot or cold brew)?  I'm trying to be a coffee snob but I'm not good at it.  Just like beer, I don't know much about it, I just know I like what I like but couldn't tell you a thing about it.  I have recently started roasting coffee beans at home, for the cost and for fun, and I can't tell much difference between Arabic, S American, etc.  So I guess I'm not super picky so it shouldn't matter, but notice that the pre-ground cheap stuff isn't doing it for me anymore, and I imagine DW would be the same way, as long as it tastes good she'd be okay trying it.  So what are your coffee snob picks?

Why would you *want* to develop a coffee snobbery?

DH is a coffee snob and it just means that he enjoys coffee less than most people because it has to be "just so". In fact, it's gotten to a point that he just likes one bean from one premium shop. It's like he's given himself a coffee-snob affliction.

If you are currently using pre-ground coffee, then you will get a MASSIVE boost in quality of almost any bean if you grind it fresh. That will have more impact than almost anything else.

Beyond that, I wouldn't seek out developing a refined coffee bean palate, it will just make your coffee more expensive and make all readily available coffee taste worse.

Unless you want to get into hobby roasting your own beans, or something like that, becoming a snob about something is usually just a really convenient way to part with more of your money.

Start with freshly grinding beans, you might end up perfectly thrilled with the upgrade that will cost you nothing other than owning a grinder.

ETA: I say this as someone who used to have a lot of snobberies

As a current coffee snob, I absolutely agree. If you like the cheap stuff, enjoy it. I'm not one to yuck someone's yum. Drink what you like. Screw everyone else's palates.

[youngwildandfree]

Starbucks coffee is quite bitter IMO. As an admitted coffee snob, there's something off about it. All Starbucks varieties are like this to me, light or dark, brewed hot or cold. It's expensive coffee, but not great coffee. Maybe it's that same Starbucks "je ne sais quoi" she's missing. Try a cheap dark roast store brand and see if she likes it more.

So being a coffee snob, what is your pick for coffee (hot or cold brew)?  I'm trying to be a coffee snob but I'm not good at it.  Just like beer, I don't know much about it, I just know I like what I like but couldn't tell you a thing about it.  I have recently started roasting coffee beans at home, for the cost and for fun, and I can't tell much difference between Arabic, S American, etc.  So I guess I'm not super picky so it shouldn't matter, but notice that the pre-ground cheap stuff isn't doing it for me anymore, and I imagine DW would be the same way, as long as it tastes good she'd be okay trying it.  So what are your coffee snob picks?

Why would you *want* to develop a coffee snobbery?

DH is a coffee snob and it just means that he enjoys coffee less than most people because it has to be "just so". In fact, it's gotten to a point that he just likes one bean from one premium shop. It's like he's given himself a coffee-snob affliction.

If you are currently using pre-ground coffee, then you will get a MASSIVE boost in quality of almost any bean if you grind it fresh. That will have more impact than almost anything else.

Beyond that, I wouldn't seek out developing a refined coffee bean palate, it will just make your coffee more expensive and make all readily available coffee taste worse.

Unless you want to get into hobby roasting your own beans, or something like that, becoming a snob about something is usually just a really convenient way to part with more of your money.

Start with freshly grinding beans, you might end up perfectly thrilled with the upgrade that will cost you nothing other than owning a grinder.

ETA: I say this as someone who used to have a lot of snobberies

This made me laugh. For me coffee is the same as wine, tomatoes, and cheese. You can be excessively snobby and pay way to much for something ridiculous, but being mildly snobby just means experimenting with variety and determining what flavors you like within the group. It is fun! There are so many different kinds of coffee, and I have found it doesn't have to be expensive to be delicious.

[Metalcat]

Starbucks coffee is quite bitter IMO. As an admitted coffee snob, there's something off about it. All Starbucks varieties are like this to me, light or dark, brewed hot or cold. It's expensive coffee, but not great coffee. Maybe it's that same Starbucks "je ne sais quoi" she's missing. Try a cheap dark roast store brand and see if she likes it more.

So being a coffee snob, what is your pick for coffee (hot or cold brew)?  I'm trying to be a coffee snob but I'm not good at it.  Just like beer, I don't know much about it, I just know I like what I like but couldn't tell you a thing about it.  I have recently started roasting coffee beans at home, for the cost and for fun, and I can't tell much difference between Arabic, S American, etc.  So I guess I'm not super picky so it shouldn't matter, but notice that the pre-ground cheap stuff isn't doing it for me anymore, and I imagine DW would be the same way, as long as it tastes good she'd be okay trying it.  So what are your coffee snob picks?

Why would you *want* to develop a coffee snobbery?

DH is a coffee snob and it just means that he enjoys coffee less than most people because it has to be "just so". In fact, it's gotten to a point that he just likes one bean from one premium shop. It's like he's given himself a coffee-snob affliction.

If you are currently using pre-ground coffee, then you will get a MASSIVE boost in quality of almost any bean if you grind it fresh. That will have more impact than almost anything else.

Beyond that, I wouldn't seek out developing a refined coffee bean palate, it will just make your coffee more expensive and make all readily available coffee taste worse.

Unless you want to get into hobby roasting your own beans, or something like that, becoming a snob about something is usually just a really convenient way to part with more of your money.

Start with freshly grinding beans, you might end up perfectly thrilled with the upgrade that will cost you nothing other than owning a grinder.

ETA: I say this as someone who used to have a lot of snobberies

This made me laugh. For me coffee is the same as wine, tomatoes, and cheese. You can be excessively snobby and pay way to much for something ridiculous, but being mildly snobby just means experimenting with variety and determining what flavors you like within the group. It is fun! There are so many different kinds of coffee, and I have found it doesn't have to be expensive to be delicious.

Yeah, taking an interest in something to expand your options is great, but snobbery tends to be about the exclusion of options.

I'm a TOTAL snob about restaurants. I'm a former chef and simply unwilling to pay such huge prices for food that I mostly consider trash, so this really limits my restaurant options.

But because I take such an interest in food, I'm open to a huge range of options, so I've found a lot of amazing, cheap, hole in the wall ethnic restaurants where the quality to price ratio is insane.

OP has already corrected their choice of words, so if what they're looking for is to expand their options to find cheaper coffees similar to Starbucks, then that's great.

OP: have you tried just buying Starbucks beans? Here they're sold at a very reasonable price at Costco.

[yachi]

I don't know if this belongs here, but I have excellent results with an aeropress.  I've introduced a lot of non coffee drinkers to coffee with it because it results in a lower acidity brew.  The microfilter removes so much of the grounds that you can refrigerate leftovers and it tastes like a cold brew.  It uses more grounds than most other methods, so to balance that I buy cheap store-brand grounds.

[Beach_Stache]

Starbucks coffee is quite bitter IMO. As an admitted coffee snob, there's something off about it. All Starbucks varieties are like this to me, light or dark, brewed hot or cold. It's expensive coffee, but not great coffee. Maybe it's that same Starbucks "je ne sais quoi" she's missing. Try a cheap dark roast store brand and see if she likes it more.

So being a coffee snob, what is your pick for coffee (hot or cold brew)?  I'm trying to be a coffee snob but I'm not good at it.  Just like beer, I don't know much about it, I just know I like what I like but couldn't tell you a thing about it.  I have recently started roasting coffee beans at home, for the cost and for fun, and I can't tell much difference between Arabic, S American, etc.  So I guess I'm not super picky so it shouldn't matter, but notice that the pre-ground cheap stuff isn't doing it for me anymore, and I imagine DW would be the same way, as long as it tastes good she'd be okay trying it.  So what are your coffee snob picks?

Why would you *want* to develop a coffee snobbery?

DH is a coffee snob and it just means that he enjoys coffee less than most people because it has to be "just so". In fact, it's gotten to a point that he just likes one bean from one premium shop. It's like he's given himself a coffee-snob affliction.

If you are currently using pre-ground coffee, then you will get a MASSIVE boost in quality of almost any bean if you grind it fresh. That will have more impact than almost anything else.

Beyond that, I wouldn't seek out developing a refined coffee bean palate, it will just make your coffee more expensive and make all readily available coffee taste worse.

Unless you want to get into hobby roasting your own beans, or something like that, becoming a snob about something is usually just a really convenient way to part with more of your money.

Start with freshly grinding beans, you might end up perfectly thrilled with the upgrade that will cost you nothing other than owning a grinder.

ETA: I say this as someone who used to have a lot of snobberies

This made me laugh. For me coffee is the same as wine, tomatoes, and cheese. You can be excessively snobby and pay way to much for something ridiculous, but being mildly snobby just means experimenting with variety and determining what flavors you like within the group. It is fun! There are so many different kinds of coffee, and I have found it doesn't have to be expensive to be delicious.

Yeah, taking an interest in something to expand your options is great, but snobbery tends to be about the exclusion of options.

I'm a TOTAL snob about restaurants. I'm a former chef and simply unwilling to pay such huge prices for food that I mostly consider trash, so this really limits my restaurant options.

But because I take such an interest in food, I'm open to a huge range of options, so I've found a lot of amazing, cheap, hole in the wall ethnic restaurants where the quality to price ratio is insane.

OP has already corrected their choice of words, so if what they're looking for is to expand their options to find cheaper coffees similar to Starbucks, then that's great.

OP: have you tried just buying Starbucks beans? Here they're sold at a very reasonable price at Costco.

Yes, I've bought the Starbucks beans before and it was okay, but certainly not like how they have it in the store, so maybe I've just got my ratio of scoop to water incorrect.  I typically do 1 tablespoon per 2 cups on the drip, so maybe I need to have a different ratio of coffee to water.  I've tried the French Press before, but I drink a lot of coffee, so it would take too long to do that every time.

[Metalcat]

Yes, I've bought the Starbucks beans before and it was okay, but certainly not like how they have it in the store, so maybe I've just got my ratio of scoop to water incorrect.  I typically do 1 tablespoon per 2 cups on the drip, so maybe I need to have a different ratio of coffee to water.  I've tried the French Press before, but I drink a lot of coffee, so it would take too long to do that every time.

For drip, you're probably not using enough coffee.

Also, you can get huge french presses. I have a 1.5L Bodum. French press is great for getting that intense flavour because you can leave it steeping for longer, just like tea. Note though, the grind for French press is less fine than for drip coffee.

There are basic rules for coffee flavour intensity:
Bean and roast
Coffee to water ratio
Time of coffee in water
Pressure of water through coffee

Different techniques bring out different aspects of the flavour. With a drip coffee machine, you can only control for type of coffee and amount. For the others you need different tools.

If you want really strong coffee, see if you can find an old school percolator. That makes coffee that's repeatedly re-brewed through the coffee grounds, so the water is boiled and drips through the grounds, and then the coffee that is made continues to be boiled and that keeps dripping through the grounds until you've got a coffee concoction that can strip paint off of furniture.

[DadJokes]

OP, I've recently taken a liking to cold brew coffee as well (Stōk, not Starbucks). The bottles are $4.30, and they only last us a few days each. So I'm in the same boat as you. It looks like the thread has devolved into talking about hot brews, which is not helpful.

On Stōk's website, they actually explain how to make cold brew coffee at home: https://www.stokbrew.com/what-is-cold-brew/how-to-make-cold-brew-coffee/

1. Choose your coffee beans wisely, and then grind medium to coarse
2. Measure out 1 part coffee to 8 parts water by weight. (Or about 3⁄4 cups coffee to 2 cups water.)
3. Use water at room temperature to bring out the coffee's complexity
4. Steep ground coffee in water for at least 10 hours at room temperature, with the grounds submerged.
5. Filter out the grounds - French Press, buckets and cheesecloth, another method of your choosing.
6. Enjoy the process. Experiment with beans, grind, coffee-to-water ratio and steep time to dial-in your ideal cold brew. That's how we created STōK.

I am going to look into trying this. Maybe your DW can do the same.

[svosavvy]

Not sure if this interests anyone.  "Juan Valdez" was a staple in my childhood home.  I buy the Walmart "great value" "fair-trade?" columbian beans.  Pretty cheap,  I like the taste of this and reminds me of what coffee smelled/tasted like back in the 80's.  Gets me a nice strong cup of coffee.  I used a French press for years and ultimately switched to an old school percolator.  My perc is literally one you would have gotten for 50 cents at a yard sale 20 years ago.  I love the thing, I feel it makes superior coffee vs the press.  I do a coarse grind and that keeps the grounds in the basket. Perc 8 minutes on the stove/woodstove.  Makes the house smell awesome and it is part of my morning ritual.  Go feed the birds while taking the puppy for a pee during the 8 minute perc.  What I don't drink I throw in a Nalgene bottle and put in fridge.  I'm a sugar and cream guy so I doctor it up and drink cold when its hot outside.  I don't buy "cold brew" but I am happy enough drinking this coffee cold or hot.  I tried Sumatra b/c I like very strong coffee but didn't care for it.  Columbian gets it done for me.  Non snobby but satisfying for me.

[Radagast]

Here's what I do, a very convenient process that requires nothing special:
1 Use either a french press or an aeropress as your coffee maker, because they are equally compatible with hot or cold brews. I have an aeropress and it makes a very smooth coffee, but some say it removes flavor. The french press seems more elegant.
2 Make your cold brew in a glass bottle with a cap/stop. I am using an old glass vinegar bottle, but an old wine bottle would work great for larger batches.
3 Use the exact same grind and amount of coffee / water as you would for your hot aero/french press. The strength will be more like a regular drip coffee, and that is not a problem. Most cold brew recipes are very concentrated.
4 Put water and coffee in the bottle w/ cap and shake it.
5 Put it in the fridge (about 7am).
6 Let it sit 24 hours.
7 Shake it once in the middle (about 7pm).
8 Pour it into the french/aeropress at 7am the next day.
9 Repeat!

Starbucks cold brew is something I tried once and it tasted sour, bitter, and burned. Look for an unassuming dark roast to replicate it. To improve on it, look for a mid-range medium or light roast.