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Step 4 of 4 · Japanese Iced Coffee

Stir, taste, add ice only if you melted too fast

Stir, taste, add ice only if you melted too fast — step 4 of 4 in Japanese Iced Coffee. If it's too strong, a splash of cold water. If it's watery, you had too much ice melt from a slow drawdown or you rinsed onto the ice.

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Free coffee & drinks tip: Stir, taste, add ice only if you melted too fast (step 4 of 4 from "Japanese Iced Coffee").

If it's too strong, a splash of cold water. If it's watery, you had too much ice melt from a slow drawdown or you rinsed onto the ice.

You passed when it tastes like coffee, cold, not like leftover diner pitcher. Drink it now. This is not a 6-hour hold.

Pro tip: Same beans as your hot pour-over so you can taste what ice does to the same roast.

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