It is summer, and people want their coffee cold. The traditional cold brew is a good drink, but it requires that you are quite patient. You must grind the beans and let them sit in the water for twelve or even twenty-four hours in the fridge. If you forget to make it the evening before, you will stand there in the morning with only hot options or warm thoughts.
This is not very practical for busy people who just want their caffeine fast before the tram leaves.
The cold brew process is liked because it makes the coffee less bitter and reduces the acid. This happens because the hot water does not draw out the heavy oils from the coffee ground. But waiting a whole day for a glass of beverage feels a bit like waiting for the winter to end – it takes too long and makes you slightly annoyed.
Now the Italian company Smeg has made a new espresso maker called ECF03. It has a special cold brew function that solves this time problem. Instead of waiting for tomorrow, this machine can produce a cold coffee drink in just a few minutes. It uses a different pressure method to get the flavour out without the heat, which is a sensible piece of engineering.
You can choose if you want a single shot or a double shot of this cold brew. It comes out smooth and with that low acidity people like, but you do not need to plan your life a day in advance.
The machine does not only make the cold coffee. It is a proper espresso maker, so it also has a traditional steam wand if you want to froth milk for a normal warm latte when the weather turns bad, as it often does. The water tank at the back is quite large, so you do not have to fill it every five minutes, which is good because refilling tanks is a boring task.
Smeg started its business in 1948 in a small town called Guastalla in Italy. The name is actually short for Smalterie Metallurgiche Emiliane Guastalla. They began with enamelling and metalwork before they started making domestic appliances that look quite nice. They have kept that 1950s rounded style for a long time now, which creates a good contrast when you put it in a modern kitchen like yours.
This Smeg ECF03 coffee maker with cold brew function is also available on Amazon.
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