Cold Brew Coffee, Coffee Cubes, COFFEE SODA

So I found this place called Tree Spirit Coffee, which is literally just a trailer in some parking lot off-campus by Ohio State (for now). Check them out on Facebook if you'd like. The owner, Alison Ortega, was an undergrad at OSU and felt it needed a place that specialized in coffee. The Lantern did a nice article on it here.

The point of this post being... I've discovered cold brew coffee and this miraculous thing called coffee soda. Unfortunately, I don't spend my summers in Columbus so I no longer walk past Tree Spirit daily. I've been forced to satisfy my craving on my own (without her made-from-scratch flavoring syrups, local Snowville Cream, and coffee expertise).

This is what I've come up with after asking 'The Google':

For anyone who's interested, there are benefits of cold-brewing:

1) Less acidic coffee. This has to do with oils that are released by the hot water and don't dissolve at lower temperatures. The oils have acidic compounds responsible for coffee's bitterness.

2) More flavor. The natural undertones of the coffee are more detectable because of the lower acidity.

3) Very easy & you don't need fancy equipment. In fact, I didn't have to buy anything at all.

4) Coffee cubes. The Iced Coffee recipe can easily be frozen in ice cube trays and used as a substitute for ice, which waters down your coffee drink or coffee cocktails.