Drip vs. Immersion Cold Brew

We had a request from one of our viewers to do a taste test comparing a full immersion cold brew and a slow drip cold brew. And you know we can't say no to a cup of coffee! So we brewed up the same coffee with the two different methods to see what the result was! What is full immersion cold brew you ask? This is probably the method of cold brew extraction you are most familiar with. It can be as crude as filling up a bucket with coffee and water and letting it sit or you can use something like the Toddy or OXO! (We were really impressed with the OXO, check out our taste test if you haven't already!) So just as the name implies, the coffee and water sit together for a period of time before filtering and then drinking. So then what is drip cold brew? Using a slow drip cold brew system is a little more involved, both in the equipment necessary as well as technique involved. Essentially you have your water slowly drip over your coffee grounds. And when we say slowly, we mean it! We are talking about a drip per second. The water slowly saturates the ground coffee, which then drips down through a filter and into your collection container. We were curious about how the two methods would change the taste of the coffee. Here is a little spoiler, the taste difference was much more pronounced than we could have imagined! Check out the video below to see the result!