From the Photo Archives: Cold Brew Coffee Is a Cool Grocery Find

I love shopping and I love photography—but sometimes I don’t have time to share my photos on the blog. I’m delving back into my photo back-log to bring you posts about things that happened long enough ago that I don’t remember the exact  details. These are my approximate recollections. 

Back in the late summer/early fall (I know! I’m terrible at keeping up with blogging…you can blame grad school), I hosted a brunch party. For brunch, I feel like you should always have an array of drinks, from sparkling wine to juice, and of course, coffee. Now, I’m not a coffee drinker. I do sometimes have an espresso, but mostly for the caffeine. I’ve just never learned to love that bitter, dark coffee flavor (despite my mother being an avid black coffee drinker).

I have made cold brew coffee once or twice, and I liked the effect, but in this particular case, I was short on time. Luckily, I spotted this Grady’s Cold Brew Coffee (in two different size glass jars) over at Court Street Grocers, so I picked up a large bottle. I liked the chicory flavoring, and I liked that it was concentrated so that you could add ice, water, or milk (or booze) to dilute it. Convenient and clever.

Now I realize that for the vast majority of people, cold brewing yourself is sufficient, but for those lazy-pants, you now have a convenient option in your shi-shi grocery stores. Very Brooklyn.