Is cold brew and iced coffee the same?

No – not quite. They are both cold coffee, but are brewed in different ways.

1. Cold brew is made by steeping coffee for 12 to 24 hours in cold water.
2. Iced coffee is made by brewing coffee hot and then slowly cooling it down – if coffee cools slowly, it develops a lot of bitterness.
3. There is also a way of brewing iced coffee that captures the brightness and complexity of hot brew, but not the bitterness of traditional iced coffee – it’s called “flash brew”, and it requires brewing coffee hot directly over ice – this “flash” cools the coffee quickly, thus avoiding that bitterness that is created when coffee cools more slowly.

Here’s our full recipe for brewing with Driftaway cold brew bags: https://driftaway.coffee/makingcoldbrew/
And you can buy Driftaway cold brew here: https://driftaway.coffee/coffees/