COLD BREW à la Suisse

Long time no see - how are you, our dear supporters? We have fanstastic news: In time for the summer season we’ll open a coffee shop with a nice terrace in the heart of Basel. We’ll start in May and we already want to invite you for a delicious & directly traded cup of coffee - via our new crowdfunding project: https://wemakeit.com/projects/coffee-shop-at-gundeli

Thanks for supporting & sharing :) See you soon! Marie & Michael

Today, we finally reached the 100%. We: That means Michael and me – but even more, it means you :) Thank you. Tausend Dank. Merci infiniment.

For sure, we bought some more bottles and brewed some more brew than the ones that are ordered now. Just in case … So don’t be shy. There is still some Cold Brew to be drunken!

Almost finished – but we still need some support! Because if we don’t reach our goal … well, let’s not think about that :) «Yes, we can.» «Wir schaffen das.» Is there a french version? … But we cannot make it on our own! So please, don’t be shy. Tell all your friends about us.

We will brew today, bottle tomorrow, and hopefully send out on Monday!

That’s how we used to do it in the very beginning. Now the method is a little more sophisticated :). Still, the simple version gives you a very nice Cold Brew – if you take a very good coffee, for sure. Because it depends on the natural aromas your coffee’s got whether you get a good tasting Cold Brew or not. If you want to try it, we suggest you our café crème at www.directcoffee.net. Enjoy!

I write «COULD» because it is not yet clear whether our wemakeit project will be successful.And if we do not reach the 100 percent or more, you will not get any bottles and the children will not get the deworming treatment. These are the rules of wemakeit.

That’s why we want to ask you to tell your family, your friends, and colleagues about us.Invite them to one of our Cold Brew tastings or write emails to those, that could be interested in Cold Brew and the social projects. Thank you :)

When we ask the people we meet at our coffee tastings around Switzerland whether they’ve ever heard of something called «Cold Brew», most of them shake their heads. The «new» way of drinking coffee has not yet conquered Switzerland. Some newspapers wrote articles about it. And you can find it at a handful of coffee-geek-cafés – but even though the coffee giant Starbucks started selling Cold Brew in Switzerland, it’s mostly unknown to the Swiss.

The Cold Brew mania started out some ten years ago in the US. Directly trading coffee roasters found a method to brew their specialty coffee in a way that brings out all the delicious natural flavors of coffee – without extracting bitter and acidic compounds. What they got was a sweet and smooth coffee full of flavors and with a caramel like finish. In fact, the method is already around for some centuries. According to «The Guardian», it was the Japanese who first steeped coffee in cold water for extended periods of time back in the 1600s.

In the US, Cold Brew quickly became a popular trend. Soon after its first occurrence, it was served on the rocks in coffee shops all over the country. And people also started bottling the brew. In 2014, the Cold Brew wave also reached the coasts of the UK. In 2015, Starbucks jumped on the bandwagon. These days, you can already read obituaries of the trend. While in Switzerland, it didn’t even take off …

We want to change that and bring the Cold Brew to the Swiss. Try out our delicious brew and support us on www.wemakeit.com!

The first quarter is already done! Thank you so much, that was very quick :) Looks like we have to increase the production soon.

Here some pictures of our first spontaneous tasting at Impact HUB Zurich where we spoiled the hard-working co-workers with Cold Brew on the rocks.