Danes Specialty Coffee on Sydney’s northern beaches has introduced a cold-brew nitro coffee

BORED with espresso coffee? Try nitro-brewed coffee — it’s the latest trend for serious coffee lovers and it’s on tap at this northern beaches establishment which could become your new local.

Danes Coffee head trainer Jon Saroglu with the nitro-brewed coffee. Picture: Troy Snook

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WHEN is a beer not a beer? When it is a long, cold coffee. Danes Specialty Coffee at Brookvale has introduced cold-brew nitro coffee to its expanding range.

The uber-trendy drink is essentially coffee in a keg, served and poured like a draft beer.

“We were looking to do something different,” managing director Paul Jackson said. “So we have developed a line of cold-brew coffee which is then pressurised and poured from a tap.”

Head trainer Jon Saroglu with the nitrogen-infused cold brew coffee. Picture: Troy Snook

The concept starts with batches of cold-drip coffee using Danes’ award-winning Four Elements espresso blend.

The ground beans are soaked in cold water for up to 10 hours, then filtered and bottled as a concentrated liquid that can be served straight, mixed with water or over ice.

Cold-drip coffee is already a favourite of serious coffee drinkers. Putting it in a keg and infusing it with nitrogen and CO2 pushes the coffee-drinking boundaries.

Think of a “draft Guinness”, Mr Jackson said.

“It has a creamy head and the coffee is sparkling, light and bright,” he said.

“You pour and drink it much like a Guinness.”

Danes’ tap-poured coffee uses 75 per cent nitrogen and 25 per cent CO2 to get the bubbles. The concept came from the US and has been gaining popularity in Sydney, Mr Jackson said.

Boutique coffee roasters Pablo & Rusty also have cold-brew nitro.

Cheers, head trainer Jon Saroglu with the trendy beer-like cold brew. Picture: Troy Snook

Danes’ Brookvale HQ in Dale St has samples ready for tasting.

“We are serving it in tall 137ml glasses for $6,” Mr Jackson said.

Coffee tinnies with fizz are the next thing. “Cold-brew nitro now comes in a can in the States,” he said.

“We’re working on ideas of our own, including alcohol.”