BARTENDER

One thing that a ton of weddings and events look for are bartenders, but what do you do when a lot of your guests don’t drink or can’t have any alcohol? Coffee is a great alternative to alcohol and it doesn’t have to be an either/or choice, we like to work with the bartenders to make great alcoholic coffee drinks. An espresso martini is an amazing drink that will keep guests awake and in the party mood long into the night. Another drink that I see guests like to have is coffee or cold brew and Bailey’s. We are fun and like to make delicious coffee so that whatever drink that your guests want to make, you know it’s gonna taste good.

Drinks that are an alcohol alternative but still make you feel like you’re drinking a cocktail is a Mocktail. Mocktails are drinks that replicate cocktails, but instead of alcohol in the drink, it is replaced with coffee, such as, espressso or concentrated cold Brew. Some of our favorite mocktails are the Espresso Tonic, made with Tonic Water, simple syrup, and Espresso served over ice. Another favorite of ours is the Coffee Mule, made with Fever Tree Ginger Beer, concentrated cold brew, and lime juice that is served over ice. If you dont have guests that want cocktail replica’s or cocktails themselves, then that is where our Espresso Bar shines making espresso drinks down the board like Mocha’s, Lattes, Cappuccinos, and we even have Signature Flavored Latte’s that you as the host get to choose for us to carry.

If you’re going to have the cocktail bar alongside our Espresso Bar, then we’d recommend getting festive and having our Homemade Eggnog and mixing rum with it or you can get creative and add bourbon to your mocha, or there’s always the classic Espresso Martini. We like to have fun with our service and offerings, so if you’re guests have any other cocktail ideas that they want to mix with coffee, then we are always ready to help them make that drink spectacular.

SIGNATURE COLD BREW

Cold Brew Coffee is a very popular drink in the coffee industry by the general public and coffee professionals alike. In the most basic sense, cold brew coffee is made by taking coffee grounds that have been ground very coarse (french press setting coarse), then steeping those coffee grounds in cold water for 24 hours. After the ground coffee has completed the steeping process, you then take it and strain the grounds from the now cold brew coffee. This process extracts a lot of the sugar and the chocolatey notes from the coffee grounds. Depending on how you make it, the cold brew can be concentrated and used in replace of espresso for iced drinks or it can be brewed more diluted and used to pour directly over ice and consumed black.

At Rugged Coffee, we like to make our cold brewed coffee slightly different than most. We use hot water in the beginning to start extracting more of those bright acidic flavors, then we add cold water to the mixture and let it brew for 24 hours to extract those sweeter flavors. The result is a complex and decadent coffee beverage. We like to brew our cold brewed coffee in a more concentrated form so that we can use it to make our cold latte’s and when we add water, it makes a delicious black cold brew.

When brewing your cold brewed coffee, you want to make sure that you use good quality water, the better the quality of water you use, the better your coffee will taste and the same goes for the grind. The better the grinder you use, the more uniform the coffee will be ground to resulting in a more even extraction of those coffee grounds. Even extraction is key to all coffee brewing, whether you’re making cold brew, brewing hot french press, pour over coffee, or even just the good ol’ Mr. Coffee. Feel free to reach out if you have any brewing questions, we love to help the Rugged community brew better coffee.