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Cold brew coffee is hot right now. From Starbucks to local coffee houses, it seems like everyone is selling cold brew coffee.

Serving cold brew coffee on tap will make your establishment stand out from the crowd. Instead of pouring from messy pitchers, just fill a keg with your cold brew coffee and then serve your customers a delicious cup poured from your kegerator or draft system. Take that experience up a notch when you infuse it with nitrogen to create swirling, creamy pints that deliver a creamy treat they will love. Read on to find out how easy it is to start pouring coffee on tap using a draft system.

How Does Coffee On Tap Work?

Cold brew coffee is hot right now. From Starbucks to local coffee houses, it seems like everyone is selling cold brew coffee.

Serving cold brew coffee on tap will make your establishment stand out from the crowd. Instead of pouring from messy pitchers, just fill a keg with your cold brew coffee and then serve your customers a delicious cup poured from your kegerator or draft system. Take that experience up a notch when you infuse it with nitrogen to create swirling, creamy pints that deliver a creamy treat they will love. Read on to find out how easy it is to start pouring coffee on tap using a draft system.

Benefits of Coffee On Tap

Draft systems restrict coffee’s contact with air, thereby slowing the oxygenation process that degrades coffee’s volatile flavor compounds. Less exposure to oxygen means your coffee stays fresher, longer.

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Setting Up Your System

  • Serving coffee on tap requires the use of all stainless steel metal contacts, including the faucet, shank, and beverage line connectors. Coffee is highly acidic and in a short time will corrode chrome-plated components and cause off-flavors.
  • Nitrogen gas tank (with a CGA 580 valve)
  • Dual-gauge nitrogen regulator to monitor the gas left in your nitrogen tank and control the pressure of the draft system.
  • Gas line jumper to allow the flow of gas from the nitrogen tank to the keg.
  • Barrier line jumper with stainless steel connectors to carry the coffee from the keg to the faucet. Barrier tubing is made of harder plastic that is resistant to flavor stain.
  • Ball lock disconnects or stainless steel Sankey coupler to connect the gas and barrier line to the keg.
    • Ball lock disconnects (gas & liquid) are used for Cornelius (corny) kegs.
    • Sankey couplers are used with commercial kegs.
  • Corny Keg or a commercial keg for kegging your brew.
    • Cornelius kegs are easier to fill and clean, so they tend to be more appropriate for cold brew coffee setups. Five-gallon kegs are most commonly used for kegging coffee, but other sizes are available.
  • Stainless steel shank to connect your coffee line and faucet.
  • Stainless steel faucet to pour your coffee on tap.
    • Standard faucets are perfect for pouring flat cold brew.
    • Stout faucets are best if you want to serve nitro cold brew. They are designed with restrictor plates that agitate the nitrogen, causing the cascading effect and thick white head associated with nitro cold brew.

Optional Equipment

  • Keg Carbonation Lid is only required if you plan to serve nitro-style cold brew. This piece of equipment force infuses the coffee with nitrogen directly in the corny keg.
  • Dual-body Nitrogen Regulator allows you to set two different pressures, which is necessary if you plan to use the same nitrogen tank to serve both flat and nitro cold brew.

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