Nitro cold brews are on their way to replacing iced coffees. There are many benefits to drinking cold brew, so it's no surprise that they are the newest trend popping up in coffee shops across the country. Even though you probably haven’t heard of them until recently, they have been around since 2013.

An entrepreneur named Nate Armbrust came up with the idea. He was inspired by brewers who added carbon dioxide and nitrogen into their beers to create fizzy, delicious drinks. Armbrust experimented with carbon dioxide in his coffee at first, but it added acidity, which destroyed the flavor. But nitrogen, which is used on sweeter beers, brought out the best flavors in his coffee.

Armbrust’s stroke of genius created a drink that is rapidly growing in popularity. If you have never sipped from a nitro cold brew before, you are missing out on a silky, smooth flavor—and an energy burst of caffeine.

Nitro cold brews are cold brews infused with nitrogen. Nitrogen is a colorless, odorless gas with smaller bubbles than carbon dioxide. These tiny bubbles have a hard time dissolving, which gives the coffee a thick, heavy feel.

Nitrogen can make a drink as strong as black coffee taste smooth and sweet. When you sip from a nitro cold brew, you won’t have a hard time getting the liquid down like you would with a regular black coffee, because you will feel like the cream and sugar are already added.

Nitro cold brews are commonly compared to foamy, thick draft beers such as Guinness. This is because they both extract sweet flavors to create a smooth, delicious finish. They are both silkier and creamier than you would ever expect.

Iced coffees and cold brews are both cold versions of coffee, but there are major differences between the two. They taste completely different because they are created with different methods.

Iced coffees are traditionally made by pouring hot coffee over ice. However, to make cold brew, coffee grounds come in direct contact with water that is either room temperature or cold for twelve to twenty-four hours. Once the coffee grounds have finished soaking, the product can be mixed with more water to create a cold brew.

Unlike iced coffee, hot water is never used to create cold brews, which means the end product is less acidic and less bitter. Cold brews also tend to contain more caffeine, which means you can drink a smaller amount and will still get enough kick to make it through your workday without a yawn.

Nitro cold brew creates a sensory illusion on your tongue. You will swear you are drinking something sweet, even though no unhealthy sugars have been added to your cup.

Companies such as RISE Brewing Co. use a state-of-the-art water-filtration process to create their nitro cold brews. When you drink their coffee, you won’t have to worry about any harsh chemicals or additives. Compared to standard coffee, their cold brews are 70% less acidic and have one and a half times more caffeine.

Nitro cold brews are healthy enough that fitness studios are starting to add them to menus. Whether you are drinking coffee before a workout or are creating your own in your kitchen, you will end up with a drink rich in taste. A drink free from bitterness and sourness. A drink much healthier than it tastes.

Upscale coffee shops will inject nitrogen using a tap system, but you can use a cream whipper to create nitro cold brew inside your own home. A cream whipper is a pressurized canister in which you will place nine ounces of coffee grounds after steeping them for twenty-four hours.

When you’re ready, add three and a half cups of tap water to the mix, stir, and seal the whipper. Then insert the charger holder, allow the gas to release in the chamber, and add a second cartridge. Shake for thirty seconds to distribute the gas and let the mixture settle for five minutes.

You’re almost there! When the time is up, discharge the gas by pressing the canister lightly, recharge the cream whipper with two more cartridges, and let it stand for an hour. After discharging the gas again, put the mixture through a coffee filter. Now you have coffee concentrate!

Combine equal parts coffee concentrate with cold water, pour the cold brew back into the whipper, and seal the canister. Charge once more, shake once more, discharge once more, and drink!

If you are running low on time and energy or just aren’t in the mood to create nitro cold brew inside your own home, you can always have it delivered to your home instead!

Nitro cold brews were originally only offered from the tap because they are hard to bottle. However, companies such as RISE Brewing Co. have packaged the product using a nitrogen widget. They are able to bring nitro cold brews directly to your doorstep.

RISE Brewing Co. offers original black coffees, oat milk lattes, and oat milk mocha lattes. RISE even sells variety packs so you can get a taste of all the different flavors to see which ones you love and which ones you are absolutely obsessed with.

If you have been living off iced coffees and haven’t tried cold brews yet, make sure the first one you taste comes from RISE. You can order the Nitro Cold Brew here.