Louis Brusco: Pour your Red Hook–brewed and –bottled house-blend Stubby ($4 for 10.5 ounces) over ice, or swig it straight from the bottle for a toasty chocolate bite with hints of ripened cherry.
Louis Brusco: Double-filterd Corsica-blend coffee after steeping it for 16 hours in stainless-steel wine tanks. So smooth and sweet, it hardly needs milk.
13 Essex St (btwn Hester & Canal St), New York, NY
Coffee Shop · Lower East Side · 50 tips and reviews
Louis Brusco: At Hester Street Fair (Sat 10a-6p)-Brazilian Cafundo-bean concentrate alone over ice, stirred with Battenkill Valley Creamery milk, or mixed with seltzer in a tingly “coffee soda” ($3.50 to $4)
Street Food Gathering · Williamsburg · 412 tips and reviews
Louis Brusco: This fast-expanding Brooklyn company adds chicory to locally roasted Porto Rico Importing Co. beans for increased sweetness. Dilute with water or, for a creamy café au lait effect, 2 percent milk.
Louis Brusco: The West Village gourmet-food-delivery service, offers one-liter bottles of chicory-spiked Porto Rico cold brew. Dilute the concentrate with water, whole milk, and a splash of half-and-half.
156 Mott St (btwn Broome & Grand St), New York, NY
Coffee Shop · Little Italy · 65 tips and reviews
Louis Brusco: Cold-brewed Stumptown’s espresso-based Hairbender blend for 12 hr before pouring it into 32/64oz growlers; the complex concentrate is strong enough to account for ice melt; no need to add water.