- And I always wanted to create something of my own, something that would be useful to people.

And I've always liked coffee.

- There's so much to learn about coffee.

It can be anything that you want it to be.

We want to make sure that it is delicious.

(upbeat music) - Hi, I'm Kari DeGraff and I am the owner of Scoot Cold Brew.

- So my name is Rachel.

I manage Scoot Cold Brew here in Cleveland, Ohio.

We specialize in the brewing of high quality, delicious cold brew.

- So I'm from Washington state.

And at the time, I was getting outta manufacturing at that point, my buddy and I were working long hours, tons of overtime and we were both just like, "No, that's enough."

He just started roasting coffee and getting like right into it.

Cold brew was just starting to sort of gain some traction.

We just started messing around with different roasts, different coffee beans.

You gotta have some sort of way to set yourself apart in a business.

And so we're like, "All right, how do we make coffee unique if everyone's gonna be doing cold brew?"

- All of our cold brew is infused with the tiniest bit of either honey or maple.

This doesn't add sweetness to the cold brew, it's not a sweet product.

It really just evens out the mouthfeel and the body of the cold brew.

Today, we are going to be doing honey, which is our standard original, the one we started off with.

- That's what we did and then it totally stuck.

And it seemed to be like, this is a good product.

Like this is a good cold brew.

Typically, if you think like your traditional drip coffee or like a shot of espresso, you have the grounds, you run hot water through it, and the hot water is what gives it that lovely aromatic and beautiful smell.

But it sort of shocks the beans and that's what kind of gives you the bitterness.

- [Rachel] And that's why a lot of people like cold brew.

Since there isn't heat applied, it has that really unique, smooth, consistent flavor.

- With cold brew it's cool because you steep it like tea.

So you grind the coffee and you just run cold water through it.

And then you let it steep overnight, it can be anywhere from 17 to 24 hours.

And it's just this mellow process where it just slowly extracts all the goodness.

So it doesn't shock the coffee and it doesn't have that bitterness, which is pretty cool.

You pull the grounds and now you have this dark rich concentrate, which is basically like the equivalent of espresso.

- Half of what we do is single serve.

And half of what we do is cold brew that you take home and enjoy throughout the week.

- You can do the same thing the same way you'd pour a shot or two of espresso, you can pour a shot or two of the cold brew concentrate.

Again, a lot of people think it's cold coffee and it's not, it's just the way it was processed.

- Something that I love about coffee is the community aspect.

It really, really brings people together.

- We have the opportunity to impact someone's day.

You want someone to come in and leave there feeling better.

Like you have this opportunity to spread joy.

And so if I can take care of my employees and they feel happy working there, then that's gonna spread, and then that will spread into the community.

And so that's really what I think is pretty important.

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