Coffee

A cold brew "maker" is not a complex thing. All you need is coffee grounds sitting in cold water for a day or so. This can be accomplished in multitudinous ways.

We have a gallon jar with a tap at the bottom and a tall 3" diameter mesh filter with a flange to sit under the lid. I had to (food-safe) solder the filter back together after a few years, but it makes a huge stack of strong brew with which we are most pleased.

Sort of an adjacent solution (as I don't personally have any experience with cold brewing), but I've really enjoyed some iced brewing methods.

This pourover iced method is my go-to. He's using a V60 here but I would imagine the concept could be adjusted pretty easily to any other pourover method.

If you're into aeropress, there's a decent cold brew method here. And tons of other suggested methods to be found online, as it tradition for aeropress!

I think cold brew makers might be a bit of a profiteering scam. (I could be wrong.. I've never tried one.) I use a jar, or a french press, and get delicious results.

I'm lazy, so I literally just use a Mason jar and a steel filter. Something like this.

It's probably not the most efficient, but it gets me my caffeine in the morning and tastes good to me!

we got the oxo compact cold brew system, works well, makes cold brew which filters through a metal filter and a springloaded valve, fairly easy to clean, etc. things i dont like about it are the fragility and slipperiness of the glass carafe and the cork stopper. i stuck a rubber band around the carafe for extra grip.

I mostly think that any large container that can hold water is a cold brew maker. I used to use one of those large pitchers from the supermarket used for serving lemonade (really any sweet drink), but really any large container you have will work that you don’t mind having coffee leech in to.

Because all you really need is water and coffee grounds mixed together inside of something sitting anywhere for a long enough time. Nowadays I use a half gallon mason jar left sitting on my counter for 12-18 hours and then I filter

When I go filter, I filter out the bulk of the grounds using just a strainer. Then I use 2-3 coffee filter lined strainers over whatever bowls I have and let it drain

Or get a Toddy, they were recommended as well when I looked into cold brew

Hario’s cold brew bottles are amazing. I’ve been using mine for years and it’s exception.. and crazy easy.

A large container capable of holding the desired quantity of liquid and grounds, a very large strainer, a very large coffee filter, and another large container to pour the cold brew into. A kitchen scale if you want to be anal about the recipe.

Will keep for a few days in the fridge no problem. Maybe longer, I never made enough to find out.

I just use a French press. My current ratio is 30 grams of coffee grounds to 500ml of water. Mix together, place in the fridge overnight or about 8 hours. Transfer to teapot the following morning so as not to oversteep. Still experimenting though so I'm also curious about other techniques.