Hario "Mizudashi" Cold Brew Coffee Maker, 1000ml, Brown

Over the last three years, I have been experimenting with all sorts of different coffee brewing methods in an attempt to find one that met the list of things I wanted from a coffee maker. 1: It has to be easy. I do not mind grinding my beans as I can see a definite improvement in the quality of the finished product with that, but I have also tried: Pour overs. Too finicky about the pour time and such. Aeropress. Killer coffee. Too much rather precise timing and such for early morning pre-coffee brain. Two different high-end small size brewers. Could not get a decent cup of coffee out of either of them. Sour or bitter. A semi-automatic Espresso machine. Again, too much work for a cup of joe. 2: The resulting coffee has to be adaptable. Somedays I want a strong short hot cup. Other days a milder glass of iced coffee. And sometimes I like to make a quasi Vietnamese style super sweet with Hazelnut syrup over ice. 3: I would prefer it not be acidic. So of course, A cold brew rig is the way to go. I started with a Toddy. Works well, but the part where you sit a half gallon of coffee and grounds balanced over a juice carafe for an hour to let it drip through the small fiber puck filter...ehh. I kept having nightmares of that crap all over my kitchen. Yeah, I can set it in the sink, but my sink is not flat bottomed, so the wobbly factor was raised. Plus those filters are a dog to get rinsed out. Noticed the flow was significantly diminished after the third batch even with soaking the filter in multiple changes of water after use. Then I thought I was overthinking it. So I went with 50 grams of fine grind in a quart mason jar of water in the fridge overnight. Filtered it through a Melitta #4 in one of the pour over gadgets. That worked, but again a bit too fiddly. Plus I got the feeling I was filtering out some of the wanted coffee flavors. Along came this lil number. I have a few Hario kitchen gadgets already, so I was familiar with the brand and their quality. The 80 grams of ground coffee for a liter of returned concentrate seemed high at first. But man with a 24-hour brew in the fridge, this concentrate is strong. Like I tried drinking an espresso cup of it with a teaspoon of sugar straight, and after a while, I felt I could see through time. 1 to 1 water to concentrate is plenty strong for most folks iced coffee. Maybe a bit stronger for a drink with creamer and sugars. My go-to summertime drink is. Make the Mizudashi with 80 grams of semi-fine grind medium roast. (I have a Capresso Infinity grinder, and I set it on the 2nd tick mark from the right in the FINE section) 1150 ml of bottled water (my tap water is hella hard) and a 24 hour brew time in the fridge. Pull the filter basket, and I pour the concentrate into a 32 oz. Nalgene bottle. In a second Nalgene bottle, I mix: 1 15oz can of full fat Coconut milk, 8 oz. of simple syrup and 8 oz of bottled water. Shake the devil out of it to blend, and it goes into the fridge too. When I want a drink, I pour into a 20 oz glass: Half cup of concentrate, half cup of the Milk mix (Shaking well before), half cup of water and fill the glass with ice. Stir or shake in a cocktail mixer. Is it super strong? No. Is it super sweet? No. Does it cost $8 like from Starbuckers? Nope.

This is my review of the Hario Mizudashi Cold Brew Coffee Pot Cold Brew Coffee Maker. This simple cold-brew coffee maker is an excellent addition to my coffee addiction. Do you go to the coffee shops and find that their ice coffee is too weak for your liking? I know I did and if they are using hot coffee and trying to cool it down once ordered, it will never be good. This is a super economical coffee maker, but the amount of coffee it uses is more than one might expect. That does not matter that much for me because this brewer makes the best cold-brew coffee that I have had anywhere. The big plus is that I get to choose the beans and water to use. Of course, you should never use tap water for your coffee, use purified, filtered water. The coffee beans that I have been using for more than a decade now are the organic, fair-trade coffee beans that Sprouts sells. I wait for them to go on sale with the bulk items and then buy the large four-pound bags the coffee comes to the stores in. Lately, the sale price has been $9.99 per pound, which is a great price for organic coffee beans. Plus, when you buy the unopened four-pound bag, they give you an additional 10% off. I get the Sprouts Special Dark Blend or the Espresso beans. I grind them as I need them into a powder for this coffee maker. The trick to making powerfully strong, super-tasty coffee is to spend a little time preparing it. Once the grinds are loaded into the filter, slowly drip a few drops of water in at a time. You want the coffee to saturate before dripping to the bottom of the flask. As you are able to add a little more water at a time, the coffee turns into a mud. When this happens use a butter knife and gently stir and move the mud around. Be careful not to over-fill it! With good, strong beans the first tall glass of delicious coffee could be filled within eight hours or so after being in the frig. Once you have poured a glass, slowly refill the coffee maker again to the top with water. Give it a few more hours and again, another great glass full. I do this three or four times. This device uses a lot of coffee, so there is a lot that can be made with it if you play with it a little. For mine, I pour a little heavy whipping cream into the glass first and a milky froth comes to the top. It is so tasty and rich, you just want to sip it. Another thing for me personally, I do not add ice as I hate how it slowly dilutes the coffee. Oh yeah, once I am done with the grinds, my sister uses them in her electric ice coffee maker and she said it is still strong coffee!

I've never been a big coffee drinker at all, ever. I have my 14oz of coffee in the morning and I'm okay, I'm also okay when I don't have my 14oz of coffee in the morning. However, I really like how Toddy's were not as acidic as regular coffee which is what I disliked from regular hot coffee. After spending $3.59 almost every day for 2 months I decided to just buy a cold brewer of my own and I'm so glad that I did. This thing is so cheap it has paid for itself twice over, if you multiply how much I bought coffee in a month. It's super easy to use and any type of coffee will work really, I've used fine ground and I've used medium ground and I don't get residue in any of my cups. It's a hefty amount of grounds you have to put in it (depending on strength you want I guess) but I just go with the recommended 8oz of grounds, however, I can get 2 1/2 cups of coffee out of it, and if you buy coffee in bulk, it's really not a bad thing. This thing is really TALL, make sure you realize that because it will only fit on the bottom shelf of my fridge door since it's so tall. It's really easy to clean, including the filter, and it's not a hassle to have to wash it, dry it, and put some grounds and water in because the process is so fast. You just have to put the grounds in and forget about it until the next morning. EDIT 04/16/16: Almost one year later and my container fell sideways in the sink while I was washing it and a big chunk shattered off the top :( It had fallen before but not broken but today was that day. I bought another literally like 5 minutes after I threw away the broken one but obviously kept the old ones filter and top! Still makes GREAT cold brew coffee which is the only type of coffee I tolerate.

Wykorzystuję ten dzbanek od dłuższego czasu do robienia w nim herbaty cold brew i sprawdza się super.

Très pratique pour préparer le thé... fonctionnel....

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Perfect! Exactly what I was hoping for. This is the only vessel I use for making cold brew every day now-- I fill it at night, let it sit for about 10 hours, and in the morning I've got beautiful refreshing cold coffee! The glass body is of good quality, all parts are easy to clean, and the filter mesh is so fine, there aren't any grits in the coffee even though I use a fine grind. It's slim and stable and fits easily in the fridge door

Estoy encantado con esta jarra para hacer cold brew. Tiene un tamaño perfecto, da para unos 6 vasos, ideal para tener café listo durante varios días. Viene con un filtro integrado donde se coloca el café molido; solo hay que añadir agua, meterla en la nevera y dejar reposar. Es un proceso súper sencillo y el resultado es un café frío muy fresco y suave, perfecto para los días calurosos. La jarra es de vidrio grueso y de buena calidad, se nota resistente y además tiene un diseño bonito. En general, una forma práctica y cómoda de disfrutar cold brew en casa. Muy recomendable.