I'm not sure that I'd want to bother with this particular method, but I have recently gotten into cold-brewing and it does make a significant difference in flavor. There are lots of comments here about over-complicating coffee, it takes too long, dang hipsters, etc. which seem unnecessary. If you want to try cold-brewed coffee just throw some grounds into water and wait a day. Obviously this method is cheaper than buying this large contraption. You might like it! There are many ways to enjoy coffee, so why limit yourself?
We recently started doing cold brew - and I got tired of filtering out the grounds so I bought a nut milk bag (I know, I know, but that is what they are called) which looks like a large tea leaf bag. I throw 4 oz fresh ground coffee (fine) in per 1 liter of water, with a little extra for the soak into the beans. I "brew" for 24 hours, then drain into 1 liter carafes. Its great! Served with 1/2 cup milk with 1/2 cup coffee. Great hot or cold.
You're right: it is a matter of preference, but try starting with a 1:11 ratio of coffee to water. For a liter of water, that'd be about 90 grams of coffee. 1:15 is a standard ratio for hot coffee and we find that it helps to go a bit stronger when it's cold-brewed.
I have some friends that do cold brew at their shop, but they use a toddy (sp?). It works great, tastes great. When it's gone, it's gone. It is obviously not their only brewing method, but they offer it and it sells.
My Dutch Grandparents used a simple 2 stage filter system that was perfected over 300 years ago,it is was a common method back when in slow and simple times.
I want one just because of the aesthetics. That thing is beautiful. I saw a cold drip brewer at a local store that looked similar, but the price tag was a little too much for myself. I guess you get what you pay for though!
Pretty sure most of these pay for themselves in no time! they're not geared for home use except for coffee nuts... they're usually seen in coffee shops where care and time are part of the process and attraction for customers who plan to sit in for up to an hour relaxing and chatting, not intended for people who want to knock back a quick cup before leaving the house. You might think the customers are silly but eh, the coffee is a pretty standard price and they get to spectate the novelty of the mildly interesting brewing process. No sillier than bartender flair.
I use it at home. It's really not that inconvenient. It does its own thing and you pretty much leave it alone until it is done the next day. Stick the coffee in the fridge, and you're done.
Good afternoon, gentlemen. Can someone explain the functional purpose of the spiral glass tube in this system. It is spectacular beyond doubt. But how exactly does she enjoy the result?
Beautiful contraption! However its beautiful form appears to be flawed by "pour function". The water dripping on top will find a path of least resistance through the ground coffee and not evenly extract during this process wasting coffee (this would be true even with inclusion of water diffuser on top - simply look at the tamp function and diffuser process of espresso extraction). If the coffee grounds container were made to be very narrow, I think the process would be much improved or simply soak the beans for the whole extraction time (typical simple cold-process method). Really cool looking though!!
baguazhang2 Or better yet look up Soxhlet extractors, if you don't use a reflux/cololer setup but simply dripfeed cold water into the coffee grounds you're all set.
Got this as Christmas present, love it, but how much coffee and what kind of coffee works better? Video did not show how much coffee needs for 32 oz water?
This is way off. You are doing a massive disservice to anyone who owns this.. I have one and have had it for 3 years use it 3 days a week. not enough Ice, this is room temp brew. I can see the color of your coffee is pale. it should be 2x as dark and rich. the drip take the path of least resistance duhhhhhh... you need to spray each layer of coffee you spoon with a squirt bottle to make sure the drip just doesn't go through the center.. you are wasting all the coffee. if you are going to post a video get it right. thanks.
Jack Callie - lol that's the first thing I noticed was the lack of any amount of ice. The cold brewer I have you use all ice and a quarter cup of water poured over the ice to start it. The melting ice pretty much dictates the time it takes to brew. Average around 4hrs. Longer brew times can be had by putting it in the fridge. Up to 18hrs to brew! Unlike this design, I don't have to spray my grounds. Mine doesn't drip down the center. It evenly spreads the melting ice water over the grounds via a top sieve. Also mine has a filter not on top of the grounds but on the bottom of the grounds. It makes for a very clear cup of cold brew coffee. And a cover for the opening where you put the ice. It keeps dust and dirt out while it brews. Which the one in the video doesn't have. This one looks interesting but it doesn't seem well thought out.
Yes. You just put the paper coffee filters in the "coffee holder" and change when needed! I recently found out about it and I'm trying to find someone who is currently doing it so I can learn from their "trial and error." lol
Have you tried coffee from a cold brew tower before, Rich? You may actually find that you like it! If it made the same cup of coffee as any brewer, we wouldn't sell it - it's too expensive! But it really does produce different flavors entirely. And some people really enjoy the result. You are onto something about efficiency and price, though. We find that these brewers are most suitable for cafes, which have personnel to monitor these brewers and the capital to afford them.
I suppose it's a matter of preference but is there a general ratio of ground coffee to cold water to use as a good starting point? Also, some other things I've read vis a vis cold brew is that it's better to use a medium roast, or is that also a matter of preference? Thanks for the video.
Wouldn't a smaller diameter coffee holder actually let more of the coffee soak in the water rather than just the center portion? Might could use less coffee too /shrug, just wondering
Good question, decifal. There's actually a paper "filter" that sits atop the coffee in order to more evenly distribute the water. We find that the coffee saturates pretty evenly. As far as making less coffee goes... well, who wants less? ;)
My eyes just rolled so far back in my head that i saw the inside of my skull. I mean... seriously, the little condenser (spiral) line does nothing, it just looks fancy... If it's the temperature that stops the tannins, then just dump the coffee in the cold water, then filter it in 3 hours...
No No stop. First off the relationship between change in temperature to the coefficient of thermal expansion is non linear, and dependent on the surface area, and specific heat. Without getting to involved with heat transfer, the spiral thing idc what baristas call it provides a smaller surface area for the coffee as it condenses the water around the spiral thing. Water's specific heat is much greater than air. Therefore absorbing more heat,and maintaining cooler temperatures for longer. As it spirals down, it ensures all the coffee is evenly cooled removing any heat it might have gained from the ambient air, even when the water left over in the top reservoir is room temp. Like air conditioning coils. Then again I like hot coffee..........
So a dropping funnel fed to a buchner funnel filled with coffee (and probably a filter) fed to a big boiling flask for ( aesthetic purposes).. there you go guys just saved you a few hundred bucks
لاحظ الفلتر أعلى القهوة (يتم تغييرها كل مره) والفلتر أسفل القهوة ( الصفاية ) لايتم تغييره فقط غسيل كل مره البن متوافق مع كمية الماء عند التقديم يوضع الثلج قبل القهوة ولايتجاوز سطح القهوة لتذوق أفضل نكهات القهوة 😋 يتم ترطيب القهوة من الماء البارد وذلك بعد وضع غسيل الفلتر الورقي الذي يحافظ على توزيع الماء على كامل القهوة ويحافظ على رطوبة كامل القهوة
في المخروطيان سواء v60 أو غيرها يكون توزين القهوة أولاً ثم الماء بناءً على الرغبة أما هنا يتم العكس وهو وزن الماء ثم تضع القهوة المتوافقة معه فكل برج يختلف وعاءه العلوي عن غيره وأفضلها أن يكون جرام القهوة مقابل ١٠ ملي من الماء وإذا كان ١١ فأضل أما أعلا فلاأنصح لانه عند وضع الثلج عليها يغلب عليها طعم الماء
Cold brew cuts back acidity, the "bite" that that so coffees have, and IMHO it removes more of the nuanced tones (stone fruit/ lemon zest, etc)and leaves more sweet/chocolate/nutty tones.
Good questions, Zahi. We recommend filling the top chamber with both and ice and water so that the brewing water actually does stay cool the entire time. Regarding your siphon recommendation, I'm having some difficulty picturing that. Would you elaborate? Finally, you're right: that tube does absolutely nothing! But doesn't it look cool? ;)
All the gear, no idea. To get the full flavour of cold brew takes 12 to 24 hours. This 3 hour is a rush. Brewer looks fabulous and in my opinion would work better if the top section was filled with coffee and water and kept closed for 12 to 24 hours, then opened. I may well buy one as it looks better than my present set up.
hmmm seems like a long wait and a lot of unnecessary work to make a pot of coffee. i think i might stick with the heated method but it is cool to see. aesthetic wise it looks like something a chemist would use
+Rachmad Satria Because hot water releases oils and acid to make that bitter coffee taste. Cold water can not release these oils and acid = no bitterness and a different taste. Not better or worse different.
Although truly nifty (yes, I said "nifty"...and a gadget has to be pretty cool to earn my "nifty" rating).... I shudder at the thought of having to clean all that after using.
why not just cold press the fruit for the oil, then remove the sugars. finally buy caffeine pills from the store and add to said mixture? people over think coffee, suck the pleasure out of it.
I'm not sure that I'd want to bother with this particular method, but I have recently gotten into cold-brewing and it does make a significant difference in flavor. There are lots of comments here about over-complicating coffee, it takes too long, dang hipsters, etc. which seem unnecessary. If you want to try cold-brewed coffee just throw some grounds into water and wait a day. Obviously this method is cheaper than buying this large contraption. You might like it! There are many ways to enjoy coffee, so why limit yourself?
We recently started doing cold brew - and I got tired of filtering out the grounds so I bought a nut milk bag (I know, I know, but that is what they are called) which looks like a large tea leaf bag. I throw 4 oz fresh ground coffee (fine) in per 1 liter of water, with a little extra for the soak into the beans. I "brew" for 24 hours, then drain into 1 liter carafes. Its great! Served with 1/2 cup milk with 1/2 cup coffee. Great hot or cold.
You're right: it is a matter of preference, but try starting with a 1:11 ratio of coffee to water. For a liter of water, that'd be about 90 grams of coffee. 1:15 is a standard ratio for hot coffee and we find that it helps to go a bit stronger when it's cold-brewed.
Looks like an elaborate way to make me 3 hours late for work.
Yup you read my mind buddy 😫😂😂😌
Bruh just put it on the night hefore
Sounds super simple! We're glad you found a method you like!
I have some friends that do cold brew at their shop, but they use a toddy (sp?). It works great, tastes great. When it's gone, it's gone. It is obviously not their only brewing method, but they offer it and it sells.
My Dutch Grandparents used a simple 2 stage filter system that was perfected over 300 years ago,it is was a common method back when in slow and simple times.
I want one just because of the aesthetics. That thing is beautiful. I saw a cold drip brewer at a local store that looked similar, but the price tag was a little too much for myself. I guess you get what you pay for though!
Agreed 💯
It's amazing to me how many ways people can figure out how to pour water over coffee beans. And Charge hundreds of dollars to do it.
Pretty sure most of these pay for themselves in no time! they're not geared for home use except for coffee nuts... they're usually seen in coffee shops where care and time are part of the process and attraction for customers who plan to sit in for up to an hour relaxing and chatting, not intended for people who want to knock back a quick cup before leaving the house. You might think the customers are silly but eh, the coffee is a pretty standard price and they get to spectate the novelty of the mildly interesting brewing process. No sillier than bartender flair.
Will Tye the exact same thing is accomplished with a glass jar.
I use it at home. It's really not that inconvenient. It does its own thing and you pretty much leave it alone until it is done the next day. Stick the coffee in the fridge, and you're done.
It amazes me more that people would pay $5 for a single cup every day at starbucks
Good afternoon, gentlemen. Can someone explain the functional purpose of the spiral glass tube in this system. It is spectacular beyond doubt. But how exactly does she enjoy the result?
Beautiful contraption! However its beautiful form appears to be flawed by "pour function". The water dripping on top will find a path of least resistance through the ground coffee and not evenly extract during this process wasting coffee (this would be true even with inclusion of water diffuser on top - simply look at the tamp function and diffuser process of espresso extraction). If the coffee grounds container were made to be very narrow, I think the process would be much improved or simply soak the beans for the whole extraction time (typical simple cold-process method). Really cool looking though!!
You could also make the water flow upwards. This eliminates preferential flow, but makes the device more complicated.
baguazhang2 Or better yet look up Soxhlet extractors, if you don't use a reflux/cololer setup but simply dripfeed cold water into the coffee grounds you're all set.
Got this as Christmas present, love it, but how much coffee and what kind of coffee works better? Video did not show how much coffee needs for 32 oz water?
Oh Yeah! It's the Walter White model.
🤣
Give credit where credit is due. The Gale Boetticher, B.S., M.S. model.
I had a bong that sorta looked like that.
Hey, how often do you have to watch this thing? how do you wash the spiral tube thing?
Thanks.
Does the cold brewer come with the beard?
This looks nice and all but for the price ($300) - I would rather get a mason jar and some cheese cloth and put it in the fridge overnight!
This is way off. You are doing a massive disservice to anyone who owns this.. I have one and have had it for 3 years use it 3 days a week. not enough Ice, this is room temp brew. I can see the color of your coffee is pale. it should be 2x as dark and rich. the drip take the path of least resistance duhhhhhh... you need to spray each layer of coffee you spoon with a squirt bottle to make sure the drip just doesn't go through the center.. you are wasting all the coffee. if you are going to post a video get it right. thanks.
i just bought this for my wife for Christmas. Shes having trouble with the coffee to water ratio, its still coming out watery. could you help advise?
Jack Callie - lol that's the first thing I noticed was the lack of any amount of ice.
The cold brewer I have you use all ice and a quarter cup of water poured over the ice to start it. The melting ice pretty much dictates the time it takes to brew.
Average around 4hrs. Longer brew times can be had by putting it in the fridge. Up to 18hrs to brew!
Unlike this design, I don't have to spray my grounds. Mine doesn't drip down the center. It evenly spreads the melting ice water over the grounds via a top sieve.
Also mine has a filter not on top of the grounds but on the bottom of the grounds. It makes for a very clear cup of cold brew coffee.
And a cover for the opening where you put the ice. It keeps dust and dirt out while it brews. Which the one in the video doesn't have.
This one looks interesting but it doesn't seem well thought out.
Try grinding it slightly finer.
Hey Jack!!! Make your own video !!! Spanner!!!
Hey jack that’s what I confuse why the color come out is not too dark . Wanna buy one what you recommend ? Thank you
Is there and actual purpose for the curly tube? It seems like it's just there to make it look fancy.
Yes. You just put the paper coffee filters in the "coffee holder" and change when needed! I recently found out about it and I'm trying to find someone who is currently doing it so I can learn from their "trial and error." lol
So when you say looks really fancy you mean it does nothing to impact the end result?
Would the drips from the ice be too cold for this technique?
The water always drips to the center of the coffee, so the coffee in the center gets brewed more than those in the outer circle
There is a filter on top
Saw it, loved it, got a heart attack on the price-tag.
that grind is only good for one drip ?
Have you tried coffee from a cold brew tower before, Rich? You may actually find that you like it! If it made the same cup of coffee as any brewer, we wouldn't sell it - it's too expensive! But it really does produce different flavors entirely. And some people really enjoy the result.
You are onto something about efficiency and price, though. We find that these brewers are most suitable for cafes, which have personnel to monitor these brewers and the capital to afford them.
How many garam coffee sir
What would a serve be? I’ve read 45ml. Cheers 🙂
Doesnt need a paper filter between the last glass and spiral glass?
I suppose it's a matter of preference but is there a general ratio of ground coffee to cold water to use as a good starting point? Also, some other things I've read vis a vis cold brew is that it's better to use a medium roast, or is that also a matter of preference? Thanks for the video.
Toddy is a great system, Michael. We're fans, too!
can i use alcohool instead of water?can this be possible?
Great video, What kind of cup are you using? I used to have one but it broke and would love to get it again. Thanks!
From where i can get this tool
you could make this using parts from Sigma Aldrich for 100$, however, the stopcock will be teflon instead of brass.
Wouldn't a smaller diameter coffee holder actually let more of the coffee soak in the water rather than just the center portion? Might could use less coffee too /shrug, just wondering
Good question, decifal. There's actually a paper "filter" that sits atop the coffee in order to more evenly distribute the water. We find that the coffee saturates pretty evenly. As far as making less coffee goes... well, who wants less? ;)
I find the grinds do not get an even soak. Half the grinds are still dry. The clean up is also very difficult.
This contraption is also good if you're an evil scientist.
Just pop it in, let it drip, and in just 3 quick hours you'll have a cup of diluted coffee at room temperature.
What is the purpose of the helical tube below the coffee chamber?
super,this is science process including siphon
this might be the most hipster thing ive ever seen
My eyes just rolled so far back in my head that i saw the inside of my skull.
I mean... seriously, the little condenser (spiral) line does nothing, it just looks fancy... If it's the temperature that stops the tannins, then just dump the coffee in the cold water, then filter it in 3 hours...
No No stop. First off the relationship between change in temperature to the coefficient of thermal expansion is non linear, and dependent on the surface area, and specific heat. Without getting to involved with heat transfer, the spiral thing idc what baristas call it provides a smaller surface area for the coffee as it condenses the water around the spiral thing. Water's specific heat is much greater than air. Therefore absorbing more heat,and maintaining cooler temperatures for longer. As it spirals down, it ensures all the coffee is evenly cooled removing any heat it might have gained from the ambient air, even when the water left over in the top reservoir is room temp. Like air conditioning coils. Then again I like hot coffee..........
Yes, and I want one.
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What is the ratio
This is great.
Nice! We enjoy an overnight steep, too. What do you use to filter?
So a dropping funnel fed to a buchner funnel filled with coffee (and probably a filter) fed to a big boiling flask for ( aesthetic purposes).. there you go guys just saved you a few hundred bucks
What water temperature is the ideal for this process?
32.12° F exactly, no hotter and no colder.
Thanks!
how do you clean the coil?
لاحظ الفلتر أعلى القهوة (يتم تغييرها كل مره)
والفلتر أسفل القهوة ( الصفاية ) لايتم تغييره فقط غسيل كل مره
البن متوافق مع كمية الماء
عند التقديم يوضع الثلج قبل القهوة ولايتجاوز سطح القهوة لتذوق أفضل نكهات القهوة 😋
يتم ترطيب القهوة من الماء البارد وذلك بعد وضع غسيل الفلتر الورقي الذي يحافظ على توزيع الماء على كامل القهوة ويحافظ على رطوبة كامل القهوة
في المخروطيان سواء v60 أو غيرها يكون توزين القهوة أولاً ثم الماء بناءً على الرغبة
أما هنا يتم العكس
وهو وزن الماء ثم تضع القهوة المتوافقة معه
فكل برج يختلف وعاءه العلوي عن غيره
وأفضلها أن يكون جرام القهوة مقابل ١٠ ملي من الماء وإذا كان ١١ فأضل أما أعلا فلاأنصح لانه عند وضع الثلج عليها يغلب عليها طعم الماء
This looks great, however I have a lot of difficulty of seeing this applied to a commercial setting. Waiting 5-8 hours for a brew is a long time.
how does it taste diffrent from the faster hot brew?
Cold brew cuts back acidity, the "bite" that that so coffees have, and IMHO it removes more of the nuanced tones (stone fruit/ lemon zest, etc)and leaves more sweet/chocolate/nutty tones.
WastelandAssassin well I do like my peanut Mnm's. ill have to try it
Good questions, Zahi. We recommend filling the top chamber with both and ice and water so that the brewing water actually does stay cool the entire time.
Regarding your siphon recommendation, I'm having some difficulty picturing that. Would you elaborate?
Finally, you're right: that tube does absolutely nothing! But doesn't it look cool? ;)
I will use it for a wine air raider a A fancy wine Air raider
Thats great
love this!
Love it!
Can I buy these in Australia?
Yes. Ebay
I use the smaller version to make cold brewed ice tea :)
Very cool, yet so effing pompous at the same time.
Thanks for watching! Do you have some parameters you'd recommend us giving a try? Thanks!
Prima Coffee add just one whole clove in with the ground coffee. Just under the filter paper.
All the gear, no idea. To get the full flavour of cold brew takes 12 to 24 hours. This 3 hour is a rush. Brewer looks fabulous and in my opinion would work better if the top section was filled with coffee and water and kept closed for 12 to 24 hours, then opened. I may well buy one as it looks better than my present set up.
hmmm seems like a long wait and a lot of unnecessary work to make a pot of coffee. i think i might stick with the heated method but it is cool to see. aesthetic wise it looks like something a chemist would use
"look really fancy"
Btw, the company name is yah-may; 亞-yah,
You look like there are two wolves raging inside you. One loves this yama tower, the other hates it.
Gale Boetticher approves
Okay I thought the Chemex was a bit too fancy,but this evil scientist looking thing is way too crazy for me...
this is hipster as hell and probably extremely overdoing it, but god, I really wanna try one, just to see if it's worth it.
It's only purpose is design - it just looks cool! Funny, isn't it?
so tasty!!!!
Did he just drink a glass of straight concentrate? lol.
Oh my god I need that
Apologies to all the commenters who
*Hate Things That Make You A Man*
You can make this yourself for like 30 bucks out of bulk old chemistry sets.
I watched this video and realized that old adage:
"A Fool and his Money are Soon Parted" still holds true in 2021.
Weird brewing method...and it serve with ice?I really dont understand why this method has been created for brewing coffee
+Rachmad Satria Because hot water releases oils and acid to make that bitter coffee taste.
Cold water can not release these oils and acid = no bitterness and a different taste.
Not better or worse different.
Sorry, Jamison - I wish I knew!
Although truly nifty (yes, I said "nifty"...and a gadget has to be pretty cool to earn my "nifty" rating)....
I shudder at the thought of having to clean all that after using.
Lol trying to make the wheel fancy....
What a beautiful waste of money.
Tu t'es coupé les ongles! GG!
This doesn't brew efficiently. Some of the grinds don't even get wet. The glass spiral is just useless added material.
you can make wax with one of thees.
Ibai Llanos
In your defense, you are following Hippocratic principle No. 1: Do no harm.
Ain't nobody got time to go spend $200 on a home decoration.
You'll be surprise.
I brew my coffee hot,add cream and sugar and put it in the fridge. next day add ice and enjoy
this is a troll video right?..
3 hours for a cup of coffee!!!!!
why not just cold press the fruit for the oil, then remove the sugars. finally buy caffeine pills from the store and add to said mixture? people over think coffee, suck the pleasure out of it.
Bah... hipster brewing.
My coffee have to be extra dark roast and bitter as my mother when she thinks about me.
I'm using that line! I love it! "As Bitter as my mother" genious!!!
This is too bothersome just use a french press or mason jar
Going with the toddy system for sure. This is rediculous
its $500.00 for some lab beakers and a cheap 3 level stand... Please I need help changing my light bulb...
Are you kidding me cold coffee
I am sorry the coffee looks like making love in a canoe! Way to close to water!
3 hours!!!! ugh
美 - may; like 美國； may - guah ; USA America
those damn hipsters
How to make coffee more complicated
Ha. Yes. A fool and his money... have a lot of fun. ;)
Form over function. It’s a conversation piece. It’s a gimmick gadget.