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Iced Coffee Machine
Iced Coffee Machine
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Has anybody tried the Dkinz Drip Cold Brewer?
Here's my cheap-ass cold brewer: drilled a hole in the bottom of a plastic pitcher, attached an extra beer brewing spigot I had around, hang it on a door and drip into an aeropress that fits perfectly on top of a large canning jar.
That said, I would love something more aesthetically pleasing like the Yama Cold Brew system.
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That said, I would love something more aesthetically pleasing like the Yama Cold Brew system.
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As an owner of all but the yama. Cold Bruer does make decent cold drip, expect to do a whole lot of tinkering prior to getting anything out of it. Aeropress can 'technically' make cold pressed coffee, not a fan but if i'm desperate. Filtron is what most commercial coffee shops use, this is sold as 'cold brewed'. Hario/Takeya are also 'cold brewed', personally not a fan of the baskets. Yama cold drip is essentially a clone of Oji drips, Oji is what you would see at blue bottle coffee shops. Overall Cold drip produces slightly sweeter coffee over cold brewed, but you have to try both sometime yourself. ;P
I already own a Hario and Areopress!
Both are great, but I don't think I would classify an Areopress as a cold brew. It makes espresso sized shots of what ever you choose to brew and you most definitely need hot water. But add ice and cream and you do have used coffee with in 5 minutes. The Hario is a true cold brew, you let it sit overnight in cold water and it produces delicious low acid coffee. My only complaint is that it is tall and skinny, prone to being tipped over. And since it is glass, I don't recommend putting it in the fridge door. But you could let it brew on the counter if you wanted.
I have the Cold Bruer, and I am unimpressed with it, and with their involvement. So far the coffee I get from it is so-so, and their procedure leaves much to be desired. I feel if I tinker a bunch it might work, but it is really fiddly. The valve is hard to adjust, and changes drastically as the water level goes down, and the grounds do not channel well. Someone is probably getting good coffee out of it, but I it is more work and time than I really wanted to spend.
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Also, not to a naysayer, but the problem with something like the Hario device which is currently winning is that the coffee stays immersed in the water for an extended period of time. According to the instructions this should be about 8 hours. In that time, the coffee will likely over extract which will pull out undesirable generally bitter flavors.
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Just an update from the Cold Brewer people. They released a kickstarter update yesterday stating that they have shipped all the domestic Bruers at the $50 and are starting to ship at the $70 level. According to them, this means the have "sent out about 2000 Cold Bruers"
This is a brilliant thing. I didn't even know these existed.
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Mentioning this is probably overkill, but the battery in my caliper was dead so I measured manually and then used a Schaedler ruler to measure the distance between the points. Shaedler rulers are certified to have an accuracy of 1/4,000ths of an inch. According to their website that is approximately the amount that a human fingernail grows in an hour.
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The jar (bottom) portion of the cold brewer is 3mm or 1/8th of an inch thick and the top portion is a fraction thinner a 2.25mm or 3/32. For reference a glencarin whiskey glass is 1.5 mm and my vintage chemex is ever so slightly thicker than the bottom of the bruer. I would estimate the chemex is somewhere between 3 and 3.5mm I can not be entirely accurate as the top of my chemex has a lip around it which is thicker than the rest of it. If I get access to another pair of calipers I will give you a true measurement of this.
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Hey Andy and Will_P:
Andy- sadly I don't have a set of calipers I trust to measure the glass, perhaps Will_P would be so kind? I too am quite curious about the people who are receiving their pledges broken because I was pleasantly surprised by how well the cold bruer was packed up. I can only think back to those videos of FedEx drivers throwing a hail mary with someone's delivery. It is seriously well-packed. My wife designs product packaging for a living and was equally impressed at how immobilized the glass was once packed into the cylinder.
While I have brought a valid criticism to the table regarding this product I must be clear, my experience with it while it functioned was fun and the end result was by far, hands down, the best iced coffee I've ever had! That is something impressive. I can't stress how important grind size and fresh beans are despite the cold brew method used.
While I have brought a valid criticism to the table regarding this product I must be clear, my experience with it while it functioned was fun and the end result was by far, hands down, the best iced coffee I've ever had! That is something impressive. I can't stress how important grind size and fresh beans are despite the cold brew method used.
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Boxdrink
Thanks for the update, you might want to update your previous comment since it seems like you part of a unlucky few that received a defective/faulty product. When you say "many", people think it's a lot more than 5 reported units out of 800 units shipped. If it was 100 out of 800, I would be very concerned, but it seems like these are isolated incidents. Thanks again for your feedback, these kind of comments help us determine if we want to move forward with a Drop or not.
Cheers,
Andy
Cheers,
Andy
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Also I just checked the comments on the kickstarter. Two people out of all the ones shipped so far. This number was at 800 on march 26 and they claim to have shipped out at around 200 per day since then. There are two people that mentioned it arrived broken and three who mentioned they broke it during cleaning. Lets take the lowest reported number that they shipped which is 800. 5 out of 800 is a failure rate of 0.625% . Sure it sucks for the people who did receive a broken product or who broke theirs, but it isn't as bad as some people are making this seem.
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Will_P
Cool, thanks so much for your feedback and experience with the Cold Bruer.
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I'll measure the glass if you like and report back. I'm not sure if it arrived broken for anyone, I haven't been to the kickstarer page in about a week, but mine at least was packed very solidly. A very stiff outer box with the cylindrical container inside it and then a custom cardboard housing for the unit itself that doesn't let anything move in shipment. They tested shipping units from china directly in the packaging before committing to the packaging / box design.
I honestly have nothing but good things to say about it so far.
I honestly have nothing but good things to say about it so far.
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I have the Cold Bruer and it works really well. The coffee it makes is quite amazing and I've made 9 batches in it since I got it.
Yes the glass is relatively thin, but it seems sturdy to me. I even accidentally bumped the top glass piece against my sink faucet while cleaning it and it is fine. Just be careful with it and treat it relatively carefully and you ought to be fine.
Yes the glass is relatively thin, but it seems sturdy to me. I even accidentally bumped the top glass piece against my sink faucet while cleaning it and it is fine. Just be careful with it and treat it relatively carefully and you ought to be fine.
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