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

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.

I decided to purchase this as it was on sale at the time, and I got a little sick of having to make cold brew by mixing the grinds with water and then straining it out with coffee filters. The filters kept getting clogged and I had to use so many of them and it was a bit of a mess. Anyways, this seemed like an easier way to do things. The pot itself looks nice, and seems to be fairly sturdy as long as you don't knock it about, slam it down, etc. As most others have noted, the instructions are in Japanese so if you need some translation, there are various guides you can follow if you search for them online. Basically, you fill the filter with the course ground coffee of your choice (the instructions advise 80g/2.8oz), and then slowly pour cold or room temperature filtered water into the filter to wet the grounds. I did this a little bit at a time, and stirred the grounds gently in the filter occasionally in order to get them soaked nicely. Keep doing this until the pot is filled, then put the lid back on, pop it in the fridge and let it sit for 12-24 hours. Serve as is, over ice, and/or add your choice of creamer/sugar. I must say it did make a delicious and smooth cup of coffee though, for my taste, it was a bit too weak. Next time I will add more coffee grounds and I think that should be better. If you prefer hot coffee, you could heat up some of the cold brew in a separate vessel/pot. Cleanup was a snap. The filter has a cap at the bottom you can detach to empty it, or just dump the filter upside down to dispose the grounds like I did until I realized the cap at the bottom was removable haha. Rinse out the filter to get the rest of the grounds out. gently wash the glass pot and you're ready to brew your next batch. Word of advise though on the filter: it's very delicate, I would only rinse it, gently clean it rather than trying to scrub it - you will definitely tear it if you try to scrub or use anything harsh to clean it.

This is really easy to use and clean up. I am still experimenting with it but I found filling the filter with coffee using a larger funnel makes it very easy and I use the leftover wet coffee grounds for my vermicomposter. After brewing the pot and filter clean up nicely - but in my case are seldom empty because I restart the process. I have only brewed up to 24hrs in the frig but I may try stronger coffee and longer times. Someone mentioned Peets with a finer ground in the questions and answers. I fill the pitcher on the bottom with ice, then poor cold water over the grounds. The lid pops down and seals it and functions also to keep the filter from floating up so it is fool proof if you overfill a little. It's an excellent price and product for getting into cold brewing. The one consideration is the height. I happen to have a new fridge with a shelf that slides back (which saved me) as this would not fit into my doors. It is 11.5" tall which is something to consider if you want to brew in the fridge. I would have to know if someone can fit this in their fridge before I would purchase it as a gift....but otherwise I think it would be a great gift. Cold brew can also be done at room temp buy I have read that the Japanese method is to use ice.

Works better than my Bodum French Press or the mason jar cold brew method. Less mess, harder to screw up. The directions were in Japanese, but I found English directions on the Hario UK website: “Using the Hario cold brew coffee pot brown is very simple. It also has measurements on the pot so no extra tools are necessary. Add 80g of ground coffee and 1100ml of water to create 1000ml of cold brew concentrate. Leave the grounds steeping for approximately 8 - 12 hours and then combine with water. Pour the cold brew over ice and enjoy with milk or black. The Cold Brew Coffee Pot Brown is perfect for drinking cold coffee and is great summer time treat.” I found that 80g of course ground is about 3/4 of an inch below the top of the white polyester filter material. I slowly pour the water thru the dry coffee to make sure it’s thoroughly wet and the water level is just above where coffee was. Slow down as you get near the top, there a bit of delay as the water passes thru the filter and it’s easy to overfill. The resulting coffee is cold brew goodness. I mix mine with 50% water and heat it up in the mornings. In the afternoon I’ll have some iced. I find I don’t need cream or sugar because the reduced acidity makes it much smoother and better tasting than hot brew IMO. Careful, it does feel like it’s higher in caffeine than I was used to. Or perhaps I simply drink more because I like it better and it’s just easier to pour a cup out of the fridge where it never gets that old coffee taste that hot brew gets after 10 or 15 minutes. Update: I also got an Aeropress. If you need coffee in a hurry the Aeropress is the way to go. My wife likes the cold brew better, so obviously I'm drinking cold brew :)

Highly recommend this cold brewing coffee pot by Hario Mizudashi. High quality of craftsmanship has gone into the build of this unit. The glass looks to be high quality laboratory glass. Cleaning the glass is easy if you use a bottle brush. The unit is a bit tall (about 11.5 inches). This brewing method produces lower acid coffee than if the same coffee was processed using a drip or French press method. If you enjoy quad espresso shots in your normal coffee, this will come close to that when using this cold brewing coffee pot! Of course, if one uses poor coffee there isn't help for that. Sorry... But it will take your "standard" Starbucks coffee and bring out the best "notes" and "textures" of that coffee or similar type of "quality" of coffee. -Note: The -ENTIRE- instructions are in Japanese. No worries, there are plenty of instructions on-line. Basically do this: 1 - Place the filter inside the unit (top cap is off). 2 - Add ground coffee into the filter. Coffee should be ground for a "drip" grind. Fill it about 2 inches from the top (just past the mesh of the filter). 3 - Slowly fill filtered water onto the coffee grounds, stirring with a long spoon (like a ice tea spoon) as you continue to slowly add water. 4 - When the amount of water that has gone thru the grounds (while stirring) reach the bottom of the filter, just add the remaining water to the unit thru the pour spout. Make sure not to add too much water (it will overflow!). I usually stop when the liquid covers all of the "screen" of the filter. 5 - Place the glass coffee pot into the refrigerator and allow it to "brew" for 12 hours. 6 - Remove from the refrigerator, remove the filter and coffee grounds. 7 - Enjoy! Removing the used coffee grounds from the unit is very easy (if you know the trick). Remove the coffee filter from the unit after the brewing is finished. Flip upside down in the sink (or container that you would like the used coffee grounds to go into). Twist the bottom cap of the device and remove it. Lift-out the filter and the coffee ground will easily fall out. Clean the unit and replace the bottom cap.

Over the past couple of months, I've been trying to come up with a clean, non-frustrating, non-catastrophic way to cold brew coffee without a gadget. After cleaning up numerous wet-coffee-ground spills from counter/floor/outside of garbage can/shoes/pants/dog and tossing out yards and yards of cheesecloth, I decided it was time to buy a cold brew pot. I chose this pot based on excellent reviews, and small footprint. I knew from other reviews, the directions would be in Japanese and useless to me, but this is so low-tech, the pictures were enough to understand the process. I followed the recommendation of 80 grams of coffee for the first run, and was disappointed with the resulting coffee. I used a digital scale to weigh, and organic French roast whole bean, ground coarse right before brewing. I prefer a robust brew, and found the 80 gram brew too weak for my taste. Next batch, I upped the amount to 86 grams, and the resulting brew was flat-out perfect - smooth, delicious, and complex. I would highly recommend this cold brewer to anyone who enjoys iced coffee. It's easy to use, cleanup is a breeze, the small footprint is a huge plus - the very slim/tall pot fits nicely on my fridge door - it takes up about as much space as a wine bottle. That said, this is NOT a sturdy item - the carafe is glass, and the strainer is a very fine mesh that I would imagine won't hold up well to stress. But if used properly and cleaned gently, it should last years, as it's very well made. If I broke it today, I would order another one before I even cleaned up the glass!

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

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This product is the best, and easiest, way I’ve found of making delicious cold brew coffee. Just pop 80g of coarse ground (medium or dark roast) coffee into the filter. Add the filter to the jug then pour cold water onto the coffee, filling the jug to about 2cm from the top (I have the 1 litre) Then just leave in the fridge to brew for at least 12 hours. Once ready, remove the filter (it’s so easy to clean) and put your jug of cold brew concentrate back in the fridge. It normally lasts me a few days. Personally I love it mixed with normal milk or chocolate milk and some vanilla syrup for an amazing cold brew latte/mocha. If you like cold brew coffee I would recommend this product over any other I’ve tried, and I’ve tried a few. If you’ve decided to buy one, enjoy!

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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