While we love a steaming hot cup of coffee in the morning, sometimes we’re just in the mood for a more mellow and refreshing cold brew coffee. And like many good things in life, creating a cold brew takes time — more time than the standard hot version anyway. But as long as you have a well-designed, simple-to-use cold brew coffee maker, the results are worth the wait.
For a device that creates excellent cold brews with minimal effort, we’re singing the praises of the Takeya Deluxe Cold Brew Coffee Maker. It’s the little details that separate good cold brew makers from bad ones, and this Takeya excels in that area, as we’ll reveal below.
Takeya Deluxe Cold Brew Coffee Maker, $32.99
The Takeya Deluxe Cold Brew Coffee Maker comes in glass and BPA-free plastic options. (As coffee lovers who often brew tea using the same pots and want to avoid a coffee aftertaste, we prefer the glass version, although the plastic option does its job just as well.) The secret to this coffee maker’s success is its mesh filter, which keeps coffee grains from leaking out into the liquid while letting full coffee flavor into the final brew. It also requires fewer beans to produce a satisfying brew compared to other cold brew makers.
At one quart, this coffee maker can create up to four servings of cold brew, but it’s compact enough to fit into a refrigerator side door. To use the Takeya, you’ll add coffee grounds to the infuser, fill the pitcher with water, insert the diffuser and close it up with the airtight lid. Then, simply shake it up a bit and let it sit in your fridge for a day to produce a smooth, tasty cold brew.
But the actual brewmaking is only part of the reason why you should get the Takeya Cold Brew Coffee Maker. With its airtight lid, you can keep your finished cold brew fresh for up to two weeks in your refrigerator. You can even lay the pitcher on its side with no spillage. And if you’re among those who like to make hot coffee, store it for a length of time and warm it up later, the decanter is a great container for that, as both the glass and plastic versions can handle hot liquids. The Takeya is also as easy to clean as it is to use, as all of its parts can be hand or machine washed.
Overall, we think the Takeya Cold Brew Coffee Maker is well worth the price for creating long-lasting, delicious cold brew. And at the cost of a few bags of coffee beans, it’s certainly more economical in the long run compared to making daily runs to the coffee shop!
