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At that place are quite a few methods of bullshitting your mode to a cup of cold brew coffee. My personal favorite was forgetting about a loving cup half-full of steaming hot coffee in the morning, then returning to it mid-afternoon to sip its tepid, sorta-cold contents. Other hacks included making brutally stiff coffee then letting it chill in the refrigerator, or dousing ice cubes with lukewarm java. Then there'south the selection of going to a coffee store—should information technology be open in these dark times—and forking over considerable cash for a tiny petty cold brew container. But for a serious cold brew drinker, this maker from Oxo is the better approach.

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The Oxo maker, fully constructed, is a temporary addition to a countertop or tabular array..

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It takes no time to set it upwards and shop it.

Looks deceive. Out of the box, Oxo's common cold brew maker is deconstructed into a few pieces, and synthetic, it calls to mind conjoined blenders, or Darth Vader's springtime garb. In other words, it looks odd and somewhat intimidating. But really, information technology's easy and fast to snap information technology together correctly. And then, it stands over a foot tall. That may seem bulky, but when the brewing is done, y'all can accept it autonomously and nest the pieces within each other to cut down on its storage size considerably.

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oxo cold brew carafe

The glass carafe comes with a chapeau (significant no more storing extra coffee in an sometime orange juice container, ahem).

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It makes a week's worth of common cold brew at a fourth dimension.

This maker will produce a lot more cold brew than any homemade maker rigged up on the counter. Fill it to capacity, and yous'll become at least a dozen servings, only if that potential caffeine exposure makes your arm pilus whorl, then just make less. (Oxo has a guide to proportions, if you're not a regular cold brewer yourself.) The grounds (Grady's are dandy) go in the top chamber and the cold h2o is sprinkled through the rainmaker lid. After you let information technology sit for 12 hours to a day—depending on your strength preference—set up the drinking glass carafe in the cubby beneath the superlative container, and so pull the lever, releasing the java. The glass carafe and then goes in the fridge, and the cold brew maker goes back in the closet.

oxo cold brew maker

At that place'due south no need to buy extra filters, as the mesh filters the java when y'all release the lever.

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You know what'due south dainty to have around? Cold brew.

To be fair, yous'll have to exist patient during that showtime 12- to 24-hr stretch of brew time. Simply and so, there'southward cold brew in your fridge for days to come up—to douse in almond milk, swirl with one-half and half, dilute with skim, or, if you're strong of spirit, beverage straight. Circumstances have made us more cocky-sufficient people these days. Oxo's maker plays into that perfectly, letting y'all home-brand what would unremarkably be a somewhat-luxurious java purchase. Just prepare a reminder to prime it with fresh grounds and cold water every Sunday morning. And, I should mention, the cold mash itself is really damn good.

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Photography and prop styling by Allie Holloway