This pitcher is a great investment and a very straight forward no frills approach if you want to make your own cold brew at home and save some money!
The stainless steel mesh grounds basket is well made and comes with its own cleaning brush.
The pitcher has two lids, one with a handle, made out of heavy plastic.
The pitcher itself is heavy glass, not cheap, and holds 64 fl oz.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN COLD BREW AT HOME
(Like Starbucks OR Like Dunkin)
1. Choose a DARK ROAST pound of WHOLE BEAN coffee.
2. Grind the entire lb of coffee on the COARSE setting ONLY!
3. Place 1/2 lb of coarse grounds into stainless steel mesh, place mesh into empty pitcher. Do NOT compress the ground coffee into the filter, just pour in the grounds until the filter is full.
4. Slowly fill the pitcher with cold/tap/lukewarm/filtered water, making sure the water steeps THROUGH the coffee grounds and into the pitcher. You want ALL of the grounds to be wet. Do NOT just put your mesh basket full of dry grounds into a full pitcher of cold water!!
5. After the pitcher is full, Steep for 16 – 20 hours. (16 hours for Dunkin, 20 hours for Starbucks method) You will see the brew getting darker the longer it steeps.
DUNKIN vs Starbucks:
Dunkin’ immediately places the steeping cold brew into the fridge and allows it to steep.
Starbucks method the steeping cold brew should sit out on the counter in regular 72’ etc environment.
6. After the coarse grounds have steeped for your desired/chosen amount of time, remove the grounds from the pitcher, allowing the mesh filter to drip/drain all the cold brew into the pitcher.
7. Yield is approx 5-8 cups of cold brew
8. Refrigerate your brew. BOTH companies refrigerate the cold brew after it has steeped for up to 7 days. Cold Brew older than 7 days should be discarded as it is considered to be expired.
9. You can choose to dilute the cold brew or not, it is your preference. If you do choose to dilute it, it should be 1:1 water to cold brew.
10. Enjoy your cold brew creation!
11. For easiest cleaning of mesh filter, allow the grounds to sit out and dry out before attempting to wash the filter. The dry coffee grounds are much easier to clean out of the mesh filter than wet! AVOID allowing grounds into your drain!!
I have worked at both companies as a barista, which is how I am familiar with the Dunkin and Starbucks cold brew creation processes. 🙂
This cold brew pitcher has been a fantastic purchase for under $20! I was impressed with the quality of the product all the way around, and it has allowed me to create some amazing cold brew coffee at home and is now a staple in my fridge!
I highly suggest this purchase! 🙂
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