KitchenAid38 oz Cold Brew Coffee Maker - KCM5912

I've been with amazon for over 7 years now and have never written a review before; this product is so good that I just had too.I honestly picked this product because I have had an interest in cold brewing, love the Kitchen Aid brand, and loved the design of this product. It looks better in person than in these photos (something that almost never happens), and it feels very solid. You can tell this is just good quality once you open the box.It is a very simple process, fill the filter thingy up with 250g of coffee grounds (I just eyeballed it because they have a fill line to give you an idea of where you should stop pouring, in case [like me] you don't have a digital scale in your kitchen), coarse grounds are what you want to use, but I didn't have any in the house and just used my fine grounds. You let it brew in cold water in your refrigerator or on the counter in room temp (I went with cold water + the fridge) for 12 to 24 hours (the longer it brews the stronger/more bitter it will get); I went with 15 hours. Then you remove the filter thingy and you can begin drinking your coffee. I like it black, so I pour my cup (already filled with ice) a third of the way up with the coffee concentrate you brew from this cold brewer and the rest of the cup with water, stir and enjoy.It is easy to clean, looks great, holds a large amount of coffee in a small amount of space, and I love how nicely it fits on the shelf of the fridge, as if it was always meant to be there.If you are thinking about buying this, stop thinking about it and do it. This thing is the greatest thing for coffee lovers since the discovery of the bean.

Honestly bro, to say that we are coffee people would be an understatement. For the longest time though, we thought there was no better cold brew than the one from our local coffee shop - boy were we wrong. We'd tried several other cold brew coffee "makers" and the all had issues that significantly affected the taste of the coffee they produced, so we eventually went back to our rather expensive habit.A few weeks ago, we saw an ad for this KitchenAid cold brew coffee maker and decided to get back into the fray of at-home coffee making. Right off the bat, this cold brew coffee maker is sturdy and well-built - at least on the outside. The glass is quite heavy duty so it can withstand the occasional bump, and the brushed stainless steel details make it really nice to look at. But, where this baby really shines is in the product that results.What you really pay for when you buy cold brew coffee makers like this one is the coffee filter itself. The better the quality of the "mesh," the better tasting your coffee will be. With previous items, we've had to add an additional filtration step using cheesecloth to get some of the grinds out of the coffee, but with this KitchenAid, the holes in the metal coffee filter are so small, that very little filters out into the actual coffee liquid. The result is, in our opinion, some of the best cold brew coffee outside of any coffee shop.Sure, the price tag is a little high (we got ours when it was on sale, so it cost around $90), but with a 28oz carafe, this is enough quality coffee to replace 6 coffees from the coffee shop each week. If you do the math, you're saving $25-30 bucks a week and can make about 6 weeks worth of coffee from a single bag of ground coffee, so this baby really can pay for itself in 1-2 months.The biggest drawbacks, and they are minimal, would be that for us, the 28oz version is a little small (but the 48oz version was over $150 and we couldn't justify spending that much), in addition, the mesh filter itself is quite delicate, so you have to be very careful when washing, drying, and storing it.Overall though, again for us, this has so far been worth the price. We are starting week 3 today and so far, have really enjoyed the flavor of the coffee our KitchenAid makes, the look of the item itself, and the fact that we haven't gone out for coffee for two weeks.

This is easy to use, easy to clean (just rinse it out), and makes great tasting coffee. Some of the reviews say that the unit leaks. There is a washer that goes in the "plug" to stop the leaking. Ours was lost when we took it completely apart to clean it and it started leaking when we put it back together without the washer. If you look up the part, Kitchen Aid wants $30+ for the washer, but you can bring the plug to your Handyman Hardware or other friendly hardware store and they can help you find a regular replacement for a few dollars. I happened to have the correct size washer on a rolling pin. The original washer was flat, but this one was round...it worked fine. No more leaking! So if you have a leak, you just need to get a new washer.As for the coffee...I love this because I can get regular ol' cheap coffee and it tastes great! It takes a lot of coffee, but I can spend $3 for a bag of whatever at Aldi and it makes about 10 cups of rich coffee.Even though it is "cold brew," I still warm up each cup once it is diluted. This makes a kind of coffee syrup that you dilute with water or milk to get to the concentration you like.It is a great size. It fits into the odd space in our fridge under the meat drawer. And the spigot is sturdy so it holds up when you inevitably pull it to move the unit far enough from the shelf so you can fill up one mug right in the fridge.I fill it up Friday morning and it gives us coffee all weekend. It is part of our relaxing weekend ritual.

Obsessed with this cold brew machine!!! It’s so easy to clean and the cold brew it creates is out of this world. I experience no leakage at all. It’s very simple to use and provides me with abt 5 very large coffees each time. It is also small enough to fit in the fridge.