Base removes for adding coffee and easier cleaning
Protective neoprene sleeve with carry loop insulates and reduces condensation
Cold brew stays fresh for 14 days in the fridge
BPA free
Top rack dishwasher safe
Instructions: Fill the coffee filter with 4 tablespoons of coffee.
Fill the water 1.5 inches from the top.
Store in the fridge for 12 hours and shake during the brewing process.
Carafe:
Model: PBPBK-5101
Condition: New
Capacity: 1.6 Qt.
Temperature-safe borosilicate glass carafe for brewing and serving
Protective plastic holder with comfortable grip handle and non-slip base
Fine mesh brew filter with removable bottom for easy cleaning
Silicone gasket top for drip proof perfection may be used with or without brew filter
Fits inside most fridge doors
Cold brew stays fresh for 14 days in the fridge
BPA free
Top rack dishwasher safe
Includes: Carafe with Protective Holder and Brew Filter
Instructions: Place coffee grounds in the fine mesh brew filter and soak the grounds in room-temperature or cold water for 24 hours. Remove the filter and pour into your glass or over ice.
@therealjrn How about August afternoons? We’re running low on our July supply. More serious question: How easy is this to clean vs, say a French press? (my usual method)
@mehcuda67 I don’t own a french press. Um…I left my mesh filter in the sink after dumping the grounds and dried some coffee crumbs on the plastic mesh filter…a little soak to soften them up, a few bottle-brush swipes and it is good as new.
@therealjrn Cafe Bustelo, with the yellow labels/bags? Most of the Latin@ folks I’ve known are ridiculously loyal to the brand, and I always like their coffee so I’m inclined to follow that loyalty.
To derive the product number for a meh-created bundle, either take a simple sum of the component products or do a logical AND on them and use the numeric value of the resulting bit string. Problem solved!
I’ve been waiting for this to pop up here ever since I missed it on that other website. Missing one travel bottle, but I’ll live.
/giphy bendy-rewarded-throat
I have a taller, more slender carafe that I got from Amazon a few months ago. Same idea though.
As someone who would get an iced coffee every day from Dunks (not cold brew, who can afford that?!), it has paid for itself many times over. Anyone looking to save money on $3 cups of iced coffee should seriously give this a shot.
@harveydanger Shattered? What were they doing with them? If you are doing it right, there are zero chances of shattering, except maybe in shipping. Well hell, son, just shake the box. You know glass isn’t some strange, new technology right? Don’t bang your travel brewers around.
@harveydanger One of the answered questions for the bottle on Amazon addressed the leaking – she says it’s because of a wrongly placed seal when re-assembling – I don’t have one, so don’t know. Suggest reading that if you’re worried about the leaking.
@brainmist Huh. Amateur. I keep finding perfectly good coffee things in thrift stores. I have boxes of duplicates to donate, and I just bought these.
/8ball Is there such a thing as too many coffeemakers? Cannot predict now
@brainmist Ah, but do you have an award-winning electronic Turkish coffee maker made in Turkey? It uses blue LEDs to regulate the two boil-ups in the miniature induction plate-heated pot. About the size of a diner napkin dispenser.
@RiotDemon I don’t see why not, double up on your usual amount of coffee. Fill it up with you choice of water, 24 hours in the fridge, stir it once or twice…wipe hands on pants.
@RiotDemon you can and i do but the clean up is a hassle. For my french pressi put the coffee and water in together stir cover with a ziploc and put in fridge wait a day next day you plunger . Having a lid and a easy cleave siwve seems worth it i will be buying at 8am
Thanks all for the advice. I’ll have to try the cold brew for him because he is that guy that will pay $4 for a small coffee. I need to use up the coffee beans before they go bad since I don’t drink coffee.
Got the carafe and the mesh sleeve catches all the coffee grounds. This cold brewing (only 12 hours) makes the coffee taste better IMO and it doesn’t upset my stomach like hot brewed. I have sprigs of mint in it now for mint infused water for a long weekend. Highly recommend buying if you want cold brewed coffee or tea or infused water. When I get back I’ll try infusing my vodka.
@mike808 I have a Filtron, which is Toddy’s main competitor, and it’s the best thing ever. But I’d definitely consider this Primula deal if I didn’t already have the Filtron…and if I weren’t already eyeing the Oxo cold brew thingy that’s basically a glass version of the Filtron.
@msmay It is marketed as a “cold brewer” so I doubt that it would be suitable. The mesh strainer is some sort of plastic (nylon?) so I think that would preclude too much “hot brewing.”
What’s wrong with one of those tea balls in a teapot designed for boiling water?
@msmay I just did a quick glance over at AMZN using the search term “large teapot” they have quite a selection, one is for $19.99 (prime) and it has a built in infuser - 62 ounces.
@msmay I cheat and use a 32-oz Pyrex measuring cup. Add tea, water, and microwave for 3-4 minutes. Strain and drink. I bought a pound of loose bancha tea on @cranky1950’s recommendation, and that’s enough for five years easily.
@f00l My tea balls came as gifts and I never thought there were bigger ones out there. Just now finding out about the many size options on Amazon. I’ve been using a Teavana strainer for years. Time for change… so excited!
I just throw coffee grounds into a gallon jug, add water, shake it and in the morning I have cold brew. The grounds stay pretty much on the bottom of the jug until you get to close to the bottom.
The gf likes the stuff and she has a habit of breaking her cold brewers. Now she has a backup.
/image ruthless-productive-cricket
/giphy ruthless-productive-cricket
I’m happy that gave me two different types of crickets.
"So what happens if you heat up cold brew? Does it also taste better?"
Tried it—Nope! Too bright and acidic, I’m guessing that hot-brewing brings out more oils that mask acidity??? Love the cold-brew cold, love the hot-brew hot (same coffee, even), but IMO changing the serving temp hurts both.
@cole103 I’ve done a bunch of experiments, with mixed results. One of the more successful was diluting and heating some of my triple strength cold brew and adding some hot brew. I was able to doctor the ratios for some awesome coffee. (Doing two batches would be too much of a pain, but my better half makes hot brew every morning)
@cole103 When I was still drinking coffee, I’d make my cold brew double- or triple-strength and add a commensurate amount of boiling water when I wanted it hot. It worked best with darker roasts, because the bright, citrus notes of lighter roasts didn’t work well that way.
I see how many people are loving this cold brew thing, but I’m not convinced I would (a) take the time to brew it and (b) actually find time to drink it.
In the 80’s, we made this by putting the coffee grounds in a gallon jar, adding the water, and letting it sit in the fridge overnight. Then we strained it through a filter. It was obviously too cheap and simple ever to catch on. And we didn’t even know the idea came from N’Orleans.
@Pufferfishy So instead of owning a proper cold brew system, you are suggesting to use a french press out of spec. as a cold brew system??
Unbelievable. That’s like slicing onions with a tomato knife!
I actually don’t know how to do this with a standard French press. Is it the same? I took my French Press camping because it’s actually a lot quicker than a percolator (even though nobody else sees the point in that) and somebody got up really early and tried to use my French Press as a percolator.
@lenea9011 In absolute seriousness, just load up the cold brew ratio of coffee and water in your French press and let it sit around for a day, then press it out.
I’ve tried brewing loose grounds in a pitcher and found the sieve step miserable, but the outcome tasted the same as any other batch I’ve made. Your French press will do the same thing with an easier sieve step.
Cold brew is just this: 1. Soak ground coffee in water to saturation (in the chemical sense, ie, the water can’t take on any more coffee-stuff); 2. Remove coffee grounds. You can interpret each step in any number of ways. The only way to screw it up is to skimp on coffee or time.
@mehcuda67 Right?! I was sad at first and a little disgusted but in hindsight it is a little comical. He said it worked too, which means he must have had my double walled, insulated, pretty little french press on the cook stove cranked up all the way, for a long time… enough to warp the bottom. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
@gimmedat
Happy to buy anything that makes coffee.
Even better if it makes excellent coffee.
But being pretentious isn’t the justification. Seeking Laziness+Quality is.
No one knows how I make or acquire the coffee I drink, except when it’s in a branded cup or some sort.
And I do not assume I know how other people made or acquired their coffee.
But I can be very pretentious. So pretentious that I can go forth as a slob when I wish, I’m so incredibly wonderful I don’t have to care about mere appearances.
(ok, that was pretend. I lied. I’m not proud when I look like a slob. Still trying to get to that degree of enlightenment.)
We’ve been in a July-long heat wave, so I’ll make the switch. Sure, I made ONE batch of sun tea…but going BACK out into the yard to retrieve it was traumatizing. So much so, I had to collapse onto my yellow Adirondack chair.
Soaking loose grounds in a mason jar and then straining makes superior coffee to what comes out of these gadgets, but I’ve been too lazy to actually do that so far this year. Hoping that by buying this it will compel me to make cold brew again one way or the other
The circuit breaker tripped on this last night before I could get it and then today was not a good day, so I only got back to the site just before midnight to see that it was available and I was able to get two. Yay!?
@bbf Yes, yes it is. Which is why I bought three sets of fancy candles last week. I was just testing to see whether it worked, and Comcastsatan had my email completely down for four hours so I didn’t get notifications. I didn’t look at my order history, I got distracted, and everybody is getting candles for Christmas.
Heads up for anyone checking in here - about half our shipment isn’t in till tomorrow, and shipping on Wednesday. Sorry about that delay, but it is still coming.
@dave Thanks for the update! This is my first purchase from meh though I was a longtime traveler on the (former) mothership so I get that this isn’t the mothership’s mothership’s Prime, but the delay in even shipping seemed a little long. I’m glad it seems that it’s something out of the ordinary.
@dave Thanks for the update! Was concerned that meh didn’t have its logistics in order and the warehouse doesn’t pre prep items for shipping as they are dropped off by the pallet. One would think that they would be label ready and analytics would be used to prep a small percentage for 2x and 3x orders as well. One person could shipping label sticker a thousand orders an hour easily during coffee breaks.
I’d you could add a meh shirt to my three units ( a 3x) I promise to wear it for two weeks 24x7 to promote while a travel the country August 8th to 23rd. I will even shower with it on. That’s an ROI you can’t pass up?
@charlottesix We also have an Estimated Delivery for each offer in the Specs post at the top of the product thread. Sometimes, shipping is slooooow. Usually, it’s meh.
@Thumperchick Oh, I know that the actual transit will take a while. It just hadn’t even left the warehouse by the first day of my estimated arrival window.
Again, I get it. I’m just glad to see an update and that it’s not usually this long, even though I understand that it can be.
Ok so I arrived home to a box from meh all excited for my fuku. Then it was my coffee maker. So yeah coffee in fridge and happy the main pot and mini bottle package separately but well fuku
@CaptAmehrican@sammydog01 I’m drinking iced cold brew with cream now. It’s very smooth, even though I brewed it strong. Infinitely easier and less messy than the Mason jar method.
This thing is fine, and the coffee, even heated in a microwave, is fine, too. But I’m surprised to find that I sorely miss the wonderful aroma of brewing coffee…so I’m using the cold brew but supplementing it with your basic hot stuff. I’m easy.
@sammydog01 It is less bitter if you drink it black. If you’re like my wife and use it to flavor your mystery white then it probably doesn’t make much difference.
After getting frustrated that this only made about 2 glasses of Cold Brew I looked around and bought this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074VFXRKX
So far I’m impressed, holds much more and easier to dispense with the spout.
Specs
Travel Bottle:
Fill the water 1.5 inches from the top.
Store in the fridge for 12 hours and shake during the brewing process.
Carafe:
What’s in the Box?
1x Brewer Carafe
1x Travel Brewer mug
1x Neoprene Sleeve
Pictures
Stuff
Coffee
No Coffee
Maybe coffee?
It exploded
Coffee
No Coffee
It exploded
Dude
Price Comparison
Travel Mug: $23.74 at Amazon
Carafe: $19.87 at Amazon
Warranty
90 Day Mediocre
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Monday, July 20th
This is not the cold brew I was looking for.
@norman8
I’ve been eyeing this thing for weeks. I finally caved. Even after working here, I still buy all this stuff. smh.
/giphy crowded-perilous-horse
@Thumperchick So Mediocre doesn’t pay you by letting you run loose in the warehouse twice a month?
/giphy shopping spree
@awk if it does, I would like to enquire regarding employment opportunities.
@awk That’s how we paid Irk and we all know how that turned out…
@Thumperchick I remember this episode! Love the IT Crowd! And the one where they all had PMS! Aunt Irma! Holy shit, thanks for the laugh this morning!
I wonder how fine a mesh… and I wonder if I could use this to infuse alcohol.
@jml326 You don’t infuse alcohol orally?
@therealjrn i ingest alcohol orally.
@jml326 and effuse wisdom, it seems.
@jml326 omg i even have a recipe book for this and i didn’t think of it.
@jml326 You can just put whole beans in alcohol. After a few days or a week you strain it.
Great everyone, but still has anyone used similar items to do so?
@jml326 I have. I roasted coffee for a while and made coffee vodka a few times. Anything larger than fine loose tea should be okay.
@jasonbaldwin have you noticed any seals breakibg down quicker because of the alcohol?
@jml326 No, but I don’t fill it up to the level of the seal mine has (which is silicone, anyway).
@jasonbaldwin My Mom used to make homemade Kahlua- vodka coffee when I was growing up.
Worth trying to see how well it work with other things, like infusing water, etc.
/image orange-attentive-lake
/giphy orange-attentive-lake
/buy
@hems79 It worked! Your order number is: cagey-excitedly-shaman
/image cagey excitedly shaman
/giphy cagey excitedly shaman
@mediocrebot whoa! I’m tellin’ – you’ve got an adjective modifying an adverb there, fellow (… or whatever u r)
I bought this over on Morningsave for quite bit more, but it had two travel brewers. ($33.30 after VMP discount + free shipping)
I do not regret the purchase. Cold brew coffee is the shit, but be aware you use up more coffee brewing it this way.
Cold brew coffee is awesome on hot July afternoons.
@therealjrn How about August afternoons? We’re running low on our July supply. More serious question: How easy is this to clean vs, say a French press? (my usual method)
@mehcuda67 I don’t own a french press. Um…I left my mesh filter in the sink after dumping the grounds and dried some coffee crumbs on the plastic mesh filter…a little soak to soften them up, a few bottle-brush swipes and it is good as new.
They seem to be made for the rigors of daily use.
@therealjrn I always brew my coffee in the fridge. turns out great. I use that Buscelo (sp?) cheapo brand.
@therealjrn Cafe Bustelo, with the yellow labels/bags? Most of the Latin@ folks I’ve known are ridiculously loyal to the brand, and I always like their coffee so I’m inclined to follow that loyalty.
@Kawa That’s the one!
Perfect confirmation disrespectful-idiotic-cider
I got one. Been mooning over this on morningsave for months.
@cranky1950 You’ll like it! Or not. But I bet you will
Meh, I like coffee. I guess two will work, right?
@charlie_tca Three would be more better.
gruesome-great-vein
Less coffee, more tea.
/giphy hot tea
@JT954 These will make tea too.
To derive the product number for a meh-created bundle, either take a simple sum of the component products or do a logical AND on them and use the numeric value of the resulting bit string. Problem solved!
I’ve been waiting for this to pop up here ever since I missed it on that other website. Missing one travel bottle, but I’ll live.
/giphy bendy-rewarded-throat
@dtl_dvl You’ll live at a substantial discount and like it mister.
@dtl_dvl Damn bet she’s popular.
@cranky1950 Gets a little weird on a dinner date, though.
@mehcuda67 never need buy silverware though
@dtl_dvl That sword is wavy O_o
/giphy good-poor-nerve
@OldCatLady Shep! Fetch!
I am so ready to make some great coffee.
/buy
@ConAndLibrarian It worked! Your order number is: finished-visible-patch
/image finished visible patch
I have a taller, more slender carafe that I got from Amazon a few months ago. Same idea though.
As someone who would get an iced coffee every day from Dunks (not cold brew, who can afford that?!), it has paid for itself many times over. Anyone looking to save money on $3 cups of iced coffee should seriously give this a shot.
The reviews are a little worrying, even for $20 for both. Don’t fancy having a leaky bottle or shattered glass in my hand.
@harveydanger Shattered? What were they doing with them? If you are doing it right, there are zero chances of shattering, except maybe in shipping. Well hell, son, just shake the box. You know glass isn’t some strange, new technology right? Don’t bang your travel brewers around.
@harveydanger One of the answered questions for the bottle on Amazon addressed the leaking – she says it’s because of a wrongly placed seal when re-assembling – I don’t have one, so don’t know. Suggest reading that if you’re worried about the leaking.
I too enjoy water infused with charred seeds.
/Buy
@Potatoboy It worked! Your order number is: bizarre-tough-cobra
/image bizarre tough cobra
@mediocrebot he doesn’t look so tough.
@Potatoboy i dunno… i’m scurred
/8ball Do I need these?
My sources say no
As I see it, yes
/8ball Should I buy them anyway?
/image bowed-green-celery
Ok, people, at this point I have two or three versions of virtually every form of coffee maker. I need an intervention.
Use the /8ball.
/8ball Does @brainmist need these?
My sources say no
Most likely
/8ball Should @brainmist buy them anyway?
@brainmist are you sure you don’t just need another coffee maker, to complete your collection?
@brainmist Now you need a sous vide to make coffee that way.
@brainmist Huh. Amateur. I keep finding perfectly good coffee things in thrift stores. I have boxes of duplicates to donate, and I just bought these.
Cannot predict now
/8ball Is there such a thing as too many coffeemakers?
@OldCatLady This is supposed to be better for your stomach, right?
@narfcake @thumperchick @azdarkknight I already placed the order. Sadists.
@sammydog1 My stomach is like iron, which is lucky, because my will is not.
@brainmist me too but the other ones I have don’t come with a neoprene sleeve. I know I need the swanky neoprene sleeve.
@OldCatLady
Hoping your can drink this happily. Fingers crossed.
@brainmist Ah, but do you have an award-winning electronic Turkish coffee maker made in Turkey? It uses blue LEDs to regulate the two boil-ups in the miniature induction plate-heated pot. About the size of a diner napkin dispenser.
Don’t drink coffee. Another wallet win. Also don’t drink tea, so no sun tea comments, please.
@lordbowen What are you? Like a dope smoker?
@therealjrn Worse. Soda addict.
@lordbowen That’s a hard monkey to get off your back. Many feels out to you ma’am.
I just realized I haven’t bought anything here since April.
/buy
@nadroj It worked! Your order number is: dead-sad-scarf
/image dead sad scarf
@mediocrebot
doesn’t look very sad
@nadroj Then you got no fun rush from the Mehrathon last week.
@phendrick
I skipped the Prime Day “fun” as well, if it makes you feel better.
I have a French press for when the brother visits. I wonder if I can make cold brew in that.
@RiotDemon
All signs point to yes
@RiotDemon I don’t see why not, double up on your usual amount of coffee. Fill it up with you choice of water, 24 hours in the fridge, stir it once or twice…wipe hands on pants.
@RiotDemon yes. Filtering sucks, but, yes.
@RiotDemon no its not the same. to cold coffee you need a cold coffee brewer. That’s just how it is. You must follow the ruleses.
@RiotDemon Yes, you can. I use mine for such.
@cranky1950
@RiotDemon
/youtube My Way Sinatra
@RiotDemon you can and i do but the clean up is a hassle. For my french pressi put the coffee and water in together stir cover with a ziploc and put in fridge wait a day next day you plunger . Having a lid and a easy cleave siwve seems worth it i will be buying at 8am
@CaptAmehrican …siwve…? Please tell us you meant sieve, and the creeping cofeve miasma around there isn’t affecting you.
@OldCatLady
Wanna see me go nuts on my swipe keyboard?
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Everyone should be forced by law to use one of these so that we can enjoy the results.
@OldCatLady clean sieve aka clean mesh filter ugh typos
@CaptAmehrican @f00l I’m so pleased to hear that the brain vacuum hasn’t dar ivcs kytttt puwqi.
Thanks all for the advice. I’ll have to try the cold brew for him because he is that guy that will pay $4 for a small coffee. I need to use up the coffee beans before they go bad since I don’t drink coffee.
Got the carafe and the mesh sleeve catches all the coffee grounds. This cold brewing (only 12 hours) makes the coffee taste better IMO and it doesn’t upset my stomach like hot brewed. I have sprigs of mint in it now for mint infused water for a long weekend. Highly recommend buying if you want cold brewed coffee or tea or infused water. When I get back I’ll try infusing my vodka.
bought a
/giphy deranged-unreal-verse
This is what you really want, folks.
Used to make it this way since the 1980s in New Orleans. Go big or go home. $95 on the 'zon.
Chug! Chug! Chug!
@mike808 I have a Filtron, which is Toddy’s main competitor, and it’s the best thing ever. But I’d definitely consider this Primula deal if I didn’t already have the Filtron…and if I weren’t already eyeing the Oxo cold brew thingy that’s basically a glass version of the Filtron.
@mike808 My local bike shop has one of those. Because of the large amount of money I spend with them most of my cold brew is free.
/giphy nerdy-reflective-bun
Ok dammit
/Buy
@f00l It worked! Your order number is: robust-yielding-vodka
/image robust yielding vodka
@mediocrebot
That version of flavored vodka does look robust.
Mediocrebot knows me well.
@f00l
Cool! I made the Deal go into Pause status.
Think that’s my first time. Awesome.
/giphy paused
@f00l Damn it all!
This will be great for keeping at work.
/Buy
@darkdragon We wanted the morning crowd to have a shot at this too, so we’re holding back some of these until 8am ET.
@darkdragon
8am or 4pm for you!
Actually, hope you get one.
@f00l 7am…I’m not up at that hour. Maybe I’ll remember at 3pm. Hopefully. Getting tired if the stomach ache inducing kuerig coffee at work.
@darkdragon
Just set an alarm for 5 min before. Buy. Go back to sleep.
Unless you don’t wake for alarms. Or you think you won’t get back to sleep.
@f00l It might work.
@darkdragon
You’re VMP. If you didn’t already get one …
I think they changed VMP up. You don’t have to wait. You can buy now. Someone else just did.
@f00l Thanks.
I did get one at 7am because the cats woke me up early. I guess they wanted me to have some good coffee at work.
People in South Carolina are not buying theses, probably they don’t drink coffee, probably why they drive like shit.
@cranky1950
“Is your tea sweet enough, hon?”
@f00l lotta kids drink sundrop or mtndew in the morning. Probably why they voted for trump.
@cranky1950 I’m in South Carolina and buying this. But then again, I’m a good driver. So maybe your logic checks out.
@TBoneZeOriginal See
@TBoneZeOriginal
@Cranky1950
Is that enormous “Roadside Whatever” - Truck Stop And Entertainment Pavilion thing still there on I95 just south of NC?
@f00l Haha, are you talking about South of the Border? It is!
http://www.thesouthoftheborder.com
@TBoneZeOriginal Pedro says Yeah
I found a Bunn coffee maker at GW, not looking back.
@rtjhnstn Apples to oranges much? Get your Bunn out of here.
Screw the morning crowd, stay awake or miss the deal!
@Stallion Or, be like me and have enjoyed MONTHS of fresh, cold-brewed coffee daily because I saw the wisdom over there on Morningsave.
@therealjrn You drink months of coffee daily?! Dayum! Slow down or you’ll end up in the ER with caffeine OD.
@robm Wwwwhhatt dddoo yyyouuu meeeean?
@therealjrn
Rrrrrriiiiiigggghhhttttt.
Ttthhhhheeeeerrreee.
Wwwwiiiittthhhh.
Yyyyyyooooouuuuu.
Does temperature-safe/heat resistant mean ability to use boiling water? I do a lot of tea and like it loose (leaf) and hot.
@msmay It is marketed as a “cold brewer” so I doubt that it would be suitable. The mesh strainer is some sort of plastic (nylon?) so I think that would preclude too much “hot brewing.”
What’s wrong with one of those tea balls in a teapot designed for boiling water?
You probably over-clock your PC too dontcha?
@therealjrn Thanks! You just saved me 20 bucks.
Those tea balls don’t cut it for me. Too many small batches. I drink 64oz of hot green tea a day year round.
And yeah I’m all kinds of extra.
@msmay
I think they make tea balls in all sizes?
@msmay I just did a quick glance over at AMZN using the search term “large teapot” they have quite a selection, one is for $19.99 (prime) and it has a built in infuser - 62 ounces.
@msmay I cheat and use a 32-oz Pyrex measuring cup. Add tea, water, and microwave for 3-4 minutes. Strain and drink. I bought a pound of loose bancha tea on @cranky1950’s recommendation, and that’s enough for five years easily.
@therealjrn You’re my hero!
@f00l My tea balls came as gifts and I never thought there were bigger ones out there. Just now finding out about the many size options on Amazon. I’ve been using a Teavana strainer for years. Time for change… so excited!
/buy
@smabbage We wanted the morning crowd to have a shot at this too, so we’re holding back some of these until 8am ET.
Can you use this while listening to Coldplay? While you have a cold? During a cold shower?..
@Bumplepimp
Not if you are a spy who came in from there cold.
I just throw coffee grounds into a gallon jug, add water, shake it and in the morning I have cold brew. The grounds stay pretty much on the bottom of the jug until you get to close to the bottom.
There’s always money in the popsical stand.
The gf likes the stuff and she has a habit of breaking her cold brewers. Now she has a backup.
/image ruthless-productive-cricket
/giphy ruthless-productive-cricket
I’m happy that gave me two different types of crickets.
/buy
@mehnyblooms It worked! Your order number is: rustic-noxious-mimosa
/image rustic noxious mimosa
/buy
@bmichael It worked! Your order number is: meaty-exotic-cable
/image meaty exotic cable
YUP!
Would be a good gift for the lady friend, and I gotta justify this VMP membership somehow
/buy
@timstm It worked! Your order number is: burnt-garish-instrument
/image burnt garish instrument
@timstm Better than a Dyson for the lady friend!
I’m not a coffee drinker, but I wonder if one of these could help with a cold-brewed Philly cheesesteak.
@Kenbo Not if it’s made with American cheese.
The only reason I bought one of these is because it paused so early last night. That means it’s good, right?
/giphy active awake coast
@sammydog01 I had to delete the first gif because giphy is a pervert.
/8ball I’m on the fence, should I buy?
Outlook not so good
@a5meiser 8ball is trying to save me money. Hmm not sure how to take that…
I’m going against better judgment and 8ball.
/buy
@a5meiser It worked! Your order number is: innocent-discursive-gunslinger
/image innocent discursive gunslinger
Sorry to rip up your ticket out, but you’re a little late to the hot cold brew game.
Oh…crap. I guess I need another.
/buy
@therealjrn It worked! Your order number is: horrible-distressed-basketball
/image horrible distressed basketball
@mediocrebot You really get me @mediocrebot! You really do! I think ALL basketball is horribly distressed…at least for the fans…
@therealjrn Well, particularly the Clippers…
"So what happens if you heat up cold brew? Does it also taste better?"
Tried it—Nope! Too bright and acidic, I’m guessing that hot-brewing brings out more oils that mask acidity??? Love the cold-brew cold, love the hot-brew hot (same coffee, even), but IMO changing the serving temp hurts both.
@cole103 I’ve done a bunch of experiments, with mixed results. One of the more successful was diluting and heating some of my triple strength cold brew and adding some hot brew. I was able to doctor the ratios for some awesome coffee. (Doing two batches would be too much of a pain, but my better half makes hot brew every morning)
@mehcuda67
This experimentation violates the Principle Of Profound Laziness.
@cole103 When I was still drinking coffee, I’d make my cold brew double- or triple-strength and add a commensurate amount of boiling water when I wanted it hot. It worked best with darker roasts, because the bright, citrus notes of lighter roasts didn’t work well that way.
@f00l Hmmm. I guess I should add that to the list of principles I’ve violated.
/giphy abashed-excitedly-offer
I see how many people are loving this cold brew thing, but I’m not convinced I would (a) take the time to brew it and (b) actually find time to drink it.
But for $20 I might risk trying it.
@ACraigL Buy two, that way you’ll always have a fresh one working in the icebox.
@therealjrn Nah.
@ACraigL I hope you try at least one. That way you will know at least
/8ball have I made a terrible mistake?
Better not tell you now
In the 80’s, we made this by putting the coffee grounds in a gallon jar, adding the water, and letting it sit in the fridge overnight. Then we strained it through a filter. It was obviously too cheap and simple ever to catch on. And we didn’t even know the idea came from N’Orleans.
@flynike This is what I did in grad school and it worked just fine. Buying something specifically for cold brewing continues to baffle me. Meh.
@flynike @Kawa
You are undermining the economy.
/Buy
@SunnyTang Sorry, the
/buycommand is currently only available to VMP members.@SunnyTang ha ha! (Nelson)
/buy
@SunnyTang Sorry, the
/buycommand is currently only available to VMP members.@SunnyTang You really don’t give up, do you?
In for one, since both son and wife like cold brew, and my wife doesn’t even like coffee (yet I married her still).
/giphy dandy-translucent-knife
@DocBJ The image giphy served up must be a good omen…
In for one…
/giphy lush-slippery-liquid
Everyone knows you can do this with a standard issue French press pot, right?
@Pufferfishy So instead of owning a proper cold brew system, you are suggesting to use a french press out of spec. as a cold brew system??
Unbelievable. That’s like slicing onions with a tomato knife!
I actually don’t know how to do this with a standard French press. Is it the same? I took my French Press camping because it’s actually a lot quicker than a percolator (even though nobody else sees the point in that) and somebody got up really early and tried to use my French Press as a percolator.
@lenea9011 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/23/french-press-cold-brew-coffee_n_7639176.html
@lenea9011 In absolute seriousness, just load up the cold brew ratio of coffee and water in your French press and let it sit around for a day, then press it out.
I’ve tried brewing loose grounds in a pitcher and found the sieve step miserable, but the outcome tasted the same as any other batch I’ve made. Your French press will do the same thing with an easier sieve step.
Cold brew is just this: 1. Soak ground coffee in water to saturation (in the chemical sense, ie, the water can’t take on any more coffee-stuff); 2. Remove coffee grounds. You can interpret each step in any number of ways. The only way to screw it up is to skimp on coffee or time.
@lenea9011 Sorry your French press got percolated, but that is pretty funny. I guess the early bird gets the urn.
@carl669 thanks!!!
@whogots awesome. I am totally going to try it tomorrow (if I remember) preplaning isn’t my strong suit…
@mehcuda67 Right?! I was sad at first and a little disgusted but in hindsight it is a little comical. He said it worked too, which means he must have had my double walled, insulated, pretty little french press on the cook stove cranked up all the way, for a long time… enough to warp the bottom. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
/8ball Is cold brewed coffee overrated?
Without a doubt
@JT954
Orrrrr I could just keep brewing it with a mesh bag in a Kool-Aid pitcher.
I mean, I’m sure this is nicer, but kitchen space is finite, man. So extremely finite.
/giphy crowded house
seems cold press uppity coffee isn’t something you want to trust to meh. isn’t the point to be a pretentious as possible?
@gimmedat
Sorry. No.
The point is to have extreme wonderful drinkability from the laziest possible method.
@f00l you’re replacing $5 cups of coffee. Buy quality.
@gimmedat
Happy to buy anything that makes coffee.
Even better if it makes excellent coffee.
But being pretentious isn’t the justification. Seeking Laziness+Quality is.
No one knows how I make or acquire the coffee I drink, except when it’s in a branded cup or some sort.
And I do not assume I know how other people made or acquired their coffee.
But I can be very pretentious. So pretentious that I can go forth as a slob when I wish, I’m so incredibly wonderful I don’t have to care about mere appearances.
(ok, that was pretend. I lied. I’m not proud when I look like a slob. Still trying to get to that degree of enlightenment.)
@gimmedat Why would anyone drink $5 cups of coffee? That’s just stupid.
@jasonbaldwin
There is s lot of /stupid out there.
Expensive and convenient coffee that sucks less than gas station coffee is a really mild form of /stupid.
Personally, I’d let that one go.
The 7th picture is so grainy, I could farm it and feed all of China.
@Frijid Honestly this seems more fitting
@Frijid I was running low on film and decided to use some Ilford Pan 400 we had in the fridge.
@Flipit Then you hand colored it right?
@cranky1950 Frisket paper, air brush and Rapidograph 0000.
@Flipit nuh huh.
/buy
@Qylvaran It worked! Your order number is: exhausted-smoggy-yak
/image exhausted smoggy yak
@mediocrebot
@image
Nice smog there.
@mediocrebot cool polled herefords wearing yak horns
@cranky1950
I thought maybe they put cow costumes on yaks.
Dress up day.
@f00l that would be considerably more ingenious.
@cranky1950
I’m in awe. That’s great.
@f00l gets the first half in English:
@RiotDemon here’s the whole episode.
Sure, I’ll bite… errrr, sip.
sour-mousy-quail
India! Cool.
We’ve been in a July-long heat wave, so I’ll make the switch. Sure, I made ONE batch of sun tea…but going BACK out into the yard to retrieve it was traumatizing. So much so, I had to collapse onto my yellow Adirondack chair.
First meh purchase. Yay me! Should get here just in time for summer’s end, then will be time to switch to hot coffee. #fml
/giphy neanderthal-unassuming-bear
/buy
@bdp It worked! Your order number is: aromatic-laboring-reaction
/image aromatic laboring reaction
Man you guys had a shit-ton of these.
Soaking loose grounds in a mason jar and then straining makes superior coffee to what comes out of these gadgets, but I’ve been too lazy to actually do that so far this year. Hoping that by buying this it will compel me to make cold brew again one way or the other
I don’t need this but its an attractive 2 items…so…I pulled the trigger …
/giphy seductive-icky-puma
The circuit breaker tripped on this last night before I could get it and then today was not a good day, so I only got back to the site just before midnight to see that it was available and I was able to get two. Yay!?
/giphy weathered-trite-goose
@baqui63 It’s actually still available past midnight for VMP slackers!
@jqubed Yes, I remembered that while watching the green cylon bar sweep as my phone announced the new deal.
/image obvious panicky competition
/image animated gif obvious panicky competition
/giphy obvious panicky competition
I think /giphy won?
/buy
Edit: This command is too dangerous… makes it too easy to buy stuff I don’t need, but maybe could want.
@bbf It worked! Your order number is: blythe-polite-jam
/image blythe polite jam
@bbf Yes, yes it is. Which is why I bought three sets of fancy candles last week. I was just testing to see whether it worked, and Comcastsatan had my email completely down for four hours so I didn’t get notifications. I didn’t look at my order history, I got distracted, and everybody is getting candles for Christmas.
Heads up for anyone checking in here - about half our shipment isn’t in till tomorrow, and shipping on Wednesday. Sorry about that delay, but it is still coming.
@dave Thanks for the update! This is my first purchase from meh though I was a longtime traveler on the (former) mothership so I get that this isn’t the mothership’s mothership’s Prime, but the delay in even shipping seemed a little long. I’m glad it seems that it’s something out of the ordinary.
@dave Thanks for the update! Was concerned that meh didn’t have its logistics in order and the warehouse doesn’t pre prep items for shipping as they are dropped off by the pallet. One would think that they would be label ready and analytics would be used to prep a small percentage for 2x and 3x orders as well. One person could shipping label sticker a thousand orders an hour easily during coffee breaks.
I’d you could add a meh shirt to my three units ( a 3x) I promise to wear it for two weeks 24x7 to promote while a travel the country August 8th to 23rd. I will even shower with it on. That’s an ROI you can’t pass up?
@charlottesix We also have an Estimated Delivery for each offer in the Specs post at the top of the product thread. Sometimes, shipping is slooooow. Usually, it’s meh.
@Thumperchick Oh, I know that the actual transit will take a while. It just hadn’t even left the warehouse by the first day of my estimated arrival window.
Again, I get it. I’m just glad to see an update and that it’s not usually this long, even though I understand that it can be.
IT CAME! IT CAME! IT CAME! IT CAME! IT CAME!
@cranky1950 Yeah, so did mine. First batch of coffee is steeping. We must be special.
@OldCatLady I have to buy more coffee, I’m down to my last few scoops.
@cranky1950 Mine is coming tomorrow but I can’t make coffee until next week. Let me know how amazing it is, OK?
Ok so I arrived home to a box from meh all excited for my fuku. Then it was my coffee maker. So yeah coffee in fridge and happy the main pot and mini bottle package separately but well fuku
Ok had cold brew coffee this morning. Delicious perfect with my eggs and toast
@CaptAmehrican Did you warm it up or drink it cold?
@CaptAmehrican @sammydog01 I’m drinking iced cold brew with cream now. It’s very smooth, even though I brewed it strong. Infinitely easier and less messy than the Mason jar method.
@sammydog01 cold it is hot here
Holy
I forgot I ordered this thing! Looks like it shipped today.
They’re available at MorningSave now.
@OldCatLady are these still there? I can’t seem to find them.
@marklog I can’t find them on MorningSave. Wish they had a ‘search’ feature.
@marklog You’re about 6 weeks late.
@narfcake I bought one the first time around, used it, love it. A friend wants one.
This thing is fine, and the coffee, even heated in a microwave, is fine, too. But I’m surprised to find that I sorely miss the wonderful aroma of brewing coffee…so I’m using the cold brew but supplementing it with your basic hot stuff. I’m easy.
Anyone buy extras of these? ISO…
@marklog No, but if it makes you feel any better I really love mine. Oh wait, that probably makes you feel worse.
@sammydog01 I bought one the first time around, used it, love it. A friend wants one.
@marklog If you still are looking they are at morningsave- I bought a backup.
https://morningsave.com/deals/primula-cold-brew-coffee-maker-set
I finally have put together a batch tomorrow I’ll have results. I’d have done it sooner but Aldi had concentrate on sale and I’ve only now run out.
@cranky1950 Success!!!
@cranky1950 Good stuff, right?
@therealjrn Yeah, it’s excellent
@cranky1950 Yep, mine tastes just like coffee.
@sammydog01 It is less bitter if you drink it black. If you’re like my wife and use it to flavor your mystery white then it probably doesn’t make much difference.
@cranky1950 I like half and half. I also like pumpkin spice coffee so my taste is suspect.
After getting frustrated that this only made about 2 glasses of Cold Brew I looked around and bought this
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074VFXRKX
So far I’m impressed, holds much more and easier to dispense with the spout.