Yes, we did just get a new coffee pot. No, we haven’t used it yet. No, I don’t drink coffee but Vince does.
What I do like is iced coffee. Pioneer Woman’s Iced Coffee is amazing! You can add caramel, you can add raspberry syrup . . you can add most anything but since I’m cutting way back on sugar, I’m not adding much of anything, except a little Half & Half, and a little (very little) honey.
The way I’ve mostly made my cold brew coffee was mixing water and ground coffee in a jar, let it sit overnight, strain it and . . that’s my cold brewed coffee.
It’s messy . . maybe I’m just messy but I mess up a jar making the brew. I mess up another jar pouring the brew into it. I put the jar funnel thing on top of the jar, place a coffee filter in there, pour it through. It gets clogged, I mess with it, grounds usually end up dumping into my coffee . . it’s a mess.
Toddy Cold Brew System
Don’t ask me why I had never heard of the Toddy Cold Brew System. There are reviews that are at least 10 years old. There are almost 900 reviews and it has 4.5 out of 5 stars. There are reviews on there from folks who have used every fancy smancy expensive coffee maker out there and they say they like this the best. $30 . . go figure!
It’s also supposed to have less acid than heat brewed coffee. Vince has a problem with acid and I’m hoping he will like this coffee and it will be better for his tummy.
Coffee . . Almost
My first batch is brewing. It takes about 24 hours so tonight I will drain it into the carafe and in the morning we will try it and I will report back to you.
Cheryl says
I have a Toddy (actually 2!) and have been brewing iced coffees for at least 3-4 years!! There is way less acid and oh it is so smooth!! You will love it once you get your proportions and recipe just right!! Enjoy!!!
Diannesmith04@gmail.com says
I can’t wait to hear your review, I may need one!
Moneik Stephens says
My dad and his wife have trouble with the acid as well, so they put a couple shakes of salt in the grounds before brewing and they say it helps a lot.
JudyL says
Some say that helps and for some, they say it doesn’t. You’re adding sodium and I suppose, depending on how much coffee you drink, that may not be a good thing to add but if it works for them, and they’re happy with it, that’s good! I suppose the small amount they’re adding is way less than would be in soda so at some point, we all have to pick our poison.