Around $20
8.5/ 10
Why we love it
The simplest honest answer to cold brew, and the one to buy if you'd rather your coffee didn't sit in plastic overnight. Grounds go in the mesh basket, water goes in, it lives in the fridge door until morning. The body is Hario heatproof glass and the basket lifts straight out, so cleaning is a rinse rather than a disassembly. Brew and serve from the same vessel — there's no carafe to decant into.
Pros
- Glass body — the coffee never touches plastic while it steeps
- Removable mesh basket rinses clean in seconds
- Brew and serve from the same server, no decanting
- Slender spout pours slowly and controllably
- Cheapest way into cold brew here
Cons
- Glass, so it will break if you drop it
- The lid and filter frame are plastic even though the body isn't
- No brew-release valve — you lift the basket out to stop it
- Makes ready-to-drink cold brew rather than concentrate
