HOMYHEE Cold Brew Coffee Bags 60 Count Disposable Fine Mesh Brewing Bags for Concentrate/Iced Coffee Maker, French/Cold Press Kit, Hot Tea in Mason Jar or Pitcher, 6 x 10 Inches

These are amazing! I wanted to start doing cold brew coffee last spring. So many people said just put your grounds in the jar & fill with water; then when it has finished brewing, “just filter out the grounds!” That was the biggest joke! I tried everything & not only was it time consuming & messy, I never felt like I got it well strained. I was ready to give up on cold brew until I came across these (hear the angels singing in the background? Uh yeah, me neither…)

Anyway, as soon as I got them I was impressed with the quality – these aren’t anything like a coffee filter or even a couple layered, this is quality! I will admit, I had a little trouble trying to figure out how to fill it without making a mess or having it fall over – here’s where I got “crafty”…
I’m including a pic, but basically I grabbed an empty Powerade bottle, cut off the bottom so it was open and used it as a support for the bag. Put a funnel in the top & it is super fast, easy and just simple! I also used someone else’s review idea and when I grind up my beans, I do enough for 3-4 bags or so & put the extras in a freezer bag in the freezer. I also wrap the strings tightly around the top in opposite directions and tie them together just to make sure there’s no opening for grounds to come out because I submerge the entire bag (if you try to keep the strings hanging out, they’ll probably drip). I’ve never had any grounds end up in my cold brew.

My biggest praise is how durable these are! Yes, I know I already said that, but the reason it’s so important to me is that when I take out the bag, I squeeze every last bit of coffee goodness I can get out of it and not once has the bag broken open or has a seam torn!

First I used them for the Cold Brew Coffee Maker that I bought them with and for. I like using pre-ground Dunkin Original Blend coffee and in my previous Cold Brewer, (it was too small), using just the fine mesh filter with that coffee allowed some sludge to get into the liquid. I’m guessing that the grind was too fine for the fine mesh filter.
Upgrading too a 1 gallon Cold Brewer, I thought of the coffee bags they had at some motels on a recent trip.
Like tea bags but with coffee in them. I search for that and found these fill them yourself bags. I use about 2 cups of ground coffee, (same kind), for 1 gallon of cold brew. Each of these holds about 1 cup.
Perfect. Fill three. Tie them off with the draw-string closure. Place those inside the fine mesh filter let it steep in the refrigerator and done. Awesome cold brew. With no sludge. Added bonus? Pull the three bags out of the fine mesh filter and dispose of them and rinse your fine mesh filter. No more loose grounds going down the sink drain while trying to get them all out of the fine mesh tube. Forget about all that mess. These bags are durable.
Recently, I tried boiling pasta in them. They stand up to twelve minutes of rolling boil with no problem.
Thing was, I found myself without a drainer and wondered how I would drain the pasta after I cook it. I thought of these. When the pasta is done pull the bag out using the convenient draw-strings closure, (over the sink, of course), give it a few shakes and it’s drained. Also, the pasta does not stick to the pan.
I really like the way all different shapes of pasta come out using these. I have not tried any long pastas. You’d have to break them to fit, but shells, ziti, spirals, twists, tubes, etc. All good.
Hope that helps.

Ok, so I bought these but didn’t even use them for the first couple days because I was so skeptical. I thought they wouldn’t work or that the coffee would taste horrible. Plus I really didn’t want to use an entire cup of coffee in the bags because it sounded like such a waste to me.

Well, let me tell you…. I used normal Dunkin ground coffee that I already had sitting around, put it in one of the bags (reminded myself to buy a funnel or something like that later because the bags have such a small opening), filled my pitcher up with water and put it in the fridge and viola, the next morning I had the best damn iced coffee ever!

I am dead serious when I say it’s been 5 days and I haven’t been to a coffee shop at all. Now that may not seem like a big thing, but I’ve been hooked on coffee and buying it from either Starbucks or Dunkin since about 2002. EVERY. DAY. That’s no exaggeration and I honestly can’t believe I like this cold brew like this. I usually get “fancier” drinks than just cold brews, but this is hitting the spot, and I can always buy things to make it even better, but I don’t think I have to right now. As for using an entire cup to make it, well, my first pitcher has lasted about 5 days so far so I really don’t think it’s a waste anymore.

Anyway, to make a long review short, this little baggie system is really easy and tastes really great! You can make it as strong or as weak as you want by taking the bag out early(12 hrs) or later (24 hrs). Oh, and don’t forget to stir it! Other than that, I highly recommend this!!

Good coffee, easier to use than some other products