Willow & Everett Cold Brew Coffee Maker – 2 L Iced Tea & Coffee Cold Brew Maker – Glass Pitcher w/Stainless Steel Spout and Removable Filter

This is a well designed and built cold brew jug, far superior to the sun tea jugs with the plastic spigots that often don’t last the summer before they start leaking. Besides from having a fine mesh screen for the coffee to brew in, it also has a small screen for the spigot, so you don’t have to consult any loose grounds. Now I will tell you about my first time experience with making iced coffee:
I started a cold brew yesterday afternoon and removed the grounds this morning. Unfortunately, as usual it was operator error (isn’t it always) because I used about 5 cups of 13 grind Columbian, a really mellow medium roast. Any way, course grind on my OXO burr grinder is from 11to15, so I split the difference at 13. Normally I believe it is a mortal sin to put sugar in coffee, but it was too bitter to drink otherwise. Next time I will lessen the brewing time from 20 to 12, per instructions, grind at 11, and use only 3 cups of ground coffee. I know it may take 2-3 batches before I hit the right combination(I know it did when I switched to the burr grinder) and will not have to adulterate great coffees with sugar. Since I am not supposed to drink sun tea all summer, due to kidney stones, culminating in a surgery, I will stick to my morning coffee and not have to sweat as I drink it.
I started a cold brew yesterday afternoon and removed the grounds this morning. Unfortunately, as usual it was operator error (isn’t it always) because I used about 5 cups of 13 grind Columbian, a really mellow medium roast. Any way, course grind on my OXO burr grinder is from 11to15, so I split the difference at 13. Normally I believe it is a mortal sin to put sugar in coffee, but it was too bitter to drink otherwise. Next time I will lessen the brewing time from 20 to 12, per instructions, grind at 11, and use only 3 cups of ground coffee. I know it may take 2-3 batches before I hit the right combination(I know it did when I switched to the burr grinder) and will not have to adulterate great coffees with sugar. Since I am not supposed to drink sun tea all summer, due to kidney stones, culminating in a surgery, I will stick to my morning coffee and not have to sweat as I drink it.
I started a cold brew yesterday afternoon and removed the grounds this morning. Unfortunately, as usual it was operator error (isn’t it always) because I used about 5 cups of 13 grind Columbian, a really mellow medium roast. Any way, course grind on my OXO burr grinder is from 11to15, so I split the difference at 13. Normally I believe it is a mortal sin to put sugar in coffee, but it was too bitter to drink otherwise. Next time I will lessen the brewing time from 20 to 12, per instructions, grind at 11, and use only 3 cups of ground coffee. I know it may take 2-3 batches before I hit the right combination(I know it did when I switched to the burr grinder) and will not have to adulterate great coffees with sugar. Since I am not supposed to drink sun tea all summer, due to kidney stones, culminating in a surgery, I will stick to my morning coffee and not have to sweat as I drink it.
I started a cold brew yesterday afternoon and removed the grounds this morning. Unfortunately, as usual it was operator error (isn’t it always) because I used about 5 cups of 13 grind Columbian, a really mellow medium roast. Any way, course grind on my OXO burr grinder is from 11to15, so I split the difference at 13. Normally I believe it is a mortal sin to put sugar in coffee, but it was too bitter to drink otherwise. Next time I will lessen the brewing time from 20 to 12, per instructions, grind at 11, and use only 3 cups of ground coffee. I know it may take 2-3 batches before I hit the right combination(I know it did when I switched to the burr grinder) and will not have to adulterate great coffees with sugar. Since I am not supposed to drink sun tea all summer, due to kidney stones, culminating in a surgery, I will stick to my morning coffee and not have to sweat as I drink it.
I started a cold brew yesterday afternoon and removed the grounds this morning. Unfortunately, as usual it was operator error (isn’t it always) because I used about 5 cups of 13 grind Columbian, a really mellow medium roast. Any way, course grind on my OXO burr grinder is from 11to15, so I split the difference at 13. Normally I believe it is a mortal sin to put sugar in coffee, but it was too bitter to drink otherwise. Next time I will lessen the brewing time from 20 to 12, per instructions, grind at 11, and use only 3 cups of ground coffee. I know it may take 2-3 batches before I hit the right combination(I know it did when I switched to the burr grinder) and will not have to adulterate great coffees with sugar. Since I am not supposed to drink sun tea all summer, due to kidney stones, culminating in a surgery, I will stick to my morning coffee and not have to sweat as I drink it. Now I will tell you about my first ever time of brewing iced coffee:
I started a cold brew yesterday afternoon and removed the grounds this morning. Unfortunately, as usual it was operator error (isn’t it always) because I used about 5 cups of 13 grind Columbian, a really mellow medium roast. Any way, course grind on my OXO burr grinder is from 11to15, so I split the difference at 13. Normally I believe it is a mortal sin to put sugar in coffee, but it was too bitter to drink otherwise. Next time I will lessen the brewing time from 20 to 12, per instructions, grind at 11, and use only 3 cups of ground coffee. I know it may take 2-3 batches before I hit the right combination(I know it did when I switched to the burr grinder) and will not have to adulterate great coffees with sugar. Since I am not supposed to drink sun tea all summer, due to kidney stones, culminating in a surgery, I will stick to my morning coffee and not have to sweat as I drink it.

I like the product. The filter started having problems after a few months. I always knew I’d have to replace it. Now the bottom of the filter has fallen off so I search for a replacement of their “custom designed filter” and of course they don’t sell them. Why would I buy the same product for one part? That’s wasteful.

I’m very happy with the maker, but there’s mold on the lid, even though it was wrapped, and it’s not coming off even with strong mold spray. What is this stuff?

Decided to write this review, hoping to offset some of the negative reviews in here. I bought this in April, 2019 and am a hard core coffee drinker. The filter is wire mesh and will bend if you are not careful — mesh people. The knob is the screwing time so at every fill you make sure it is good to go. You also do not carry it around by the lid, duh! It has a wide mouth top, so using the right tools it is very easy to clean. I can literally stick my whole hand in if needed, although I prefer a long kitchen brush, which can also be used, carefully, with the mesh strainer. I do not put this in the dishwasher, although I could, but I only have one and it is always full of coffee and waiting for the dishwasher to finish would literally put me into coffee withdrawals. 🙂 So, that addresses some of the negative comments from not so brilliant colored crayons in this box.
The device does exactly what it says, will brew exactly what you want it to based upon the ratio of coffee placed in it and length of time left to brew. Not super hard core science here. Summary: Easy to clean, be careful with the mesh filter and it will last a long time, don’t carry by the lid and it won’t crash to the floor, clean it with standard kitchen tools.

Mein Bruder hat es zu Weihnachten bekommen. Er macht darin seinen Cold Brew Kaffee (?).
Ich habe keine Ahnung davon, aber er ist super zufrieden. Der Hahn tropft nicht und die Füllmenge ist für ihn optimal.
Gerne wieder.