re: Anyone make their own cold brew?

Before you try any roast of bean I think you need to look at your water first. Are you using tap, bottle, spring or whatever. Water is also key here. Does Italy add chlorine to their water? Is it hard or soft etc. personally go spend the money on a Everpure under the counter water filter before you start playing around with different types of coffees. All coffee houses have some form of commercial water filter. Once your main ingredient is correct then any quality of coffee can be compared equally.

Explain to me why I need a specific set up to make cold brew at home.

Can’t I just put the grounds in a big jug, pour some water over, and rub the mixture through a filter after 24 hours? Does it need to be more complicated than that?

. Well the equipment I am referring to cost 20 to 40 bucks. Sooooo I'm not talking about espresso machines.

Understood but running everyone through a coffee filter and a sieve a couple of times should do the trick, correct?

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Well the equipment I am referring to cost 20 to 40 bucks.

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Yeah, I was just answering his question and raise awareness to how easy and cheap it is to make your own. There are a ton of cheap and easy methods,

It's all a matter of preference. I have a filter I got off Amazon for like 10 bucks. But really it's just water + coffee + time ...

Enough with the Italy.

One of my most memorable pulls of espresso in my life was at a little cafe across the square from the Pantheon in Rome.

The Ovalware system sucks.

My previous experience is with the Toddy. Unfortunately, my glass decanter broke and instead of buying a replacement, I decided to try this Ovalware system. It was a mistake.

Yes, the Ovalware looks nice. But it's not a practical product. The simple reason: water to coffee grounds ratio.

Although the Toddy setup feels clumsy with the cork and the filter is a pain to clean, it makes GREAT cold brew concentrate. That's because the brewing container holds a lot of coffee grounds.

The Ovalware looks sexy and (at first) seems nicer with the stainless steel filter. But that filter does not hold a lot of coffee grounds compared to the amount of water in the carafe.

Ultimately, it took me twice as long to brew coffee half as strong. In 12 hours I can get a strong concentrate with the Toddy that needs to be cut 1:1 with water. It took 24+ hours to get regular strength coffee that I could drink straight from the Ovalware.

Twice as long to brew, half as strong (which means half as much coffee and having to make coffee twice as often) is just a failure.

Also, the stainless steel filter allows tiny coffee particles / sediment into the carafe. The felt filters on the Toddy produce a clean product.

I already ordered a replacement Toddy and I'm sending this Ovalware back.