How to Make A Cold Brewed Toddy Coffee Maker

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By Pamela Rappaport
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If you don't own a coffee toddy maker, the hardest part about making cold brewed coffee is finding a way to filter it. There are commercial toddy coffee makers out there. However, if you are like me, you don't want to wait to order something and you don't want to spend all of that money.

I developed my own method to make a toddy coffee maker to filter cold brewed coffee and now all of my friends are using it. The most expensive item is the brew basket for a 12 cup coffee maker. You can find them at the restaurant supply store for around nine dollars. The cheap plastic version is fine. The paper filters are sold at discount warehouses like Sam's Club or Costco and cost around five dollars for a thousand. I have supplied all my friends with my box. Use large coffee maker carafes that can be found at thrift shops for around a dollar to hold the cold brewed coffee. The whole set up should cost around sixteen dollars including that life time supply of filters.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

brew basket for a 12 cup coffee maker
large paper coffee filters to fit the basket
10 to 12 cup carafe

Step 1

Making your toddy coffee maker is simple. Place filter into the brew basket and then the basket on top of carafe.
Step 2

Slowly pour the cold brewed coffee mixture of coffee grounds and water through the filter. You may have to change filters once if the first one gets full.
Step 3

Let grounds drain through the filter for a while. There is a lot of moisture trapped in the grounds. You've got cold brewed coffee made in your own coffee toddy maker!

Tips & Warnings

You might get lucky and find a 12 cup brew basket at the thrift shop but I rarely do. You might even find a commercial coffee toddy maker.
Coffee carafes from old coffee makers are usually in abundance at thrift stores.
If your carafe doesn't come with a lid, simply use aluminum foil to cover for storage.
Coffee will keep in the refrigerator for about 2 weeks.

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