3rd
my DIY Toddy style cold brewer
So I put a hole in the bottom of a $6 storage container from Target, plugged it with a modified wine bottle cork, and called it a Stoddy.. heh. First trial run last night.
(0.5 lb beans + 4.5 cups water) * 16 hours = 600 ml coffee concentrate
It’s not the smoothest toddy I’ve had, but not a bad trial. I planned for it to brew 12hrs, but didn’t really time that right for when I’d be waking up today. The coffee was some Guatemalan Antigua that had been lost in my cupboards for a good 2+ months. Also, I need a cloth filter! I used 3 prerinsed unbleached paper filters, but I think the cloth will be superior. The real Toddy home brewer can do 1lb at a time, and I think I can only get about 3/4 lb, but mine also doesn’t cost fourty bucks. With the box of 12 mason jars it cost about $17.
Also, about half the liquid runs out after uncorking, and then the other half slowly drips for a while. I was impatient and figured out that if I put the sealable lid on top at an angle and press to close it, it forces the rest out much faster. AeroStoddy? :P Kidding.
But this is good because now I have something useful to do with aging leftover beans besides sacrificing them after running Grindz through the grinders.
Just in time for a Toddylicious summer. :)~
