KitchenAid 28 oz Cold Brew Coffee Maker - KCM4212

This is one very cool machine. And the XL was on sale. How could we resist! Summer is grueling here in the Deep South. We need life’s little pleasures.This coffee maker is everything the ads say it is. And even an inquisitive old lady like me can use it, barely glancing at the instructions, which were not especially helpful anyway.What a fun discovery!! I now know all about coffee concentrates, and creamers that combine with the concentrate and water to create an even better coffee concoction than our favorite coffee shops sell us, and for a fraction of the cost!!I don’t believe it will take us very long to get our money back on this operation.I made the first cold brew with Jot and filtered water. It is absolutely incredible, mixed with just about any creamer and topped with a squirt of whipped cream😁One thing we discovered is that we prefer a low fat milk or even Coffee Mate to sweet creamers, which are too rich and sweet for our tastes, and frankly we don’t need the sugar.My second cold brew batch will be an experiment using fresh coarsely ground coffee beans. Can’t wait!My only disappointment is that I have been unable to find the coffee maker stand.NOTE: This machine is no light weight, and heavier when filled.

Bought this for my boyfriend who is obsessed with cold brew. He loved it! It came as described and feels durable enough to last a long time. You can’t go wrong with Kitchen Aid products!

This is an amazing product! Seriously perfect for a cold brew coffee drinker. KitchenAid deserves major props for this one.

Works great and my wife loves it!

I knew this was too good to be true. Product claims stainless steel and glass, yet fails to mention the drain is made of plastic. And the worst kind of plastic which is black plastic. I love how the instructions mention the parts that are made of glass and stainless steel, but says nothing of what the tubing and the drain are made off. Really wanted to like this product, but I’ll stick with my final press and make cold brew by the cup. Instant return for me.

Honestly bro, to say that we are coffee people would be an understatement. For the longest time though, we thought there was no better cold brew than the one from our local coffee shop - boy were we wrong. We'd tried several other cold brew coffee "makers" and the all had issues that significantly affected the taste of the coffee they produced, so we eventually went back to our rather expensive habit.A few weeks ago, we saw an ad for this KitchenAid cold brew coffee maker and decided to get back into the fray of at-home coffee making. Right off the bat, this cold brew coffee maker is sturdy and well-built - at least on the outside. The glass is quite heavy duty so it can withstand the occasional bump, and the brushed stainless steel details make it really nice to look at. But, where this baby really shines is in the product that results.What you really pay for when you buy cold brew coffee makers like this one is the coffee filter itself. The better the quality of the "mesh," the better tasting your coffee will be. With previous items, we've had to add an additional filtration step using cheesecloth to get some of the grinds out of the coffee, but with this KitchenAid, the holes in the metal coffee filter are so small, that very little filters out into the actual coffee liquid. The result is, in our opinion, some of the best cold brew coffee outside of any coffee shop.Sure, the price tag is a little high (we got ours when it was on sale, so it cost around $90), but with a 28oz carafe, this is enough quality coffee to replace 6 coffees from the coffee shop each week. If you do the math, you're saving $25-30 bucks a week and can make about 6 weeks worth of coffee from a single bag of ground coffee, so this baby really can pay for itself in 1-2 months.The biggest drawbacks, and they are minimal, would be that for us, the 28oz version is a little small (but the 48oz version was over $150 and we couldn't justify spending that much), in addition, the mesh filter itself is quite delicate, so you have to be very careful when washing, drying, and storing it.Overall though, again for us, this has so far been worth the price. We are starting week 3 today and so far, have really enjoyed the flavor of the coffee our KitchenAid makes, the look of the item itself, and the fact that we haven't gone out for coffee for two weeks.

Four stars because the first product I got LEAKED EVERYWHERE. Just constantly dripped. However the customer service was AWESOME through Kitchenaid and I a replacement one no problem! The new one doesn’t leave at all super pleased

My daughter loves this thing. She uses it for iced coffee all summer. It also works great for hot drinks in the winter. So glad I got it for her. Best gift ever!