Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have been using the Toddy for more than 2 years and here are some tips and tricks. 1. You don't have to use 16 oz of coffee to make great tasting cold brew. Fresh dark roast beans do make a difference. I tried pre-ground from a bag and it was so-so, pre-ground from a can had no taste at all. 2. Anything less than 12 oz will cause the lower glass container to overflow when you drain the upper plastic "brew" container. 3. Simply put in 12 to 16 oz of ground coffee like this: a. 2 cups water before you put in any coffee b. 6 - 8 oz ground coffee c. 3 cups water slowly all around the ground coffee d. 6 - 8 oz ground coffee e. fill slowly to the top making sure to cover all of the grounds. 4. No mater how much coffee you use, anything between 12 and 16 oz, you will almost always have to tap on the top of the grounds with a spoon. This cause the water to rise and soak the dry spots in the grounds. It is helpful to do your tapping before you fill the Toddy to the top. DO NOT STIR the grounds this will clog the filter. You can slowly lower a spoon into the grounds, with the flat of the spoon, and slowly pull up, but do not stir. 5. You can put in a regular industrial size coffee filter along with the regular Toddy sponge like filter to ease clean up, but it does create more compostable waste. Regular coffee filters are too small. 6. I used to reuse the grounds immediately, by putting the coffee solution in another container and then adding water to the already wet grounds, with the plug in of course. Then I waited 12 more hours and doubled my yield. I no longer do this because it made too much coffee and it just sat in the fridge for too long. 7. Let your coffee "steep" cold, of course, for more than 12 hours, say 14, 16, 18 hours, and the caffeine and oil content will increase for a more flavorful cup. After a couple of years, I started going for 24 hours and it makes it even more flavorful. 8. After cleaning up, wet the sponge filter and store it in a plastic food safe bag in the fridge. 9. Tell your family members what the filter is so that they don't throw it away thinking that it is a molding chunk of cheese ;0)