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I genuinely can't recommend the Takeya Cold Brew Coffee Maker to anyone, it just doesn't work well at all. This product had one simple job to do, to make cold brewing coffee easier by removing the need to pour the brewed coffee through a filter, and it failed royally at this job. I followed the instructions provided with this brewer to the letter. I used my fancy Burr Grinder on the coarsest setting to achieve an even, coarse grind, just as the instructions recommend, and even with the grinds at the coarsest possible setting, the filter in this brewer let out so much sediment immediately that I contemplated not even finishing the first brew, dumping all the water and grounds out, and packaging the brewer up for return right then and there. I decided to stick with it, and see how the cold brew turned out anyway, and let me tell you what a waste of time that was. My standard plan for cold brewing is about 8 hours of room temperature steeping time, followed by 16 hours in the fridge. Before purchasing this, I made cold brew by just combining grounds and water in a bowl and then filtering them out. That, particularly the filtering, is an incredibly messy and time consuming process. I purchased this brewer to hopefully eliminate the need for filtering. The listing for this product touts the filter as being superb, making extra filtering unnecessary, I beg to differ. Immediately after gently submerging the coffee in the pitcher and screwing it in, the water in the pitcher looked like dirty river water because of all the sediment floating around in it, See photos. After the 24 hour brew had passed, I poured all the coffee through a filter, which is what I'd purchased this product specifically to avoid doing. There was a ton of sediment, more than I even imagined. Far more than I would consider acceptable. (See Photos) Again, I was using a Burr grinder on it's coarsest setting to get a very even grind. If you have a blade grinder or are using pre-ground coffee, this issue will be hundreds of times worse for you because the grind will either be uneven, or will be finer than you would like to use in this brewer. Even worse, the pitcher lid leaks all over the place when you pour the coffee. I was pouring it through a filter in to a large mixing bowl and got a good amount of coffee on the table, If you were trying to pour coffee in to a mug you would struggle to get 3/4ths of the coffee you poured out in to the mug. The pitcher was not over filled, both the lid and the cap were tightened fully, and the rubber seal that I guess is supposed to stop leaking (but doesn't) appeared to be intact. This is just poor design showing through. I will be looking in to a different cold brew maker, and sending this one back because it just doesn't work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Photos I've included. The first two photos show how much coffee grinds escape the filter and enter the water. The first is immediately after submerging the filter, the second is after about two minutes. The third photo shows how many grounds needed to be filtered out with filter paper.