KitchenAid KCM4212SX Cold Brew Coffee Maker-Brushed Stainless Steel, 28 ounce

Obsessed with this cold brew machine!!! It’s so easy to clean and the cold brew it creates is out of this world. I experience no leakage at all. It’s very simple to use and provides me with abt 5 very large coffees each time. It is also small enough to fit in the fridge.

I've been with amazon for over 7 years now and have never written a review before; this product is so good that I just had too.I honestly picked this product because I have had an interest in cold brewing, love the Kitchen Aid brand, and loved the design of this product. It looks better in person than in these photos (something that almost never happens), and it feels very solid. You can tell this is just good quality once you open the box.It is a very simple process, fill the filter thingy up with 250g of coffee grounds (I just eyeballed it because they have a fill line to give you an idea of where you should stop pouring, in case [like me] you don't have a digital scale in your kitchen), coarse grounds are what you want to use, but I didn't have any in the house and just used my fine grounds. You let it brew in cold water in your refrigerator or on the counter in room temp (I went with cold water + the fridge) for 12 to 24 hours (the longer it brews the stronger/more bitter it will get); I went with 15 hours. Then you remove the filter thingy and you can begin drinking your coffee. I like it black, so I pour my cup (already filled with ice) a third of the way up with the coffee concentrate you brew from this cold brewer and the rest of the cup with water, stir and enjoy.It is easy to clean, looks great, holds a large amount of coffee in a small amount of space, and I love how nicely it fits on the shelf of the fridge, as if it was always meant to be there.If you are thinking about buying this, stop thinking about it and do it. This thing is the greatest thing for coffee lovers since the discovery of the bean.

We ordered a refurbished KitchenAid KCM4212SX for substantially less money and it recently arrived in perfect condition as far as I could tell. A rep from Amazon told some years ago that refurbished were still warranted by Amazon and often just the packaging was damaged. In this case, it was factory refurbished and was in excellent condition. As a retired mechanical engineer, I can truly appreciate the ergonomics that went into the design. It’s a tremendous design and simple to use. I will be making cold brew tea more often than not while my wife will undoubtably be making cold brew coffee. The concentrate ratio for tea leaves is substantially greater than the coffee ratio but both are significant. I completely took the unit apart today to clean it and get a better understanding of how the unit works. It shines with quality and weight and is easy to operate. Some thinking definitely went into its design. The plastic wrench doubles as a plastic nut to hold the drain and after that is removed along with the hose it has another wrench at its end to fit the plastic nut that holds the valve. The valve is sturdy and is also of high quality in my opinion. I’ve looked up the chemistry behind cold brewing and I do recommend that you do the same. The taste of cold brew is amazing if you have never had it before. I recommend that you use filtered water and heat the water enough to dissolve your sugar ahead of time so as to get it into solution. You can then throw in some ice that was made with the filtered water to cool it down. You would only do this if you knew exactly how your going to like it based on the ratios. As I recall, the concentrate coffee ratio is 3 to 1 and the tea leaves is 7 to 1. Once you get comfortable using the device, I think you will be keeping your concentrate readily available. The amounts are given by weight which can be estimated with the lines on the unit. We are fortunate to have a very nice high end scale. More and more I seem to be finding recipes that specify amounts by weight in grams. Again, once you have made a batch of one or the other, I think the lines will suffice.

Super easy to use and even easier to clean.Only dislike is that the instructions are unnecessarily difficult to follow lolBut once I figured out the correct amount to use when brewing, it was easy enough.Definitely worth it.I was hesitant over the price, BUT it’s extremely good quality. Thick glass, easy to wash, and looks great in the fridge.Easy to quickly fill a cup in the go with the spout on the front.This is one purchase that I am extremely happy with and glad I spent the money to get a good quality one.

I own the Oxo cold brew and needed to get another unit for a different location. Amazon had Oxo back ordered so I read reviews on the Kitchen Aide and bought it instead. Two major and one moderate problem. First, the unit is made so that the glass container with a spigot on it is supposed to sit on a refrigerator shelf for dispensing and must be located so that the spigot is on the edge of the shelf to fit a cup underneath it for pouring. First, the spigot leaks, drip drip drip. Even one drip of concentrated coffee in the fridge would be unacceptable due to odor and staining. This is not one drip. It is many. It is also not very functional to do your pouring with the refrigerator door open. Much better to have a sealed glass container holding the concentrate that you take out of the fridge and pour a measured amount in the sink or on the counter. Second, there are so many parts to clean and deal with. Third, the filtration is more like a French Press with grounds left in the bottom. The Oxo is not perfect. For example, I don’t like that the brewing container is plastic. But it is simple to use. If the valve drips (which it does not if you don’t over-tighten the o-ring) you can always have a container underneath it to catch anything during the brewing process. Filtration works much better than the kitchen aide and keeping the concentrate in the refrigerator is simple and straightforward either with the included glass container or your own jar. I returned the kitchen aide and will wait for the Oxo to be in stock.