Choosing your equipment
Cold-brew equipment includes immersion systems and slow-drip towers, two methods with different preparation routines. This collection currently features Yama cold-drip towers in different sizes. Compare serving volume, available height, filter requirements and the amount of attention you want to give each batch before choosing.
Buying guide & FAQs
Cold Brew Coffee Makers, Toddy & Ice Drip Brewers buying guide
Understand immersion versus ice drip
Immersion cold brew steeps ground coffee in water before filtration. A cold-drip or ice-drip tower meters water through a bed of coffee into a lower vessel. The methods differ in equipment, preparation and flavor development; a tower is not simply a larger immersion container.
Size the batch by actual beverage volume
Compare the listed vessel volume and recommended coffee dose rather than relying only on a cup-count label. Decide whether you want a ready-to-drink recipe or a concentrate that will be diluted. Leave room for recipe experimentation and consider how much you will realistically serve while fresh.
Check tower clearance and handling
A drip tower needs a stable, level surface and enough vertical clearance to fill and remove its components. Consider how you will carry and clean the glass vessels and where the equipment will live between batches. Match filters and replacement glass to the exact tower model.
Make the recipe repeatable
Record coffee mass, water mass, grind setting and preparation time. On a drip tower, check flow during the batch because it can change as the water level changes. Keep finished coffee refrigerated in a clean, covered container and use an appropriate food-handling process for your setting.
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Cold Brew Coffee Makers, Toddy & Ice Drip Brewers FAQs
Cold Brew Coffee Makers, Toddy & Ice Drip Brewers FAQs
Is a Yama tower the same as a Toddy brewer?
No. Yama towers shown here use a slow-drip format; Toddy-style systems use immersion. Check the product listing for the actual brand, method and included components.
Does cold brew have to be made with ice?
No. Immersion cold brew does not require ice. For an ice-drip tower, follow the model’s instructions for the water and ice arrangement and desired flow.
Should I use a very coarse grind?
Use the brewer’s suggested starting range, then adjust for flow and taste. The best setting depends on the method, filter and coffee rather than a universal cold-brew grind.
How long does a cold-brew batch take?
Time depends on the method, recipe and equipment. Use the brewer’s instructions as the starting point and record your result instead of treating one duration as correct for every system.
Can I serve cold brew in a café?
Yes, with equipment and a food-handling plan suited to the operation. Confirm cleaning, refrigeration, batch tracking and local requirements before choosing a commercial production process.
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Amazing grinder. beautiful in every way, very powerful and does exactly what its intended for. very happy with this purchase
Si Bissell
Turin DF64 Gen 2.7 Single Dose Coffee Grinder
Absolutely gorgeous machine, and so easy to plug and play. Was very surprised and extremely pleased to receive a flawless unit even as an open box. Thank you so much!
Claire
OPEN BOX Turin™ Legato™ Espresso Machine v2
Great website and fast delivery on the DF54
Great website and fast delivery on the DF54. Love the new machine, thank you!
Anonymous
Turin DF54 v4.1 Single Dose Flat Burr Grinder
Love it! No regrets!
I ordered a grinder and truly love it! No regrets at all. I look forward to using it every day!
Nicole P.
Turin DF54 v4.1 Single Dose Flat Burr Grinder
A Fantastic Burr Grinder
I did a lot of research before I purchased this burr grinder and I am extremely impressed and happy with it!
Patty K
Turin DF54 v4.1 Single Dose Flat Burr Grinder
This is a serious improvement on the original DF 83
This is a serious improvement on the original DF 83.
David Grant
Turin DF83V v3 Variable Speed Coffee / Espresso Grinder
Mint Condition open box grinder !
I purchased an open-box Turin SK40, and I was extremely impressed when it arrived in what appeared to be brand-new condition. The grinder is solid, substantial, modern-looking, and surprisingly quiet. It grinds beautifully and has exceeded my expectations.
I’m very impressed with both the grinder and my overall experience with Espresso Outlet LLC. As a new customer, I couldn’t be happier with the great pricing, fast shipping, and responsive customer service. I’ll definitely be purchasing my coffee equipment and supplies from them in the future.
Thank you, Espresso Outlet LLC, for a great experience!
John Ricardo
OPEN BOX Turin™ SK40™ Single Dose Stepless Grinder
Turin Axis makes superior espresso than pump machines
I have recently entered the world of “fully manual espresso”, with the Turin Axis and the Weber HG-2 Mk2 manual grinder. Going manual has significantly improved the espresso I make and has almost eliminated “throw away shots” while dialing in grind size. My modded flow control Breville Dual Boiler has become an expensive milk steamer. Why? It’s all because manual espresso respects the coffee puck and allows it to determine how best to extract coffee goodness from it. The Turin Axis is the perfect manual lever machine for this.
The Turin Axis' quality is excellent. One can feel it in its sturdy construction and the way its moving parts operate seamlessly and smoothly. The Axis’ frame is made with “blackened” aluminum (anodized?) which offers a very sturdy platform to work with.
The Axis’ brew assembly is made entirely of stainless steel so hot brew water and coffee acids, never touch the aluminum. This is important as exposing aluminum to hot water/acids, could leach harmful minerals from it.
The stainless steel brew assembly also plays an important role in the Axis’ thermal stability. The Turin uses a PID controlled heating element to heat the stainless steel brew assembly to a targeted brew temperature. Stainless steel has lower heat conductivity. This helps maintain thermal stability, once the brew assembly reaches the targeted brew temperature. The brew assembly, including cold water in the reservoir, reaches thermal stability in around 10-15 minutes. The brew assembly is relatively small and includes the portafilter collar. Once the brew assembly is heated, the collar becomes too hot to touch, so there is almost no decrease of brew water temperature as it hits the coffee puck.
The best thing about the Axis is the manual control it offers the barista. The coffee puck/grind size determines the brew method. The Axis respects the coffee puck and allows it to determine how best to extract coffee goodness from it. Electronic pump machines do not respect grind size/coffee puck. These machines push out a consistent “static pump pressure”, regardless of grind size (resistance) and puck degradation. Because of this, grind size has to be dialed in to “accommodate” the machine’s static brew pressure.
The Turin Axis respects grind size and the coffee puck. The Axis allows the barista to manually control water’s contact time with the coffee puck in a way that will best extract its coffee goodness. The barista does this by manually controlling lever pressure to match the needs of the coffee puck/grind size. Since using the Turin Axis, I have not thrown out any shots while dialing in grind size. All shots have been acceptable at worst and excellent at best.
Want good espresso every time, without having to dial in? Controlling extraction manually is the only way to do this. Get the Turin Axis manual lever espresso machine!!
Mark Abe, Da Coffee Place
Turin Axis Lever Espresso Machine
Great machine and well built
Great machine and well built.
Anonymous
Kaleido M1 LITE 200g Coffee Roaster (Artisan System) - Black
One grinder for multiple roast levels and brew methods
The Milo successfully replaced four separate nice single dose grinders for a daily mix of filter and espresso coffees. In addition to saving space, using one grinder interface is much better than four. So far retention has been good. The burr set seems to be comparable to other quality grinders. The Milo integrates very well with the Lita. The Wendougee discord site quickly provided helpful answers to questions about both the Milo and the Lita. I haven’t disassembled the grinder to clean the burrs yet, but the procedure appears to be less convenient than for some other grinders but that may have been necessary to get the electronic burr adjustment.
Eric Kreyl
Wendougee Milo Play Coffee Grinder
Great upgrade
Easy to install. Works great! No issues. No clogging. Recommend the upgrade!
S Miller
DF54 Upgrade Kit
Great
Great
Ray
OPEN BOX Turin™ SK40™ Single Dose Stepless Grinder
Best price around and not so sure the box had been opened
Best price around and not so sure the box had been opened. Had a few operational questions after setting it up and really good response from Espresso Outlet. After a few weeks very pleased with the purchase.
Anonymous
OPEN BOX Eureka Mignon Libra 65 AP Grinder with Grind by Weight (Black)