@yakkoTDI Because everyone’s definition of “regular sized cup” is different. For example, mine would be 16 oz (473.2 ml). For other people it’s half that or smaller.
@acer@ColeSloth-i have to say, if you tend to Forget To Clean The Carafe For A Few Days, or even one day then ya likely shouldn’t make your own cold brew & leave the job to grown ups!!
I got a couple of these a while back. I think they actually work better for making ‘sun’ tea, by using them with a couple of big tablespoons of Assam tea and room temperature water.
@user31820230 I love mine for iced coffee. So much that I have a spare in case one breaks, one at my house, and one at work. Totally takes more like 45+ minutes to work, though. I’ll usually just have my morning coffee, then spin this up and leave it go until after lunch to have an iced coffee.
@ColeSloth I think I originally got the two-pack from Meh, used one, and found it to be great. Most days, I brew green or white tea, but when it’s hot out and I want cold tea, this is an easy way to do it.
I gave away the second one and then regretted it, so I happened to catch it on sale at a chain discount store for $5, so I bought a spare in case the original craps out or I break the carafe or something.
I’ve been using one of these for like a year now. I love it. It works and it’s pretty quiet. The less than 30 minutes is kind of BS. I let mine run for 45 minutes or more.
I bought 2 more during the meh-ra-thon a couple weeks ago just so I’d now have a spare if I break mine or it breaks itself, and to have one to leave up at work.
Pro tip: If you forget to empty out the used grounds and rinse it out for several days, you’re going to have a bad time. Don’t do that.
PS: How many truckloads of these did meh buy!? They just keep coming. It’s like the little quadcopters for $5 they kept having like a decade ago.
@ColeSloth There a chain discount store around us (not sure how pervasive it is, so I won’t mention the name) and each time I pop into one of them, they have a wide swath of shelf filled with these. I assume Presto abandoned them or changed some name/package/something and we’re all the beneficiaries
@PAKOPAKO Posted this a while back and it def creates a great tornado!
"theoretically speaking, you can use a plastic 32oz. takeout container too. The paddle enclosure (it’s a cup with a rubberized rim) fits all the way down, close enough the magnets in the motor can reach.
Because the takeout container tapers, the “French press” attachment might not work. (Bad for coffee, probably good for egg nog.)"
All the coffee drinkers in my life want their coffee hot. I don’t like coffee but when I drink it I don’t mind it cold.
I don’t know. Meh should check their warehouse for an ice cream machine that no one sells anymore. I’d buy that.
@AaronLeeJohnson there was an ice cream machine last year. The good kind with the compressor freezer. It’s still in a box in my entryway. Guess I should try it before 30-day warranty runs out… last year.
@AaronLeeJohnson I’m a big advocate for Cold Brew, since it contains 1/3 the acid of regular coffee, by not heating the grounds. Therefore, it tastes better and it’s MUCH easier on the stomach for those with GERD. And Cold Brew coffee is NOT “iced coffee,” which is just regular coffee over ice. COLD BREW COFFEE CAN BE HEATED UP. It will still taste better and still not annoy GERD sufferers, as long as the grounds aren’t heated up.
@AaronLeeJohnson@pmarin
Same! Except mine is in the back staircase, and bought TWO YEARS AGO. It’s unopened, unused, and most definitely un in it’s 30 day warranty! Sure hope that bad boy still works! Unlike the $700 cushion I just got last week but THAT’S another story for another thread! Heading over to blame the goat!
At first quick glance I thought these were yet more lanterns. I guess coffee makers light up some people’s lives though (I hate coffee) so I guess I was close?
These are stupid cheap, free shipping with my vmp, but can’t for the life of me think of what I’d use it for since I don’t really drink iced coffee or tea.
I’ll probably end up buying some…
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@chienfou Cold brew is NOT iced coffee. It is just brewed without heat. You can always put it in a mug and toss it in the microwave for a minute or two. As long as the coffee grounds aren’t heated up, the coffee will have 1/3 the acid content, making it taste much better and avoiding GERD symptoms.
@chienfou@dave@dred@yakkoTDI
Ohh… wow! I wonder if THAT’S where my troubles lie… I’ve NEVER been able to get /showme to work and I bet the S was always capitalized!
I’m going big, I have high hopes here…
*Deleted for try #2. I remember seeing that the showme feature doesn’t work if you edit, therefore, delete and reposted. Here we go, let’s see…
/showme a lower case s on a cold brew coffee pot sitting on a hill overlooking a golf course with a beautiful beautiful sunset.
@Lynnerizer
If you’re like me your keyboard defaults to a capital as the first letter. Never pay any attention since generally by the time I type one or two of the letters The prompt comes up and I click on it. The image thing is a weird deal though…
@chienfou
YES! And isn’t that word suggestion feature great! It makes everything so much easier to text and it’s learned my speech so well that out of the 3 predictions more than 50% of the time I don’t even have to type in the first two letters, what I was thinking was predicted! (Hmmm, I’m not sure if THAT’S always such a good thing but it works well when texting! ) Usually I’ll only have to go back and add/change a suffix.
@Kyeh@mediocrebot
Well, seeing it’s the first time it’s ever even worked for me, (meaning produced any picture at all) I’m not complaining about ANYTHING!
@chienfou I use it to froth my tea and milk; probably could keep it going with some ice, sugar, and lemon powder to have a perpetual fountain lemonade going.
I’m a big advocate for Cold Brew, since it contains 1/3 the acid of regular coffee, by not heating the grounds. Therefore, it tastes better and it’s MUCH easier on the stomach for those with GERD. And Cold Brew coffee is NOT “iced coffee,” which is just regular coffee over ice. COLD BREW COFFEE CAN BE HEATED UP. It will still taste better and still not annoy GERD sufferers, as long as the grounds aren’t heated up.
@HankB33 I use a gallon jar without any spigot (source of leaks) and a big cylindrical metal screen insert that holds the grounds. I use about 4.25 cups of grounds (half Dunkin Donuts, half better stuff) and leave it in for 3 days or so (the screen is really tight), and swirl it around once or twice a day. That makes a concentrate I can use for well over a week, and the caffeine leaves my face buzzing. Not as low acid that way, but still way lower than brewed.
I’m a bit tepid about glass carafes in things like this. I had one and only got to use it for a year or two before it broke from what I have to assume is thermal pressure. I didn’t drop it or anything like that.
I won’t claim the glass was super thick or fancy in any other way, but the glass here probably isn’t either.
@clawfrank thermal pressure in something that stays cold with cold water put in it that never heats up can’t cause you any problems. If one of these tornadoes breaks its because you hit it with something.
@clawfrank
Wow! If you are concerned about a $6 carafe lasting for less than “a year or two”… I’d have to say your life must be filled with fear. I could possibly see it if you paid big bucks for it… But if a $6 item lasted for a few years it’s an excellent buy.
@spirit299 Yeah it’s also some future garbage that probably won’t be recycled. And the one that broke was probably more like $20, versus another $20 metal french press that is still going.
@clawfrank
Shame on you for not planning on recycling broken glass! When I mentioned $6, it was about your fear of this $6 Meh item breaking, NOT your previous item.
@clawfrank@spirit299
One: commercial grade glass is recyclable whereas household glass may not be
Two: as a replacement, you can use a plastic carafe - the quart sized soup containers ubiquitous at Chinese restaurants (or a 32oz yogurt container) fits the spinning cup.
I got it just on the price and used it a few times, I do think the coffee is better then the ninja brewer I have taste wise and almost takes the same amount of time. Easy to use and clean.
Specs
Product: 2-Pack: Presto Dorothy Rapid Cold Brewer
Model: 02937
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$29.98 (for 2) at Amazon
MSRP $100 (for 2) at Presto
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Friday, Aug 8 - Monday, Aug 11
Next week: 2 for $9
Why not sell one that can make a regular sized cup of coffee?
@yakkoTDI Because everyone’s definition of “regular sized cup” is different. For example, mine would be 16 oz (473.2 ml). For other people it’s half that or smaller.
@marvelljones But this one only makes a half cup.
@marvelljones @yakkoTDI It make 2 3/4 cups. 22 ounces.
@marvelljones @suckrpnch So half a normal cup.
@yakkoTDI
These work great for making yeast starters if you’re a homebrewer!
@acer If you forget to empty the wet grounds out of it and leave it for a few days it makes for an unwanted yeast starter.
@acer @ColeSloth-i have to say, if you tend to Forget To Clean The Carafe For A Few Days, or even one day then ya likely shouldn’t make your own cold brew & leave the job to grown ups!!
@acer … How? I’m thinking for a kombucha, but those don’t prefer agitation; for a bread starter, wouldn’t it be too viscous to spin?
“AI” Garbage.
@DrunkCat I think we might need a downvote button
@DrunkCat @troy how about an ignore user button? I’d use that
@dpease @troy then how will “AI” losers be able to scrape my posts for their global warming accelerators?
@DrunkCat How do you stay so creative with your writing?
@DrunkCat Amelie is an A+ movie, but I don’t need this junk
@dpease @DrunkCat @troy
You guys brought out MY UGLY! 🫣
I WAS going to add my two cents about deleting him altogether, then I actually started feeling bad.
Is DrunkCat winning me over…
NAHHHH, I just don’t have it in me… not today anyway! 
/Showme the happy fun loving gang ignoring the drunk cat.
Aunty Em! Aunty Em!
@MrGoodGuy
/youtube Airplane! It’s a twister
I got a couple of these a while back. I think they actually work better for making ‘sun’ tea, by using them with a couple of big tablespoons of Assam tea and room temperature water.
@user31820230 I love mine for iced coffee. So much that I have a spare in case one breaks, one at my house, and one at work. Totally takes more like 45+ minutes to work, though. I’ll usually just have my morning coffee, then spin this up and leave it go until after lunch to have an iced coffee.
@ColeSloth I think I originally got the two-pack from Meh, used one, and found it to be great. Most days, I brew green or white tea, but when it’s hot out and I want cold tea, this is an easy way to do it.
I gave away the second one and then regretted it, so I happened to catch it on sale at a chain discount store for $5, so I bought a spare in case the original craps out or I break the carafe or something.
I’ve been using one of these for like a year now. I love it. It works and it’s pretty quiet. The less than 30 minutes is kind of BS. I let mine run for 45 minutes or more.
I bought 2 more during the meh-ra-thon a couple weeks ago just so I’d now have a spare if I break mine or it breaks itself, and to have one to leave up at work.
Pro tip: If you forget to empty out the used grounds and rinse it out for several days, you’re going to have a bad time. Don’t do that.
PS: How many truckloads of these did meh buy!? They just keep coming. It’s like the little quadcopters for $5 they kept having like a decade ago.
@ColeSloth There a chain discount store around us (not sure how pervasive it is, so I won’t mention the name) and each time I pop into one of them, they have a wide swath of shelf filled with these. I assume Presto abandoned them or changed some name/package/something and we’re all the beneficiaries
I have one from the first time they were offered here. It works pretty well, considering tornadoes suck.
/showme a tornado sucking coffee.
@mediocrebot Solid upgrade to the tempest in a teacup.
@PAKOPAKO Posted this a while back and it def creates a great tornado!
"theoretically speaking, you can use a plastic 32oz. takeout container too. The paddle enclosure (it’s a cup with a rubberized rim) fits all the way down, close enough the magnets in the motor can reach.
Because the takeout container tapers, the “French press” attachment might not work. (Bad for coffee, probably good for egg nog.)"
@fjp999 Oooh, thanks for that hack! Awesome
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
All the coffee drinkers in my life want their coffee hot. I don’t like coffee but when I drink it I don’t mind it cold.
I don’t know. Meh should check their warehouse for an ice cream machine that no one sells anymore. I’d buy that.
@AaronLeeJohnson there was an ice cream machine last year. The good kind with the compressor freezer. It’s still in a box in my entryway. Guess I should try it before 30-day warranty runs out… last year.
@AaronLeeJohnson I’m a big advocate for Cold Brew, since it contains 1/3 the acid of regular coffee, by not heating the grounds. Therefore, it tastes better and it’s MUCH easier on the stomach for those with GERD. And Cold Brew coffee is NOT “iced coffee,” which is just regular coffee over ice. COLD BREW COFFEE CAN BE HEATED UP. It will still taste better and still not annoy GERD sufferers, as long as the grounds aren’t heated up.
@AaronLeeJohnson @pmarin
Sure hope that bad boy still works! Unlike the $700 cushion I just got last week but THAT’S another story for another thread! 
Heading over to blame the goat! 
Same! Except mine is in the back staircase, and bought TWO YEARS AGO. It’s unopened, unused, and most definitely un in it’s 30 day warranty!
At first quick glance I thought these were yet more lanterns. I guess coffee makers light up some people’s lives though (I hate coffee) so I guess I was close?
These are stupid cheap, free shipping with my vmp, but can’t for the life of me think of what I’d use it for since I don’t really drink iced coffee or tea.
I’ll probably end up buying some…
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@chienfou Thank you for helping define our business model.
@chienfou Cold brew is NOT iced coffee. It is just brewed without heat. You can always put it in a mug and toss it in the microwave for a minute or two. As long as the coffee grounds aren’t heated up, the coffee will have 1/3 the acid content, making it taste much better and avoiding GERD symptoms.
@dred
Dammit!
@dred @dave
/image photogenic-incognito-curtain
Not sure why my slash image function isn’t working…
@dave @dred
/Showme photogenic-incognito-curtain
@chienfou @dave @dred
It gets strange when the image comes from Instagram or any page that wants you to log in.
I believe the showme needs to be lower case.
/showme photogenic-incognito-curtain
@chienfou @dave @dred @yakkoTDI
I wonder if THAT’S where my troubles lie… I’ve NEVER been able to get /showme to work and I bet the S was always capitalized! 
Ohh… wow!
I’m going big, I have high hopes here…
*Deleted for try #2. I remember seeing that the showme feature doesn’t work if you edit, therefore, delete and reposted.
Here we go, let’s see… 
/showme a lower case s on a cold brew coffee pot sitting on a hill overlooking a golf course with a beautiful beautiful sunset.
@mediocrebot
My very first showme, I’m so proud!
@Lynnerizer @mediocrebot It certainly followed your instructions to the letter! (Haha, the letter “S.”)
@Lynnerizer Glad I could help. Use your new powers wisely.
@Lynnerizer
Score!
@Lynnerizer
/showme photogenic-incognito-curtain
Fail again!
@mediocrebot
Ok. So NOW it shows up…, with a repeat…!
@Lynnerizer
If you’re like me your keyboard defaults to a capital as the first letter. Never pay any attention since generally by the time I type one or two of the letters The prompt comes up and I click on it. The image thing is a weird deal though…
@chienfou
(Hmmm, 
I’m not sure if THAT’S always such a good thing but it works well when texting! 
) Usually I’ll only have to go back and add/change a suffix. 
YES! And isn’t that word suggestion feature great! It makes everything so much easier to text and it’s learned my speech so well that out of the 3 predictions more than 50% of the time I don’t even have to type in the first two letters, what I was thinking was predicted!
…it’s always the little things…
@Kyeh @mediocrebot
Well, seeing it’s the first time it’s ever even worked for me, (meaning produced any picture at all) I’m not complaining about ANYTHING!
@chienfou I use it to froth my tea and milk; probably could keep it going with some ice, sugar, and lemon powder to have a perpetual fountain lemonade going.
It may not make a margarita, but have you considered an espresso martini?
Bought one a few months back at Ollie’s for $5. It works pretty well honestly.
I would not recommend
I’m a big advocate for Cold Brew, since it contains 1/3 the acid of regular coffee, by not heating the grounds. Therefore, it tastes better and it’s MUCH easier on the stomach for those with GERD. And Cold Brew coffee is NOT “iced coffee,” which is just regular coffee over ice. COLD BREW COFFEE CAN BE HEATED UP. It will still taste better and still not annoy GERD sufferers, as long as the grounds aren’t heated up.
@dred I was on a cold brew kick for a bit. I liked it, but not really more or less than my drip pot. I generally warmed it a bit before drinking.
It seemed like it required more coffee to maintain the same residual caffeine level.
NB: I used a 2 QT glass jar to brew so I didn’t lose any money sunk into a cold brewer apparatus.
@HankB33 I use a gallon jar without any spigot (source of leaks) and a big cylindrical metal screen insert that holds the grounds. I use about 4.25 cups of grounds (half Dunkin Donuts, half better stuff) and leave it in for 3 days or so (the screen is really tight), and swirl it around once or twice a day. That makes a concentrate I can use for well over a week, and the caffeine leaves my face buzzing. Not as low acid that way, but still way lower than brewed.
@dred > 3 days or so
Maybe that’s what was getting me less yield. I never went that long. I should try that.
I’m a bit tepid about glass carafes in things like this. I had one and only got to use it for a year or two before it broke from what I have to assume is thermal pressure. I didn’t drop it or anything like that.
I won’t claim the glass was super thick or fancy in any other way, but the glass here probably isn’t either.
Probably skipping this even though I’m tempted.
@clawfrank Just one of the reasons why we’re selling two! Either make double the amount of cold brew, or keep one as a back up
@clawfrank thermal pressure in something that stays cold with cold water put in it that never heats up can’t cause you any problems. If one of these tornadoes breaks its because you hit it with something.
@ColeSloth Good point.
@clawfrank
Wow! If you are concerned about a $6 carafe lasting for less than “a year or two”… I’d have to say your life must be filled with fear. I could possibly see it if you paid big bucks for it… But if a $6 item lasted for a few years it’s an excellent buy.
@spirit299 Yeah it’s also some future garbage that probably won’t be recycled. And the one that broke was probably more like $20, versus another $20 metal french press that is still going.
@clawfrank
Shame on you for not planning on recycling broken glass! When I mentioned $6, it was about your fear of this $6 Meh item breaking, NOT your previous item.
@clawfrank @spirit299
One: commercial grade glass is recyclable whereas household glass may not be
Two: as a replacement, you can use a plastic carafe - the quart sized soup containers ubiquitous at Chinese restaurants (or a 32oz yogurt container) fits the spinning cup.
Nice I can’t believe my comment made the meh page. Can someone confirm that this new found fame comes with a free IRK?
@mehrrychristmas
BWAHAHAHAHA…
Nuff said?
@Lynnerizer I’m still hopeful lol.
@mehrrychristmas
Yes, I agree, no matter how funny I may find it I’d never want anyone to give up hope!
These are pretty cheap stir plates for homebrewing… Just saying. Pretty good for get yeast started…
I have one already. Like it enough I’ll take another one for work. And one for a backup. Better to be prepared than without caffeine in my world
/showme alcoholic-enormous-drink
I badly wanted magnetic stirrers in a home kitchen but now I can’t remember why!
Thank you for 2. Now both my children can get the next cup ready for both of us.
Thank you
Holy shit… Guess what was sitting on my porch when I opened the door a minute ago.
/giphy mind blown
Mine were delivered today, and gave it a whirl. Makes good cold brew! One of my better $12 expenditures, my Meh!
@robson
ISWYDT…
I got it just on the price and used it a few times, I do think the coffee is better then the ninja brewer I have taste wise and almost takes the same amount of time. Easy to use and clean.
Had one, loved it! Tumblers fell out of the cabinet and broke it!! This two-for is good cuz I’m clumsy!!