The OXO Cold Brew Coffee Maker has a well-designed perforated lid that distributes water evenly and allows fresh coffee to bloom.
Allowing your coffee to bloom for half a minute, depending on how fresh the roast is, will improve its flavor.
Cold brew coffee makers often look like they're made out of cheap plastic. This coffee maker has a nice looking design and glass parts, which will make it fit in with most kitchen appliances.
Most cold brew coffee makers have to drain fully before you can pour coffee, which can take well over a day. Trying to remove the carafe before then will cause the coffee to spill. This coffee maker has a switch that allows you to start or stop draining coffee. It also has volume markings to let you know when there's enough coffee for a single cup.
The carafe's footprint is too large, which makes it hard to fit in most fridge doors. You have to store it on one of the main shelves, but it can be a tight fit in smaller fridges where you don't have as much space between shelves.
This coffee maker produces a lot of static electricity, causing residue to easily stick to its parts. You'll have to clean it often so the residue doesn't start affecting the flavor of your coffee. It's not dishwasher safe either, so you'll have to do it by hand.
This cold brew coffee maker has a larger capacity than most others, allowing you to make more coffee concentrate for later use, which means you won't need to brew coffee as often.
This cold brew coffee maker uses large paper filters. These can't be bought in stores and can only be ordered online, causing you to spend extra on shipping costs.
This coffee maker has a narrow carafe and is not as stable as some others, making it more likely to be knocked over and potentially spill your coffee concentrate.
The Takeya Cold Brew Iced Coffee Maker isn't as fragile as most others. It's sturdily built using thick plastic parts, allowing it to survive moderate impacts and falls from the counter.
This cold brew coffee maker has no measurement markings, so it can be tricky to get the proportions right. If you use too much water and too little coffee, the brew will be too weak. If you have too much coffee and too little water, some of the coffee will get wasted because no water will reach it.