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The Cold Bruer Coffee System

09.25.13
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Santa Cruz, California-based industrial designers Gabe Herz and Andy Clark love nothing more than brewing and drinking delicious coffee. Their passion for the elixir itself and the ritual of making it inspired them to start their very own company, Bruer. Their first product, the Cold Bruer has only been sitting pretty on Kickstarter for two weeks and has already met its $30,000 pledge goal three times over.

Bruer_Trio

The Cold Bruer is a coffee brewing system that uses slow, cold drips of water to make fresh coffee that can last up to weeks at a time. Cold brewed coffee actually has a more full flavor and is less acidic and bitter than hot brewed coffee. So while the young design duo isn’t the first to craft a cold drip coffee system, they are the first to make it more affordable, user-friendly, and just plain cool!

Tower

Here’s how it works: Pour ground coffee into the brewing chamber with the filter, pour cold water into the Tower, select the drip rate, and sit back and let the Cold Bruer work its magic. Depending on the drip rate you choose, it can take anywhere from 3 to 12 hours to make, but what you will get in return is a smooth coffee that uses no electricity (or noise) to make.

Tower detail

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The Cold Bruer is made from blown borosilicate glass along with, blue food-grade silicone plugs, and a stainless steel drip valve. The obvious (and figurative!) transparency of the compact design allows you to see exactly how simple it can really be to make good coffee. “You can see the water dripping, the coffee grounds saturating and expanding, and the brewed coffee slowly building in the lower chamber. Showcasing this visual process was one of our major goals for Cold Bruer,” says Andy Clark, half of the genius behind the Cold Bruer.

An early prototype of the Cold Bruer.

An early prototype of the Cold Bruer.

The Kickstarter campaign will run through October 10th. If you pledge 50 bucks, you’ll get the complete brewing system. If you snooze though, you’ll just be pre-ordering for more loot.

The final Cold Bruer design.

The final Cold Bruer design.

Grab it while it’s hot!

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Kyle Troutman has always been intrigued by fashion, design, auto and tech. So, instead of becoming a designer, editing and following trends became his passion.
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  • Benjamin on 09.25.2013 at 19:16 PM

    The problem with this cold drip system is you have coffee sitting in the bottom for hours without contact with the actuall grinds to get the full flavor. That is why using a regular french press for cold brewing is MUCH better! Fill pot with coffee grounds, put water, mix and stir, put press lid and slightly push down, wait 8 hours (put in fridge), then press down. No need for such a new fangled “cold brewing system.”

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    • Andy on 09.26.2013 at 02:01 AM

      French press method actually produces a cold brew extract with a flatter flavor than the slow drip method. With full immersion (french press method) because of the sediment in the coffee you get a muted flavor (its also easier for full immersion to oxidize and turn rancid) . Slow drip method produces a full flavor, that lets you taste more of the origin flavors. French Press method definitely works, the method you chose just depends on the quality you want.

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