Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Absolutely love this dang thing! My husband and I only drink cold coffee. We used to rely on a cold brew machine that pumped water over the grounds, and it took 45 minutes to produce 6 cups of coffee. Since my husband works 6 days a week, and drinks at least 32 oz a morning, it became daunting to spend an entire day to make 2 gallons to put into a pitcher in the fridge every couple of days. Now it takes me about 3 minutes to provide enough for a couple of days using this glass fridge jug. I'll let you a know a bit of a secret. It was a HUGE trial and error for me to figure out exactly how to use this...if yall already know this, then carry on.... 1).The filter in this will NOT support fine ground coffee (preground from most places). You need a course ground or whole bean. Other wise, you will get grit in your cup. There are things like tea bags you can use, but I found it a pain to have to order them since I live in a smallish town, and I couldn't find empty bags anywhere. Plus I wanted to save myself from another expense. 2). If you do use whole beans, it's an entire new world of art to get a decent strength of coffee from, and it took me like 3 days to obtain that. I may have done it wrong, but I was over with experiments by this time. 3). I priced coarse ground coffee, and it's more expensive than whole bean or fine ground. Ridiculous! So what I did was find that I can quick grind whole bean on my own (takes about 30 seconds) and I use 18oz of whole beans, grind them in a small food processor (this way I can do a lot at once and not a small amount), then scoop it into the filter, fill with cold water, and fridge it over night. It's ready by the early AM! Plus I would recommend only cleaning this with cold water, by hand (soap of course). It's glass and sits in a fridge most of its life. I read a lot of reviews that people's cracked easily, and I'm wondering if it was due to water temp differences. Mine hasn't cracked or faltered in anyway. Hope this helps!