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Does an immersion brewing machine exist? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by psilotop@lemmy.world to c/coffee@lemmy.world

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My family and I drink pretty much every style of coffee regularly, but the favorite by far is iced coffee brewed hot into ice using a Hario switch. (James Hoffman's recipe that includes the ice in the recipe). It tastes the best to everyone and it can be made cold in less than 10 minutes (unlike cold brew, which has to be made ahead of time).

The problem I have now is that everyone enjoys it so much that I make a minimum of 6x 500ml batches per week and it's just labor intensive. All I really need is a machine that does immersion brewing and lets me set a "steep time" after pre infusion. I love my regular coffee machine but it has no mechanism to hold the water in.

Does such a thing exist? I can't find anything that is not manual. I've tried a larger French press with a paper filter but that gets messy quickly. Any suggestions?

Thanks ☕

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[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just use a standard basket filter in my french press and just press down slowly so the paper doesn’t tear. Got a 100 pack at the dollar store. It’s not as good as pour over but for a “lazy” coffee it’s pretty great still. Weirdly enough, doing a french press normally and then pouring through a paper filter into a cup or decanter makes it taste way worse than putting the paper filter against the mesh filter. No idea why, but it’s a huge difference. James Hoffmann said in a video it made it a lot more bitter, and my wife thought he was just being pretentious so we tried it. It was actually undrinkably bad. But with the paper filter pressed up against the mesh, it turned out beautifully.

[–] psilotop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I thought it was in my head but I agree that it tastes worse.

So you wrap the paper around the mesh? That's interesting, I never thought of that

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, pretty much. Like this:

I’m not sure where I originally found the idea, but it works well. Give it a try and see what you think. I think Coffee Chronicler on YouTube mentioned it before, maybe that’s where I found out about it. But he used a cone filter which I found doesn’t work well at all. Grab yourself some basket filters like what’s in the above picture, it makes a big difference.

[–] psilotop@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nice! I'll give it a try. I have basket filters already 😁

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Let me know what you think! I’m a big fan personally. I hope you also enjoy it.