Hario Mizudashi - Cold Brew Coffee Pot Brown - 1000 ml

Cold brew without a machine

Mizudashi is Hario’s cold brew jug: a 1000 ml glass carafe from the Japanese glassware maker, with a lid and a tall permanent filter that hangs down the middle. The coffee is brewed with cold water and time instead of heat, which is what makes cold brew taste rounder and less sharp than hot coffee that has been left to go cold.

Making a jug

For a full 1000 ml of cold brew, measure 80 g of coffee into the filter — ground coarse, as you would for a cafetière — and pour 1150 ml of cold water over it slowly, in a circular motion, so every bit of the grounds is wetted. Put the lid on, give the pot a gentle shake and leave it in the fridge for 8 to 12 hours. Lift the filter out when the time is up and it is ready to pour, over ice or with a dash of milk.

The pot itself

The glass is made to handle both heat and cold, so it goes from a hot wash straight back into the fridge. The filter is permanent: a fine mesh you rinse and reuse, with no papers to buy and nothing to throw away but the grounds. It works just as well with loose-leaf tea, so the same jug does cold-brewed tea through the summer.

Good to know

• Capacity: 1000 ml of cold brew
• Dose: 80 g of coffee to 1150 ml of cold water
• Brewing time: 8 to 12 hours in the fridge
• Heat- and cold-resistant glass
• Permanent mesh filter, no paper filters needed
• Also suitable for loose-leaf tea
• Colour: brown