11 Best Cold-Brew Coffee Makers You Can Buy (2025)

The Best Cold brew coffee makers are a little like kindergarten art teachers for coffee. Cold brew mostly requires a whole lot of patience—and really the point is to let the coffee just express itself. The result is a refreshing and low-acidity brew that’s gentle on both the stomach and the palate. The WIRED Reviews team has been testing cold brew makers for more than a decade. We've found the best cold-brew coffee makers aren’t necessarily the most high-tech. Rather, our favorite is often the device that best gets out of the way, granting cool-steeped coffee grounds the space to slowly release their natural sweetness and most delicate flavors—not to mention a bracing hit of caffeine. My top pick, the Oxo Compact Cold Brew Coffee Maker ($35), is a singularly elegant and efficient delivery system for cold brew, but it's also mostly a bucket with a filter and a carafe. But we've also kept up with the newest innovations in cold coffee, from a Cumulus machine (7/10, WIRED Review) that de ... Read full article.