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Has anyone ever had this before? $25 for two 32oz bottles of it. I'm pretty busy with school and work so I never have time to make coffee in the morning and I would prefer not to make my own because I don't own a coffee grinder.

Considering cold brew has more caffeine than an average cup of coffee, I would probably have 4oz a morning. Two bottles at 32oz would be 16 cups at about $1.50 per cup.


>tl;dr
Is this Seaworth Cold Brew Coffee good? Is it worth $25 for 64oz of it?

>> No.6973389

Probably not man but I wanna try it

>> No.6973391

The price isn't terrible all things considered but you really should make your own.

>> No.6973406

>>6973389
On their website it says it has 4x the amount of caffeine than a normal cup of coffee, so I wouldn't be having much at a time
>>6973391
I'm saving up for a decent burr grinder right now so I can grind my own beans. This just seems like something to try in the meantime until I can make my own fresh cold brew

>> No.6973610

>>6973382
>I'm pretty busy with school and work so I never have time to make coffee in the morning and I would prefer not to make my own because I don't own a coffee grinder.

then you're a goddamn idiot. you can make enough cold brew in advance through the weekend to last you the entire week. the only thing about it that takes time or effort is filtering out the grounds at the end of the process.

just go buy a fucking coffee grinder and start making your own. you'll start saving money pretty quickly over this premade brand shit, and if you get fresh and delicious beans, it'll taste much better.

>> No.6973617

>>6973406
cold brew is not hard or complex.
cold water with grounds in a french press.
stick it in your fridge overnight.
press out in the morning, you'll have a few days worth of cold brew right there.

>> No.6973621

>>6973610
You can make cold brew in a French press, then there's not even the step of filtering out grounds.

>> No.6973639

>>6973610
>>6973617
I don't have a press or a coffee grinder. I'm a broke college student. I told you I am saving up money to get a decent burr grinder. Fuck off. All I asked was if anyone had tried pic related and if it was good. I didn't ask for your opinion on anything else and I don't care

>> No.6973656

>>6973639
you're a goddamn twat who doesn't listen to good advice
You can get a workable french press for 10 bucks, and it's much more essential to the process of having good coffee than using a burr grinder at home.
buy whole bean, grind it at the store and use your french press at home.
You've now spent 15 bucks and gotten more coffee than you would for all 25 bucks you're trying to spend on this.

I thought you were trying to save money, not throw it away on internet hipster bottles.

>> No.6973688

>>6973656
I am listening to good advice. I told you I will get better coffee making equipment when I have the money. I am paying for my own education, I'm not exactly flush with cash. You're the one being the insufferable twat. I didn't ask for you to tell me what to do with my money. I asked you if you had tried Seaworth's Cold Brew Coffee, whether you thought it was good, and whether $25 for 64oz of it seemed like a good deal.

>> No.6973709

>Im a broke college student
>I dont have any time or money
>wahhh wahhh wahhh

jesus christ, fuck OFF. If you dont have time to put beans in a fucking jar with water, how do you have time to go to a store and buy shit? if you dont have money to buy beans and french press, how do you have money to buy expensive trash?

keep going to fucking college, sounds like you desperately need the education.

>> No.6973717

>>6973639
bro

Most (if not all) grocery stores have a section where you can grind your own beans. Many you can even select the grind, you want a french press grind if I remember correctly. You don't need a press either, just a large (prefferably plastic or glass) container.

I will even look up a recipe for you.

http://www.chowhound.com/recipes/basic-cold-brewed-coffee-30487

tl,dr:
Pour 3 1/2 cups cold water over 4 1/2 ounces of coffee grinds. Let steep 14 hours.

if using french press: now press down on plunger
if using any container without plunger: strain though colander or cheesecloth or whatever you want to remove the coffee grounds with.

boom.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/233721/cold-brewed-coffee/

this one calls for a 1/2 pound of coffee and 4 1/2 cups of cold water.

As you can see, customize it to what you want. Also, as a broke college student, most "fancy" places sweeten their coffee with sweetened condensed milk. I found an image of it for you, it should be in the canned goods aisle.

Hope that helps, you will be saving a great deal of money. If you look in a local market or just don't buy expensive ass starbucks coffee you can get it around $6 per pound, but I will humor you and go for a calculation based on $8 per pound. Once recipe calls for a half pound of coffee grounds and makes roughly 36 ounces of coffee. Therefore, one $8 bag of coffee will make 72 ounces of coffee total.

>> No.6973722

>>6973688
>doesn't have money for a jar and dairy cloth to make coffee
>better buy expensive premade coffee

$25 dollars for 8 glasses of cold-brew coffee is horrible when you realize that you can use the cheapest beans possible for cold-brew.

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>>6973717
forgot image

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>>6973709
This is why I hate coming to /ck/. Nobody wants to just answer the question at hand, everyone just wants to whine and bitch like little autists throwing a temper tantrum in a mall.

I don't feel like spending $50 on a burr grinder and another $10-30 for a French press right now. I would prefer to just buy this stuff for now to see if I even like cold brew coffee before buying decent coffee making equipment.

Again, I did not ask for your opinion on what to do with my money. I do not care. All I care about is if anyone here has tried the stuff and thinks it's good. Apparently you haven't, and you would rather shit post instead. I don't care if it is cheaper in the long run to make my own. I don't care if it is "easier". I don't care about whatever stupid namecalling you're going to respond to this post with.


All I asked is if you have tried it and think it's good. If you haven't, hide the thread, and kindly fuck off and shitpost somewhere else because your opinion is irrelevant to the thread.

>> No.6973729

>>6973717
Shit, I make an entire gallon once a week because my wife and I drink cold brew like crazy. Speaking of which, I need to go filter the batch I put on yesterday.

Personally, I do batches of 12 cups with 2 cups of beans ( measured pre-grind) a piece, then filter it through a sieve. I also let it brew for a full 24 hours.

>> No.6973732

>>6973722
The $25 is for 64oz of cold brew coffee. Considering it has 4x the caffeine of regular coffee, that is more like half a month or more worth of coffee.
>>6973717
My local grocery store doesn't have a bean grinding station. If I go to one that does, I will, and I will make my own. But that's not what I am asking here. For the 50th time, I would just like to know if anyone here has tried this stuff and if it is any good.

You guys get so fucking butthurt and frustrated with trying to dictate my finances instead of just answering my question.

>> No.6973734

>>6973709
this.
I'm a busy grad student, but I stil have time to do things normies complain about. Its usually the undergrads who arent used to the workload change and independence from highscho

>> No.6973736

>>6973728
>I would prefer to just buy this stuff for now to see if I even like cold brew coffee before buying decent coffee making equipment.

You can make cold brew with a god damn cup and a coffee filter or sieve even.

Trust me, you will like cold brew. It is far less bitter than normal hot brewed coffee.

BTW, that's a fucking ripoff for that cold brew you are talking about. Almost every iced coffee in the store is cold brew these days. You could just buy Starbucks cold plain coffee for a lot less.

The thing about cold brew is that it mostly all tastes the same, and it tastes awesome.

>> No.6973740

>>6973732
It's because you're being retarded about it

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>>6973728
>This is why I hate coming to /ck/.

Then fuck off.

It's coldbrew concentrate. You dilute it with water and drink it on the rocks. If you like coldbrew, then you can drink this beverage.

Whether or not it's "worth it" is really up to you. If you're trying to make this an economic thing, no, you shouldn't buy hipster coldbrew concentrate, you should make it yourself. You can acquire a grinder for this. Or if it's really an economics thing, just buy some caffeine, picrelated.

>fuck off and shitpost somewhere else because your opinion is irrelevant to the thread.

Typical college kid: entitled, willing to rant, and stubborn.

Not even the guy you were responding to btw.

>> No.6973772

wait wait wait.. you are asking their opinion on this.. and then they give you their opinion.. which might equal a cheaper solution to your problem.. and then you complain because they told you... THEIR OPINION WHICH YOU ASKED FOR...

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>>6973728
Don't imply someone else is asshurt. People are attempting to educate you on your poor choice of money spending in the realm of thinking that you are trying to spend the absolute minimum amount of money.

For about the fourth time (stated) in this thread, you do not need a goddamn burr grinder. You do not even need a french press. You literally need a fucking water carrying device and something vaguely colander like or vaguely gauze like, and it will cost you about 1/10 to 1/8 of the cost of buying this shit.

All this thread is stating is you are buying a product marketed to retarded hipsters who want the newest thing in a meme bottle or housewives who have lost all touch with reality and to whom money is meaningless because they do not need to budget.

>to answer your question

It will taste like any other type of cold brewed coffee. It is all remarkably similar. Feel free to purchase it in whatever form or price you deem fit, since apparently I have to remind you that your finances are your own.

Have fun with your shit degree, because apparently you can't even do basic math.

>> No.6973790

>>6973382
shill

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>>6973639
>>6973728

fuck this kid tbh

>> No.6973828

>>6973772
It DOES get annoying when the answer to every single question ever is "make it yourself". This is why /ck/ lacks actual discussion of anything.

>> No.6973882

>>6973828
>lacks actual discussion of everything
>ignores literally everybody ITTs discussion on the frugality of your idea and the superior options

If you didn't give a shit in the first place, just buy the crap. What did you want us to tell you? To pat you on the back for your great idea and to tell you to go for it? What kind of discussion is that?

>> No.6974074

>explains how you want this product because you don't have the time or the equipment to make it
>explains how you feel this is an economic choice because of price to caffeine ratio
>asks if it tastes good
>asks if it's worth the price once again
>continues to bitch and whine when absolutely every question you've answered was addressed in depth because you didn't get the answer you were looking for ("Yes, it's worth buying this hipster trash that tastes exactly the same as any other cold brew you could make with minimal effort, equipment, and at 1/10th the price")

Please stay, you clearly belong here.

>> No.6974293

10/10 chance this child argues with his professors.

>> No.6974303

>>6973639
Im sure the replies have said this, not gunna check, but you can get a french press for $10 on amazon, which is about 40% of the cost of that stupid fuckin gimmicky shit u wanna buy.

>> No.6974423

>>6973639
stay in school lol

>> No.6974532

>>6973610
>>6973656
>>6973709
>>6973736
>>6973761
>>6973780
>>6974303

FUCK GUYS LISTEN, HE IS TOO BROKE TO AFFORD CHEAP SHIT.

HE NEEDS TO SPEND HIS MONEY ONCE ON A BURR GRINDER SO HE CAN BE HEARD BEING A COFFEE SNOB BY CUTE GIRLS IN UNIVERSITY. AND IF HE DOESN'T HAVE A BURR THEY MIGHT THINK HE IS POOR.....POOR ANONS, WHAT BUSTED ASS, RATCHET, WHITE TRASH GARBAGE WANTS TO BANG A POOR PERSON?! FUCKIN OP'S LIFE IS SOOO HARD AND HIS SOCIAL SCIENCES DEGREE IS ALREADY ENOUGH HE DOESN'T NEED YOU GUYS RAGIN ON HIM.

>> No.6974547

>>6973828
No, this is just what happens when you make a shitty fucking thread. If you didn't actually want any opinions or advice, then don't make a thread asking for it.


When you say money is tight, so people give you cheaper, viable options, then you literally create excuses for why those options won't work, then youre just being a cunt who wanted validation for making a stupid fuckin purchase.

People tell you you can get a french press for $10. You respond by saying you're tight on money and "it comes out to $1.50 a cup." So you can get 7 cups of coffee for the price of your french press that will last you years.

Just shut the fuck up, buy your coffee that will cost you $50+/month instead of $10 once, then ask mommy and daddy to put more money in your checking account, and then, finally, delete this thread.

Actually, delete this thread before you do any of that other shit.

Do you yell at your parents when they don't do what you want them to, anon? I'll bet you do.

>> No.6974560

Trader Joe's makes the same thing for about $8 a bottle.

>> No.6974561

>>6973732
>I'm trying to dictate my finances
>by spending $25 on hippie cold brew shit

Also the "4x the caffeine" is just marketing shit. In the end the amount of caffeine doesn't really matter and if you're concerned about that you might as well buy a bottle of 200mg caffeine pills from Walmart, which is like $3 for 100 of them.

>> No.6974568

>>6973406
get a hand grinder faggot

feel the zen of sincerely brewed coffee

a real man does not think of victory or defeat, he plunges recklessly towards an irrational death

>> No.6974595

OP here. Not even going to bother reading all your shitposts. Heard one guy claim I'm a social sciences major or something, nah. I'm in grad school researching nuclear physics. I talked to someone who had tried Seaworth's and said it was pretty good so I'm going to get some. That's literally all I wanted to know was whether or not the stuff was good.


Every thread on /ck/ asking for opinions on the taste of something instantly devolve into "hurrr make it yourself faggot". I could probably post a thread asking what brand of flour you use and would get "make it yourself faggot" in response.

>> No.6974761

>>6974532
You're right, he should spend $25 on some coffee instead.

>> No.6974772

>>6973729
>entire gallon
>once a week
>my wife and i
>drink cold brew like crazy
I could drink a gallon a day if I was feeling it, it sounds like you both each have a small cup once a day.

>> No.6974784

>>6973639
>college
more like middle school you crybaby poofter

>> No.6974815

I made my own cold brew this week, it's fucking delicious.

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>>6974595
Bye bye, redditor.

>> No.6974839

Just buy a fucking French press, OP.

>> No.6974872

You mean a freedom press.

>> No.6974881

>>6973828
I've learned more from this thread because of people calling out this retarded college kid. I didn't know anything about coldbrew coffee and now I'm going to make a batch tonight. This is a very informative thread full of discussion.

>> No.6974894

>>6974595
Hey, faggot. You're obviously not in any type of grad program because you are a fucking retard. Look at what you typed in OP. Do you not see the problem? Rather than get straight to the point (i.e. has anyone had this? Opinions?) you come up with a retarded backstory and justifications because you don't want a straight answer. All you want is validation or something. There is so much extraneous, pretentious BS in your OP everyone rightfully called you out on it. You're a dirty first-year undergrad hipster who wants to seem trendy.

>> No.6974935

>>6974872
Honestly I usually call it a press pot.

>> No.6975002

Seaworth Marketing scheme
Rating: Failure

better luck next time guys

>> No.6975030

>>6974595
>not milling your own flour

get a load of this faggot

>> No.6975079

>>6975002
The hipster logo and the photography are shit too.

>> No.6975170

OP's thread may have been cancerous but I'm intrigued by the idea of making my own cold brew. I've never bought coffee beans before, are there any that I should look for in particular or will any beans do?

>> No.6975197

>>6975170
Things you need to know:
If you're going with a french press, you'll need to use the coarsest grind available.
the coffee will taste different than even the same coffee being used for hot brew. I think it's better, but don't expect it to taste the same as pouring a cup from your coffee maker and sticking it in the fridge.
You can use any coffee you like. I think a medium roast comes out best, but this is obviously subjective. start with any coffee that you like.
The long steep will make it much stronger in terms of caffeine, but it won't be bitter, so keep that in mind for your drinking portions. heating it up for hot coffee, you should probably cut it about 50/50 with hot water. Drinking it cold is fine, but either dilute or consume on a scale more akin to wine or beer than coffee normally.

>> No.6975214

>>6975197
I have a pretty shitty blade grinder that leaves a lot of sediment through the sieve of the french press. Is that going to be a big problem or can I just let it settle?

>> No.6975235

>>6975170
Any beans will do. When I make cold-brewed I usually just use Folgers or equivalent ground bargain beans.

>> No.6975358

>>6975214
You could try and strain the small pieces out while the grounds are dry.

>> No.6975360

>>6975358
Or strain it through an old shirt/cheese cloth.

>> No.6975798

>>6975170
Cold brew is my way of dealing with stale grounds, literally anything will do.

>> No.6976472

>>6973406
>>6973639

You're saving up for a grinder by purchasing over priced cold coffee? Are you retarded?

>> No.6976505

>>6974595
>not making your own pickles

lol

>> No.6976514

A school should be shot up for this thread

>> No.6976526

>>6975235
>>6975798
How does it not taste awful? Why not use good beans?

>> No.6976560

Here you go fam

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/vietnamese-style-iced-coffee

>> No.6977567

>>6973382
A grinder and a bag of coffee beans would be cheaper than this, unless you want a burr grinder. That stuff is decent though, no harm in paying a little extra for convenience as long as you know that's what you're doing

>> No.6977568

>>6973406
I haven't tried it yet but I was reading about a method where you just cold brew whole coffee beans. You could try that in the meantime while you save up for a burr.

>> No.6977618

>>6976526
I use cheap beans for cold-brew for the same reason I wouldn't use a $200 bottle of wine in Beef Bourguignon.

>> No.6977628

>>6976526
Because you use a shitload of grounds and it doesn't extract all the flavors, plus letting it sit overnight will make you lose the subtler notes that make good beans worth the price. Cold brew is just plain, inoffensive Coffee™ that's nice during the summer and which any retard can make.

>> No.6977636

>>6974595
OP here, disregard this, I suck cocks

>> No.6977833

Hey, /ck/. This thread actually inspired me to make my own Cold Brew drink with all organic ingredients and it turned out delicious. Just wanted to let you know, I appreciate the push from witnessing the second-hand bitching OP got.

That being said, I'd probably purchase a bottle of OP's pic on an impulse buy and drink it all in a day because I have a fucking problem.

>> No.6977842

>>6975030
>Not building your own mill from all organic ingredients

Excuse me, nigger?