VINCI Express Cold Brew, Electric Cold Brew Coffee Maker in 10 minutes, Glass Carafe, 3 Brew Strength Settings & Cleaning Cycle, Easy to Use & Clean, Cold Brewer for Iced Coffee, 1.4 L

Buying another one. After 3 years of great cold brew the pump doesn’t turn on. By now I feel I have gotten my money’s worth and am buying another one. I also found that medium grind, 4 scoops on x-bold works best for my Kona blend. Too fine a grind or too much coffee didn’t let the water circulate.

This brewer makes wonderful cold brew FAST. I had been using a French Press for 12-24 hours, now I have delicious concentrate in about 25 minutes with no grounds at the bottom. The Vinci makes a really generous amount and I store the carafe in the frig door till used up. The Instruction booklet is detailed with large illustrations to prevent misuse. They even provided a Cleaning Cup to securely hold the Control lid and filter while you are sealing the top on the carafe and to clean the Control Lid. I have found it very easy to dump the grounds by simply removing the filter basket top and turning it upside down over the trash. The bottom is also removable. These pieces are easily cleaned in warm soapy water till the next brew. You then use the Cleaning Cup to clean the Control Lid with some fresh water. I bought a small Curver Infinity storage box to keep the Control Lid safe in between brewing cycles, and to keep all the pieces in one place including the Instructions. I'd give 10 stars if I could. This would make a terrific gift for cold brew lovers!

Been meaning to post this sooner, but I got to busy using and loving it. I love cold brew coffee and have always been willing to do the 12-24 hour preparation. When I saw this, claiming to make a legitimate, quality cold brew coffee in 20 minutes or so, I was at best doubtful. Considering how much I'd spent on other systems, along with their required accessories, and the extreme amount of money at that coffee place with Siren, not Mermaid, on its cups. What did I have to lose? Turns out , I get to lose those trips to that place and make my own coffee at home. This machine is amazing and makes some of the best cold brew I've tasted and does it in 20 minutes. Another feature I love, although it adds 12-24 hours is to prepare a batch on the Extreme setting. 25 minutes to brew and then into the refrigerator. Probably what I love the most is I can use any of my coffees (I'll go from regular to different flavors - like peppermint mocha year round) and can make a pot of it cold I've tried similar competing devices, but keep coming back to Vinci

This cold brew maker is easy to use, makes a pitcher of cold brew in about 5 minutes, and last about a week in the fridge- depending on how fast you drink it! The brewing options allow for a perfect strength. Easy to clean and store. Glass bottom has a silicone lining helping it not slip off the counter or break. It holds a few cups of coffee and tastes great.

Worked great for 6 months of ice coffee. Put it away for the season. Just attempted to make some, and it no longer is working. Wasted so much time and coffee trying to troubleshoot. would not recommend this at all.

Update... The motor finally broke. I could hear it and I did try to clean out everything to allow flow. Nope, it is broken. I cannot say I used it alot. In fact I only used it three or four times a month. I definitely followed directions. So I did have a professional electrician look and test. I watched him take it apart easily. Very sad. I though it was tiny grains getting stuck. The motor itself could not pump. what I heard was the motor. It just did not move. It made hum only. It tried to work. It just wasn't pumping like how it should have. When I first purchased... When I first viewed this cold brew pot, the thing that attracted me is the easy of use in making cold brew rather than doing the refrigerator thing. I use to put coffee grounds in a container with filtered water and close it up, shake it, then put it in the fridge. After 24 hours you get a cold brew. I would then strain it into another container where I could keep in the fridge for me to drink over a period of time. The one thing I hated was waiting. This little machine does the trick, until you place tiny grinds inside, which it tells you to avoid doing in the manual. If you grind your own beans and then start spooning in the grinds, you may get small particles that get stuck in the filter (blocks your filter screen). Whether I use grounds or make my own, I have to strain it to get small particles out so I can put into the filter. This allows for good water flow. So I make an extra bold brew with just tap water, as instructions say to do. It really does taste like what would take 24 hrs. I don't like make it sit like my friends do as it does not make the taste any better. So, you get a lot of the bitterness from the roast, so be careful in choosing your roast level, and the richness of the coffee bean flavor. It is not give the bite of an acidic coffee, which is the purpose of cold brew. This is not like what you get from other smooth coffees I've tried in the past, rather, it is much more shocking in flavor than the smoother ones. I suppose you'd have to get the same bean and roast as what you want to compare it to. Overall, this is still smoother than a regular cup of ground coffee. The balance of cream and sugar is arguable, but for the sake of mentioning it here, I would say the cream and sugar makes the flavor stand out in richness, like a milk chocolate candy. If you drink it black, it is dark chocolate like with the right roast. Choose a flavor of roast you like and compare with a regular cup of that same roast. I did so with Yuban and a strong decaf. Both had mixed results but I have to admit that the consistency is/was the richness of the roast I chose. The acid levels/smoothness/mix with cream/mix with sugar/mix with sugar and cream, the only thing that spoke out to me is that richness. If you do a light brew, you may as well drink black tea. Also, as a big warning, use the freshest roast you can and grind it only before you brew. Keep your beans air tight and in a dark bag. Do not freeze. Your coffee will come out more consistent in flavor every time. The older your beans, talking about 1 to 2 weeks old, you will start noticing a flavor difference and the smell won't be as strong. In fact if kept wrong, you will get more of a mushroom smell meaning the fungus is settling in on the beans.

This is super easy to use, but the result no matter how you make it is super weak coffee. No work around. I was disappointed but if you like light coffee this is a good product as its very easy to use and clean. I personally don't believe it was a good value for the money spend.

Like many others, I have been making my cold brew by stewing it over night. Which is great, but if you have guests, or are on a coffee bender, then you quickly drink it all, and have to drop back to making coffee the regular way. I spotted the Vinci though, and thought it was a great way to fill the gap. All the lovely cold brew taste, but in minutes, not hours. I've used it a handful of times now, and the coffee that it makes is genuinely great. No problems there. But the design of the machine means that prepping then cleaning up is a horrible messy process. Coffee, water and grounds everywhere. And the convenience of the quick brew, just doesn't offset the cleaning grief. I'll be going back to the regular cold brew pot. Edit: I used it probably a dozen times before mothballing it. And today, a few months later, I fancied an espresso martini, so dug it out to try. And it was broken (motor running, nothing pumped). Not great.