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🧊 Cold Brew & Nitro

Steep it cold,
skip the $5 pour.

Cold brew costs a dollar or two a glass to make and $5 to buy. See how fast a pitcher (or a nitro tap) pays for itself against your café habit.

1 Your cold-brew habit

How many glasses do you buy? Toggle per day or per week; tap Edit prices to match your café.

Who’s drinking?

2 Add the tip

The tip is easy to forget, and those checkout screens add 15–25% to every order. It only applies to what you buy out.

3 Fine-tune upkeep

Cold brew doesn’t need much upkeep. These are typical numbers, and you can edit any of them.

Total ongoing upkeep $0/mo

Counted against your at-home cost for the whole projection.

4 Choose your coffee

Cold brew is steeped by the pitcher, so a bag stretches across many glasses. Pick a roast or choose Your own bag to enter its price and weight. Our organic & clean picks →

5 Nitro charge (N₂)

Nitro cold brew gets its creamy cascade from nitrogen. Only your nitro drinks use it, and each charger pours a couple of glasses. If you won’t make nitro at home, pick No nitro. Our organic & clean picks →

6 Pick your brewer

Anything from a mason jar to a nitro tap. This sets the upfront cost, and you can change the price below.

Your savings

Over 3 years, you'd keep

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Saved per month —
At home costs —
Brewer pays off in —

One glass

Your money over time

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Which brewer pays off fastest?

Sorted fastest first, based on the habit you entered.

Complete your cold-brew bar

Bottles and filters for a week’s worth of cold brew, plus a grinder if you buy whole beans.