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When warm weather comes, I turn into an iced coffee addict, making daily visits to my local coffee shop or driving around as if it’s a religious duty. Then I actually looked at my own Monthly spendingAnd let’s just say the numbers were modest. I still don’t understand the economics of iced coffee costing three times as much as hot coffee, but that’s a story for another day.
Making good iced coffee at home, without turning it into a watery disaster, takes planning — unless, well, you have my favorite summer caffeine tool. the Overcooling It is a small device that takes your freshly brewed hot coffee and cools it to iced perfection in less than 60 seconds – no dilution. Just quick, no-nonsense cooling that your caffeine-dependent self will definitely love.
For those who have calculated exactly how much bleeding they experience when drinking iced coffee daily and then immediately try to forget that number, this thing is basically a financial life raft disguised as a kitchen gadget.
Hyperchiller in its natural habitat.
How does the hypersheller device work?
The Hyperchiller is about the size of a large jar of pasta sauce. It has an internal heatsink with two layers of ice on either side. The ice layers are contained by stainless inner containers, which cool the liquid when poured without melting or diluting it. The hot liquid compartment is also thin so it dispenses hot drinks and cools them faster than a refrigerator Cork Or a Frozen whiskey ball.
Top view of the Hyperchiller chambers.
One thing to note is that you have to refreeze the device after each use (as you would with almost any other device in this category). After using the Hyperchiller for hot beverages, you’ll need to refreeze it for a few hours — ideally eight hours or more. For room temperature drinks, including wine and whisky, they will not thaw as much and therefore need less time to refreeze.
The nice thing is that you will never have to change or refill the water because the only room that gets dirty is the room in between. Even that only requires a quick rinse and then you can put it back on.
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How cool is the Hyperchiller?
Iced coffee cold test
The Hyperchiller is great for a lot of things, but iced coffee was my number one goal, so I brewed a whole lot of my favorite coffee hot. The temperature of the fresh coffee was 175 degrees F, but when I ran 12 ounces through the super cooler and left it for one minute, what was poured was a full 100 degrees of coolant, down to room temperature of 75 degrees. I let the hot coffee rest for another minute (2 minutes total) and what came out of the machine was 59 degrees cold. I checked the inner chambers and found that there was still quite a bit of ice, which meant I could chill the other half of the bowl – albeit not – or refreeze the Hyperchiller in just a few hours.
After a minute of assembly, there was very little ice melting in my very cold coffee.
This was good. very good.
because tea Brewed at a similar hot temperature and often consumed at the same cold temperature as iced coffee, this coffee test applies quite identically to tea.
Wine test
Experts say that a temperature of 48 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit is ideal for drinking white wine. At room temperature, oh vintage It measured at a mild 75 degrees, but one 45-second cycle through the Hyperchiller and it was at the perfect 45 degrees and ready to drink (so I did). With wine, the Hyperchiller didn’t have to do nearly as much work as with hot coffee, so the inner chambers were still mostly frozen. I could easily chill more wine (challenge accepted) or just another 25 minutes in the fridge and it was back to its solid state.
Buds new happy hour at home.
Much like comparing tea to coffee, the Hyperchiller will do to whiskey what it does to white wine at room temperature, so if you’re a chilled bourbon or Scotch drinker who doesn’t like the dilution effect, this will work great. Just make sure you wash it well and clean so it doesn’t pick up unwanted dark Colombian barbecue flavors in your 20 year old pap. Or maybe that would be good. Hmm…
Anyway, I like the thing. You can get a Hyperchiller in one of four colors for just $25 (or less if you put it on sale) and have an undiluted iced coffee in the time it takes to order at Starbucks.
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