Collection: Toddy

If cold brew coffee is part of your daily routine, there's a good chance the method traces back to one brand. Toddy invented the cold brew category in 1964, and six decades later, its patented immersion system is still one of the simplest, most trusted ways to make smooth, low-acid coffee at home.

Toddy Products at a Glance

Brand Overview

Toddy's origin is one of coffee's better stories. In 1963, Todd Simpson, a Cornell-trained chemical engineer, tasted a smooth, low-acid cup of coffee while travelling in Peru and set out to recreate it at home. He developed a cold-water immersion brewing method, patented it in 1967, and the Toddy Cold Brew System, credited as the maker that started the modern cold brew category, was born.

The core idea has held up for six decades. Steeping coffee grounds in cold water for an extended period extracts sweetness and complexity while leaving behind much of the bitterness and acidity that heat brings out. Toddy-brewed coffee is often described as less acidic than hot-brewed coffee, which is why it's commonly chosen by people looking for a smoother cup, without needing to compromise on flavour.

What Makes the Toddy System Different

Unlike cold brew setups with complicated multi-stage filtration, the Toddy system uses a straightforward immersion and filter design. No electricity, no special skills, and no elaborate setup required, just coarsely ground coffee, cold water, and time.

Smooth, low-acid extraction. The cold immersion process naturally produces a mellow, less bitter concentrate than hot brewing, quite different from the character you get from methods like pour over or French press.

Batch brewing. A single brew yields a sizeable concentrate that stores well in the fridge, so you're not brewing fresh cold brew every single day.

Versatility. The concentrate dilutes with hot or cold water, meaning the same batch works for iced coffee, hot coffee, and even tea.

Simplicity. No machinery or power source needed, making it a genuinely low-maintenance addition to a home coffee setup.

The Toddy Range

The Cold Brew System | Toddy is the classic home setup, brewing a batch of concentrate that comfortably covers a week's worth of cold brew. It's the natural starting point for most home brewers.

The Toddy Cold Brew Commercial Model is a higher-capacity system built for cafés, offices, and anyone brewing cold brew concentrate at a real volume rather than single-household quantities.

The Toddy Cold Brew Paddle is a simple stirring accessory that helps evenly saturate coffee grounds during the steeping process, useful for getting more consistent extraction from a batch.

The Toddy Home System Paper Filter Bags and Toddy Cold Brew Commercial Model Paper Filters are replacement filtration options for home and commercial-scale brewing respectively, for anyone who prefers paper filtration over reusable options.

Choosing the Right Toddy Setup

For most home brewers, the Cold Brew System is the right place to start, it covers a full week's worth of cold brew in one straightforward batch. If you're outfitting an office or small café, the Commercial Model scales up accordingly, and pairs well with a broader office coffee machine setup if you're serving both hot and cold coffee. Pair either setup with a good burr grinder set to a coarse grind, since consistent grind size matters just as much for cold brew as it does for any other method, and weigh your coffee on a coffee scale for consistent results batch to batch.