My daughter has one....it sits in the basement cupboard.....soon to be in the garage sale. You have to remember to brew the stuff....and then to use the coffee concentrate. More trouble than it's worth. Get a pod brewer. Linda C

I used a system years ago and liked it, but if you love the smell of brewing coffee you're out of luck. I've copied a bit of info: Do try this at home For cold-process coffee, you need two ingredients, coffee beans and water. Buy quality beans, and make sure they are Arabica (not Robusta). It's easiest to grind them at the store since you'll be doing a whole pound at one time. Grind them on a "coarse" setting. Do not use a grind that would work in a drip maker or you will clog the filter and end up with a mess. Since coffee is 98 percent to 99 percent water, it pays to use good water. Use tap, filtered or bottled water. Avoid distilled water because the absence of minerals will leave the coffee tasting flat. You do need a special cold-process coffee maker. For a Toddy, order from their Web site, www.toddycafe.com. The decanter and brew container, plug and two filters cost $34.95. To recap, place the "brewing" container with the plug and filter in place over the carafe. Add a specified amount of water and coffee. Elapsed time, 6 minutes. The coffee "brews" for 12 hours. Pull the plug and coffee concentrate streams into the carafe. A good ratio is one part coffee concentrate to three parts water, milk or cream. In recipe form, add 1/4 cup concentrate to a mug and add 3/4 cup of hot water just off the boil for an 8-ounce mug. The concentrate is especially good for iced and frozen drinks and desserts. It really shines in iced coffee that is notorious for being watered down and weak. For parties, make up coffee ahead and store it in a pre-heated thermos carafe. It also can be frozen in ice cube trays and used as needed.

I used to use the Mr. Coffee iced-tea machine, too, but then I switched to just putting tea bags (Luzianne, if it's for regular iced tea, or Celestial Seasonings' Red Zinger) in a lidded pitcher with some ice cubes and water and popping it in the fridge. I usually add a bit of Splenda to the regular iced tea. A few years ago, a friend made me some "sweet tea." It was delicious, and she sure got that "simple syrup" recipe down (she's from N.C.). But I was bouncing off the walls from the sugar -- never again!

I guess I don't see the reasoning for a double run. Suggests to me that your coffeemaker isn't working right. My percolator has NO problem getting the coffee hot enough! Even my le-cheap drip unit gets the brew plenty hot. I'm with you Jasdip. "Cans" of coffee are disappearing, although it's funny that even Keurig has realized that most people want more than one cup of coffee and are making a pot brewer! Sad part is so many have to have the caramel, vanilla, turnip and roadkill flavored "coffee". Never made sense to me, if people don't like the taste of coffee, why drink it? Trying to fit in I suppose. But these days people have to have sugar on/in everything. Meat, vegetables, beverages, medications, everything. And they wonder why they're overweight.