Gallon Maker
Ovalware • 2025
The Gallon Maker is shaped by the process of making cold brew. Its form is designed to live inside the refrigerator and not just during brewing.
Brief
Most gallon cold brew makers are large mason jars fitted with a mesh filter and a tap, a drink dispenser borrowed from the garden. The jar is tall and narrow, and the tap has to sit above the thick glass base, so the last part of every batch stays below it. To get it out, the whole jar has to be tilted.
Ovalware wanted a gallon maker that wokrs for steeping, storage and serving, shaped for life in the refrigerator, and able to pour the whole batch without being moved.
Design
Instead of rising to the full height of the shelf it lies low and wide, so a gallon fits into the space the refrigerator actually offers and the maker can stay there for the days the coffee lasts, with no decanting into another container.
The dispensing system draws from the lowest point of the vessel, so the flow stays even to the last glass and nothing needs to be lifted or tipped.
