Review on ☕ Home Keg Kit System for Royal Brew Nitro Cold Brew Coffee Maker by Courtney Richardson

I'll start by saying I'm a nitro fan - coffee, matcha, golden drink, stout - I love it all. The creamy mouthfeel of the nitrogen-enriched beverage is unmatched. That's when I discovered that most of my paycheck goes to Starbucks nitro coffee. I'm not a Starbucks fan (even though I'm from Seattle) so it hurt me to keep feeding them money. I started looking for nitrogen faucets for the home and this one worked for me. On a whim I bought 64 oz. and it arrived at my house two days later. I immediately made a cold drink batch and was impressed by the cascading froth. However, I noticed that the foam disappeared pretty quickly. I contacted Royal Brew customer service and they responded quickly and told me I forgot to put an o-ring on the connection between the spears. I went back and added this and it seems to have helped a bit. I continued experimenting and found that adding any source of dairy—be it goat's milk, cow's milk, processed foods, or straight cream—greatly increased foam stability (foam is air suspended in liquid). almost metallic aftertaste in the drink, which can be desirable or undesirable depending on the taste. I enjoy the sweetness of N2O more when there's a milk source, but not when it's just a black brew. I ordered N2 cartridges from NitroPress and tried them instead and found that I liked the taste of N2O cartridges much better. Unfortunately they are much more expensive. I decided to break down the numbers to see how much I'm actually saving by using this faucet instead of spending money at Starbucks. Cost per keg after tax = $153.03 Cost for a 12 oz. Starbucks nitro cold drink = $5.45 = 28 Starbucks cold drinks to pay for the keg yourself. Well, that doesn't include the cost of cartridges or beans. So if I order 28 nitro cold drinks from Starbucks and pay for the keg myself, the numbers look like this: Cost per batch (48 ounces) of pure N2 = $2.20 (NitroPress carts are $44.03 after tax for 40 things ). Batch (48 ounces) of coffee beans = $3.09 (assuming $14 per pound) = $2.20 + $3.09 = $5.29 for 48 ounces. = $1.32/12 ounces (a Starbucks Grande equivalent). If this faucet cost me $1.32/12oz, I would save $4.13 per drink if I went to Starbucks instead. If you don't mind using N2O, the cost is $0.97. /12 oz., a savings of $4.48 per drink compared to Starbucks. I recommend that you try both N2O and N2 to see which suits your desired organoleptic properties better. Again, N2O works well when a milk/fat source is added, but I personally don't like it when it's just black coffee. I'm fortunate to have access to raw cream, and nitro coffee-infused drinking is the closest thing to heaven I've ever seen. and Thai tea - everything worked out very well. Plus, this keg is extremely easy to install - just think of the extra O-ring. Royal Brew has helpful setup videos in case something goes wrong. Happy brewing!