The 18 Best Cold Brew Coffee Brands

Bottled concentrates, canned nitro and the drive-thru cups that got there late. The steeping time is the only thing they agree on.

1. 1
   Stumptown Coffee Roasters

   Portland roaster whose stubby cold brew bottles helped define the third-wave version of the drink.
   1000pts
2. 2
   La Colombe

   Philadelphia roaster best known for the canned Draft Latte and its nitrogen-infused cold brew.
   912pts
3. 3
   High Brew Coffee

   Canned cold brew built around portability, with a protein line aimed at gym bags.
   700pts
4. 4
   Blue Bottle Coffee

   Oakland roaster whose New Orleans-style cold brew is sweetened with chicory and milk.
   700pts
5. 5
   Trader Joe's

   House-brand cold brew concentrate that sells on price and shelf placement rather than roastery pedigree.
   577pts
6. 6
   Califia Farms

   Curvy-bottled cold brew built for the oat- and almond-milk shelf rather than the coffee aisle.
   409pts
7. 7
   Chameleon Cold-Brew

   Austin-made organic concentrate sold in black bottles, brewed to be cut with water or milk.
   409pts
8. 8
   Death Wish Coffee

   Markets itself on caffeine content, with a canned cold brew that leans on the same reputation.
   409pts
9. 9
   Dutch Bros

   Oregon drive-thru chain whose cold brew arrives buried under flavored syrups and cold foam.
   409pts
10. 10
    Grady's Cold Brew

    Brooklyn brand steeped New Orleans style with chicory, sold as a bottled concentrate.
    409pts
11. 11
    Rise Brewing Co.

    Nitro cold brew in a can, poured for the cascading head rather than the caffeine hit.
    409pts
12. 12
    Dunkin'

    The New England chain that pairs its cold brew with the flavor swirls its regulars order by name.
    300pts
13. 13
    Peet's Coffee

    Berkeley roaster that predates most of the field and sells both bottled and in-store cold brew.
    300pts
14. 14
    Bizzy Coffee

    Organic ground and bottled cold brew that grew out of a direct-to-consumer subscription.
    300pts
15. 15
    Caribou Coffee

    Minneapolis chain whose cold press coffee is a Midwest fixture with little national noise.
    300pts
16. 16
    Starbucks

    The Seattle chain whose Cold Brew and Nitro Cold Brew put the slow-steeped style on mainstream menus.
    300pts
17. 17
    Wandering Bear

    Sells its extra-strong cold brew in a boxed tap meant to live in the fridge door.
    167pts
18. 18
    Tim Hortons

    Canada's chain answer to the category, launched years after the US brands and priced under them.
    167pts