Original Coffee Press, French Press, Pour-Over & Espresso Style

I have to admit, my expectations were very low. I just wanted an easy and inexpensive way to make espresso without buying yet another kitchen gadget. I saw the reviews and the high stars and thought “why not? I’ll give it a try. The price is reasonable.” Let me tell you, I could not be happier with this coffee press! It sincerely makes some of the best coffee I have had in a LONG time! It’s faster to clean than my regular coffee pot and insanely easy to make. If I could give it 6 or 7 stars, I would. I can absolutely see how this would be easy to camp with and I’ll likely take it with me whenever I travel. It’s fast and the coffee is smooth and not bitter at all! Best $30 I’ve spent in years!!!! Cannot recommend this product highly enough!

I am 65 years old and have been drinking pre-ground, name brand, grocery store coffee from a cheap drip coffee maker for years. I am not a coffee connoisseur so it was fine. The old coffee maker died mid brew and I bought the aeropress original due to the reviews. It came at 7am the next morning ! (a sign?) so I made a cup using the same cheap coffee as a test. A very noticeable improvement already. I now see what they say about smoother. Wow. Super fast and easy to use and clean. Bonus that I can take it with me on vacations. I love it.

This thing is pretty cool. I'm new to coffee but had heard about this device 3 yrs ago. When I found I loved lattes, I decided to make my own as best as possible without buying an expensive espresso machine. This is the perfect device to nearly mimic espressos without the expensive machine. No it won't heat the milk for you or put the coffee grinds under intense steam pressure but it will brew up a pretty mean cup. With quality beans and a grinder and a milk frother you have what it takes to make a $5 latte every day for a fraction of the cost. It won't take you long to pay for this device at that savings rate. This is a kit and comes with the plunger press, the paper filters, filter holders, stirring blade, scoop for the beans or grinds and a funnel to help with pouring ground up beans into the press without spillage. Youtube has lots of videos on how to use this thing. What's interesting is that parameters for how to make a cup of coffee in this device vary all over the spectrum. So ultimately it's a subjective decision on what tastes good to you. My recipe so far... For me start with placing a paper filter into the filter cap and place that into a narrow mug that has a diameter that narrows, stopping the descent of the cap half way down inside the mug. I then pour very hot water over the filter to rinse the paper taste away. The mug prevents scalding my fingers if I were to hold it. It also catches the poured-through water, which I dump after removing the filter cap. I then identify my mug i will press the coffee into and add any sugar/sweetner desired at this time into the empty mug. I then grind 1 scoop of some quality beans to a fairly fine grind. I then pour them into the press turned upside down (plunger extending from the bottom of the tube with filter end on top) using the funnel. I add just enough hot water from my hot water pump (it's set to 208F but is usually cooler by the time it hits the press) to cover the grounds. I then insert the stirring blade and stir gently to expose water to all grounds evenly for 10 sec. Then I add water to near the top of the plunger tube which ends up being about 6-8oz total. I gently stir a couple of times to get the floating grounds near the top to mix into the added water better. Then remove it and twist on the filter cap. After a total of 60 sec. from time I add more water I carefully invert the press (plunger and tube assembly) over my mug. Then start gently pressing on the plunger so that it slowly slowly starts depressing into the tube. Total time to press the plunger is about 30 sec. There should be a small air cavity between the filter cap lid and the plunger rubber head so as you near the bottom of pressing on the plunger, you will hear a hissing as air passes through the paper filter cap at the very end of the press. LIft off, shake drips off over mug, then twist off the filter cap. The paper filter is likely still stuck to the coffee grinds. Place the lid aside for rinsing and press the plunger the rest of the way through the tube OVER the trash can. Grounds will fall off with the paper filter. Rinse the plunger assembly under hot tap water. Same for the filter lid. You now have 6-8 oz of strong coffee. At this point you can add more water to dilute to your taste or continue on with the milk prep. I put 1/2c milk or alternate milk (soy is my fave) into a tall 2 c measuring cup. Heat for 30 sec in 1200w microwave. If you have a frother, insert it into the 2c glass and froth to desired consistency. Pour this into the top of your coffee mug. I assume your mug holds at least 16oz or you may run over with the milk and foam. Yumm! This device is very simple to use, cleanup is rinse-off easy, and the whole kit is very portable. It's probably a little slow if you have a half-dozen friends wanting coffee but for one or two, this thing is super easy to use. It delivers a terrific mug of coffee.

First thing is first. I am a coffee snob. I have edited this review a few times. After a few years, I have come to the conclusion that this is a really good product. I'm leaving the review intact because it kind of shows the evolution and the learning curve that exists with this product. Typically, I find that most "bad" coffee is simply stale coffee. When I grind my own beans, I find that after a few days, they start losing their flavor. And after a week, they have started to pick up a card-board like flavor. I taste tested this product in a couple of ways. I just had a buddy over, and we had a coffee taste-test party. I typically prepare my coffee one of two ways. I either use the do-it-yourself coffee pod that you can get from Keurig or, if I have company, I will use a french press. For the purpose of this taste test, we did it both ways, And then we made some with this contraption in two different ways. I used a fine grind (just shy of an espresso grind) for one, and we used my preferred coarser grind for the other. In all, we tasted four different cups of coffee. 1. French Press 2. Keurig Machine 3. Aeropress with fine grind 4. Aeropress with coarse grind We used my favorite coffee bean for this test. I was going to use a commercial bean (Illy). I will explain why we ended up not using Illy at the end of my review. The bean we used was a freshly roasted grade 1 Ethiopian Yrgacheffe. I made sure I made a couple of cups of coffee using the Aeropress before we began this test to make sure I had gotten the hang of it. My conclusion based on these two cups of coffee was that 1) I needed to add a little bit of water (Americano) to the Aeropressed coffee to achieve my desired strength and 2) I needed to use a more robust bean in order to achieve any kind of flavor (hence the reason I didn't use the Illy beans). Now don't get me wrong. Illy makes a good coffee bean, and I usually get my cans of Illy coffee still relatively fresh. They are, in my opinion, one of the best mass produced coffee beans on the market. I brewed one cup of coffee in each of the four methods. I then poured a small amount into an espresso mug and labeled them 1, 2, 3, and 4. I wrote down what each one was on a separate piece of paper so that it would be a blind taste test. My buddy did the same for me. And then we sat down and tasted them. My preferences, in order: 1. The french press. I had actually never done a bind taste test with the french press before, but there may have been some bias here because I could immediately tell that it was french pressed. It had all of the vaguely sweet, earthy tones that I love so much about Ethiopian Yrgacheffe coffee. It was pure bliss. Ten out of ten. 2. The Keurig. There is a pretty big gap in flavor between the french press and the Keurig, but the Keurig still retained much of the flavors that I love about Ethiopian Yrgacheffe. They were just more faint. Eight out of ten. 3. Aeropress Course Grind. I will submit that the result was a very strong yet mellow coffee, but it was missing all of the character. The earthy tones were missing. It tasted like a generic cup of coffee. It was good, but it was nothing to write home about. Six out of ten. 4. Aeropress Fine Grind. Definitely over-extracted. Very bitter. I stirred for about 10 seconds, so it did not steep too long. To be truthful, most espressos taste over extracted to me, so this was not a surprise. It's the reason why I prefer a coarser grind. This cup of coffee tasted like someone put cardboard shavings into the grounds prior to pressing. I would not call this undrinkable, but if someone served it to me in a restaurant, I'd ask for water instead. Three out of ten. I'm not yet concluding that this was a waste of money. I think there is a high likelihood that the paper filter could be the reason why there was a serious lack of flavor using this contraption, so I'm going to try to order a metal filter for it. I can't think of any other reason, logically speaking, why the coffee would have turned out so bad other than the fact that it uses a paper filter. The only time I ever use a paper filter is on the rare occasions where I use a pre-made Keurig pod, and I typically don't like the flavor of them. I always figured that it was because the grounds were stale, but I have not ruled the paper out as a possible culprit. If I find out that the metal filter changes the flavor for the better, I will come back and update my review. However, at this point, I have to recommend a french press if someone wants a good cup of coffee. It's not any harder to use, and it's just as easy to clean. EDIT I purchased one of the wire mesh screens to see if that would improve the flavor of the coffee. It did make a significant difference; however, I still don't think that the cup of coffee I made was as good as a traditional french press. The one big disadvantage with a french press is that there is sediment at the bottom of your cup. This turns a lot of people off, and I will submit that it takes some getting used to. However, there is nothing on this planet that I have yet discovered that compares with the flavor of a french pressed bean that has been freshly roasted. I used a medium-course grind, and I steep for about twice as long as the 10 seconds recommended by the instruction manual. I make sure not to push out the very last of the water because that's likely where all of the overextracted bitterness lies. The end result was a good cup of very strong coffee. I'll even go so far as to say that when using the wire mesh screen instead of the paper, what comes out is good enough to drink without adding water. It's still not as good as the french press, though. I submit that it's about equal to the Keurig machine, though the flavors are much different. The Keurig machine is far easier to use. Plus, the cost of this thing with the additional $10 I had to spend on the wire mesh screen costs almost as much as a low-end Keurig. Therefore, I can't give it more than three stars. ANOTHER UPDATE: I'm providing another update an adding another star. The reason why is because once I learned that you cannot let your coffee steep for the ten seconds that the instruction manual recommends, I was able to produce some pretty good cups of coffee. It's still not as good as a french press, though. Plus, the price tag once you factor in $30 for the kit and another $10 for a metal screen is very steep. One can almost buy a Keurig machine for that price, and my french press, which makes better coffee, cost less than $15 even after I upgraded to a polycarbonate carafe. YET ANOTHER UPDATE: A couple of years have gone by, and I am finding myself using this more and more. Over time, I have gotten better at making a good cup of coffee with it. In fact, I got to the point where I was using this more than any of my other machines. Now, I have gotten to the point where a cup of coffee made with this is nearly as good or possibly even just as good as one that I French press. A big bonus for a lot of folks is that there is no sediment on the bottom of my cup. So, yes. I have gradually moved on and decided that this is an excellent product. I've increased my star total to 5 because it deserves it. The learning curve is difficult, but the eventual results are quite good.

This is the best coffee maker invention of all time and the best coffee maker for health believe it or not, but it has been proven by science. Brewing with an AeroPress yields the highest levels of antioxidants and polyphenols among common coffee methods, plus it retains the highest concentration of several essential minerals like manganese, magnesium, and chromium for example. I did not know all this until this year, and had slept on AeroPress for years. Also I was not planning to buy an AeroPress made out of plastic. In fact I preordered the AeroPress Coffee Maker made out of stainless steel, but it could take weeks or months to ship, so I bought the AeroPress Clear in red because red is my favorite color. I don't regret the purchase because it makes the best cup of coffee for me, and it is made out Tritan plastic, which is known as the safest plastic available, which is also the same plastic used on the Clearly Filtered Water Pitcher that I already owned. Now I can enjoy the benefits of the AeroPress while I wait for my AeroPress Stainless Steel to finally ship. Now I understand the hype for AeroPress, and I don't use my Keurig machine, French Press, or Drip coffee machine much anymore. I find the AeroPress easier to use, and the clean up is really easy. Plus it allows you to experiment with different coffee recipes. I just like my coffee black.

Wow! I was quite surprised with the Aeropress. I used the Aeropress along with the Hario MSS-1B Mini Mill Slim Coffee Grinder. I ground up some Lavazza Super Crema Espresso Whole Bean Coffee. The Aeropress is very simple to use. Put a filter and coffee grinds in the chamber, add hot water, stir, insert plunger, gently push down plunger, as the Aeropress rests atop your mug, the coffee will slowly drip out and into your mug. The first time I tried it, I had a hard time pushing down the plunger then figured out my grinds were too fine. With a little adjustment on my grinder and coarser coffee grinds it was a lot easier to push the plunger down. After the water has pushed through you are left with several ounces of coffee (which Aeropress says this is espresso) in your mug to which you can drink as is , or you can add more hot water or hot milk to make a cup of coffee or something similar to a latte. The Aeropress says that this can make espresso but I think otherwise. Any type of coffee bean can be used to make espresso but one of the big differences between drip coffee and espresso is the grind of the coffee. Drip coffee uses a coarser grind and to make espresso you need a fine grind. Also, with drip coffee the water is in contact with the grinds for a much longer time whereas in making espresso the water should only be in contact with the grinds for 17-23 seconds or somewhere around that. There are also many other things that factor into making espresso. The temperature of the water, the pressure of the water, the fineness of the ground coffee and how tightly the coffee is packed are just a few. Espresso should be a dark brown, slightly thick liquid, with foam on top or what is known as crema. I suppose theoretically you could try to make espresso with this but not sure how difficult that might be. I guess I am going to see if I can achieve that! I will say that the Aeropress definitely makes an amazing cup of coffee, probably the best tasting cup of coffee I have had. Working in a coffee shop for many years I have had my share of coffee and espresso. The first cup of coffee I made with the Aeropress made me look at coffee in a whole new way! I have never had a cup of coffee so smooth and enjoyable! So, as far as making a cup of coffee comparable to your drip coffee machine then this will definitely please, but if you are looking to make espresso you might be disappointed. The espresso machines we use at work cost around $10,000+ and make outstanding espresso. Obviously the majority of people are not going to spend that much money for an espresso machine at home (crazy!). However, there are espresso machines that make decent espresso but will cost at least several hundred dollars (I think I will just stick to getting espresso at a coffee shop for now). The Aeropress seems well made and sturdy. The chamber and plunger are made of thick plastic which hopefully will last a long while (one reviewer said the chamber started cracking possibly due to the heat from the water but I am not so sure about that). The instructions for the Aeropress say that you can reuse the filters if you like which I thought was interesting. Cleaning up is very easy. Just remove the cap/filter and with the plunger push out the used coffee into the trash or compost. Rinse it off and let it dry. One thing I noticed though is that since it is plastic the oils in the coffee grinds tend to adhere to the plastic. One reviewer said that this is a negative cause the oils eventually spoil and can taint your coffee but the espresso machines we use at work have plastic parts and to clean them we are supposed to wipe with clean towels only to get the oils off. So, I would think after rinsing/wiping it this should not be a problem. Overall I am very pleased and excited about the Aeropress. I would recommend it.

I’ve been using this at the office almost every day, and it’s become one of my favourite parts of my morning routine. As a coffee enthusiast, I appreciate how simple it is to use while still producing a consistently great cup of coffee. The appearance is fantastic too. I chose the green version, and the colour looks even better in person. I also like being able to clearly see the coffee as it’s brewing, which somehow makes the whole process even more enjoyable. Performance has been excellent. I’ve had no issues with leaks, and everything seals securely during brewing. I usually brew for about two and a half minutes, and it retains the heat well, so my coffee is still at a great temperature when it’s ready. The brewing process is quick, clean, and genuinely enjoyable. It takes very little effort, yet the results are excellent, making it easy to look forward to my morning brew every day. Overall I’d happily recommend it to anyone who wants a simple, reliable brewer that makes great coffee every time.

Okay, I'm impressed. Taste: Best home brew I've ever had. Gets the bitterness out nicely. Coffee is still pleasant even after it cools a little. Process: Improvement on the French press. After you finish pressing you just remove the cap at the bottom (no dripping!) then walk over to the trash can, then give another push and the filter and coffee come out together. There is almost no residue left behind, and what little there is is ready to rinse off because the exposed part is sealed off. It's hard to describe, but you'll laugh at how easy this device is to clean.

Bir onceki klasik modeli vardi. Uc kismindaki delikler yenide biraz buyumus sanki. Uzun kullanimda seffaf plastik sararmiyor dediler gorecegiz. Simdilik goruntusu ve malzeme kalitesi cok iyi. Icinden 1 kasik, 1 karistirma cubugu ve bir miktar filtre de cikti.

i find this coffee press amazing its simple to use and easy to store and it makes a really nice coffee

Auf unserer Reise von DE nach Österreich, Slowenien, Kroatien, Bosnien bis nach Montenegro haben wir diese Maschiene mit gehabt. Pulver war Dalmayer Classic gemahlenen Kaffee. Wir haben einen Reisebecher genommen, haben 1,5 Messlöffel Kaffee Pulver eingegeben , voll aufgefüllt, kurz gewartet, nochmal etwas Wasser nachgefüllt. Und dann einfach durch gedrückt. Den vollen Becher durch 2 geteilt ... Milch rein ... perfekter Kaffee ... besser als Maschienen Kaffee ... jeder der frischen Kaffee mag, und unterwegs ist, kauft dieses Teil und es ist jeden Penny wert

Excelente producto

Llegó en buenas condiciones y en el tiempo prometido. Es un excelente método de extracción, es versátil, práctico y bastante sencillo de usar. Una buena opción si estás entrando al mundo del café de especialidad.