As easy as pour it in and pour it out!
Written: Jan 18 '01 (Updated Jan 18 '01)
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Pros: portable, strong coffee, can make different cups of coffee
Cons: cleaning takes effort, residue in coffee, need hot water
The Bottom Line: This makes a great strong cup of coffee and very portable but cleaning takes a bit of effort in removing the grinds out of the glass container.
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The coffee press is composed of a glass container with spout for easy pouring, a metallic coffee filter and lid for the container. The idea is simple. You scoop in your coarsely ground coffee into the glass container, pour freshly boiled hot water in it, let it sit for a few minutes, place the coffee filter attachment into the container, thus filtering the grounds and pour out a fresh cup of "pressed" coffee. Simple to do and many coffee lovers swear by that every morning. Why? The coffee tastes fresher and stronger than if done by regular drip coffeemakers since the coffee grounds actually come in contact with the entire "cup" of coffee, rather than a quick rinse through a filter. The filtering occurs later, after the hot water has absorbed more of the coffee taste. This is why the pressed coffee is much tastier and stronger than most drip coffees.
The glass container part of the press is firmly attached all around near its top and bottom and at its base by a durable and heat resistant plastic that reinforces and protects the container from accidental hits and chippings as well as providing a handle and holder for the glass container. The metal filter attachment is composed of several removable parts that combine into the entire attachment. The bottom of the attachment, the metal filter can be unscrewed off from the plunger handle and lid for easy cleaning. At the bottom is a metallic ring that provides the base support of the filter and the contact point of the filter against the coffee grounds. On top of that is the circular metal filter that filters out the grounds against the liquid. Next is the circular metallic holed ring surrounded by a spring-like ring along its edges (to ensure a good fit of the filter and prevent any grounds from going through the area between edges of the filter and the glass container).
The good points about owning a coffee press are:
-You can make a stronger and better tasting coffee than that of drip makers
-You can make a cup of regular coffee and a cup of flavored coffee (for those who like flavored coffee) without having to make an entire batch if you use drip makers
-the coffee press is very portable and don't take up much space. It's great for travellers.
The bad points about owning a coffee press are:
-You'll need to boil your water, thus you'll need to own a kettle or boil it via the microwave
-You'll need to clean up the coffee grounds on the bottom of the glass container when finished compared to just throwing out the paper filter in drip makers and washing the coffee pot. Cleaning it up is a bit of a task because for one, there's usually still some water on the bottom of the container. The press doesn't completely pour out all the coffee from the container so you're stuck with some coffee with mixed with grounds on the bottom. You'll need to scoop up or pour out the grounds onto a sieve and then clean that up.
-You'll need to remove the parts of the filter and wash them as well as the glass container.
One thing I found about the coffee press I owned was that the filter wasn't all that great at filtering out some of the coffee residue. When pouring fresh hot water into the container, I would discover a layer of foam that sits on top. That could be due to the foaming caused by the contact of hot water to the grounds. When drinking my cup of pressed coffee, I could detect drinking the residue and would find a layer of the powdery coffee grounds residue on the bottom of my cup. To prevent that (and add an additional thing to wash), I had to filter the residue when pouring out the pressed coffee through a cloth tea filter. By doing that, I would get a perfect cup of filtered pressed coffee. Fresh, strong and truly filtered.
Overall, I would recommend the Starbucks coffee press for those who love pressed coffee (and for those who haven't tried it, you may only drink it this way once you try). It is small, portable and great for travellers. The coffee press comes in 12, 32, 48 ounce sizes. And I do believe that the Starbucks coffee press is actually made by Bodlum (mine was as the name was imprinted on the glass container), known famously for their coffee presses so you may pay less by checking out other stores than buying it at Starbucks.
Thanks for taking the time to read and rate my review.
Recommended:
Yes
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