This is a great item to use, easy to clean, easy to use, and it tastes much better than using your ordinary household "percolator" coffee maker. And Im using cheepo coffee from walmart. (Your supposed to use higher quality coffee or grind down coffee beans to give that fresher taste)
Gave some to my mother, she mentioned that with the percolator, the coffee tasted "bitter" (well in her opinion) Then using this french press, she then states it tasted "smoother" (and remember, this is the cheep coffee from walmart)
Another great feature is that the pitcher is very thick stainless steel. Quite solid and not cheap.
All in all, This is a great product made to last a long time (at least I hope it will last years of use)
Update:(5/18/2020)
Ok, so far no trouble with the french press. Still working good and no problems. However, I did decide to add a few tips here.
Since Ive never owned any other "french press coffee maker" this is the only one I can bench mark from.
The stainless steel is slightly magnetic, but the items description mentions its from the stainless steel variety that is slightly magnetic "304 stainless steel". (In my trade of construction Demolition, most scrap stainless Ive found were non magnetic) But this is supposedly a good thing. Supposedly this type resists corrosion and oxidation and is quite tough and used for the food industry.
When making coffee, you shouldn't fill the water to the top of the pitcher. I'd say slightly above halfway. For if you do, since the top doesn't seal the top pitcher, coffee can "overflow" over the top and onto your tabletop. This has happened to me a few times.
Mix the coffee grounds with a spoon or utensil with the hot water, and right before your going to press the lever downwards. (of course, right after you let it sit for about 5 minutes or longer)
When pressing the lever downwards, you must do it SLOWLY! The liquid needs some time to slip thru the metal mesh filter as the plunger goes downward along with the coffee grinds. If not, (and you press that lever plunger down too fast and too hard) you end up with coffee liquid going up the inside around the plunger and over the top of the pitcher. You want the coffee liquid to slowly filter thru the middle of the screen plunger whilst coffee mass gets pushed down.
Be ready to do more cleaning than a percolator. I use a large rubber butter or mayonnaise spreader to clean out the pitcher of coffee grinds into the garbage can. You could just put water in it and pour it into the sink, but you may need a drain filter (if one isn't installed in your kitchen sink already)
And lastly, with cleaning the plunger, I simply find rotating the plunger counter clockwise (while holding the lever still from rotating), the metal mesh filter, bottom metal piece, and the plunger handle/plunger come undone. Wash rinse and dry is all that is left.
Its still a great product I use it every morning now before work, and clean it out when I get home. Hope this helps!
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I've had every invention known to man on my quest for the perfect cup of coffee and well, I've found it. GOLD! I struck gold with this bad boy. My last toy was the Keurig, my least favorite of them all, its failed me miserably. When I say I've had every coffee making contraption out there, I mean it, and you diehard coffee connoisseurs know what I'm talking about. I decided to go back to far, far away and get another percolator because after searching my life through in memoryville I believed that the best cup of coffee I had produced came from a percolator. But this time, I wasn't willing to toss money to the wind and go with my gut. I decided to do something I hadn't ever done before. Research. After reading, my least favorite thing to do in life, a million different reviews and watching I don't even know how many videos on the art of coffee making and consumption, I started really feeling the French press. Again unwilling to just buy without going to the next level still again and researching the best presses money could buy you, and there are a LOT of choices and a LOT of opinions, after many hours of sweating and reading and considering and fear of making a wrong decision, I decided to give this stainless steel French press a try. For several reasons I chose the stainless steel over glass. This puppy is insulated, first. It's solid, tough and heavy; very well made. Second. It won't break, Third. It won't break, fourth and it won't break, fifth! After all of my video tutelage I was nearly an expert before this little 8th wonder of the world arrived yesterday. I got right on it. I took apart the press and thoroughly washed all of the parts and put on a pan of water and began grinding my beans. As soon as the water came to a boil I let it cool down until it stopped bubbling. I scooped three rounded tablespoons of my medium course grounds into the press, pored in about two inches of water over the grounds and stirred. Then, I let it sit for two minutes to brew. Then I poured the rest of my hot water I in the press and put the lid on slightly pushing the press down just in order to create a seal, and then, I waited. I put my timer on for 5 minutes. Then I began the decent.... Pressing gently so as not to force the hot water come splashing out and scalding me. It took maybe 30 seconds. Then, the final step of my journey was upon me. I poured and tasted the best cup of coffee I've ever had in my life. It's unbelievable. I can't say enough good about the experience and this stainless steel French press. I'm telling you tho, at this price which is pennies really, and with the construction of this press, it's the best thing since chocolate was found. I think of all of the money I've wasted on coffer making contraptions over the years and it makes me dizzy. A person spends more on coffee at a drive through in a day than this press costs. And, this coffees flavor and aroma is unmatched by any of them on their best day. You have nothing to lose and the best cup of coffee you've had in your life to gain!
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