Want to buy a French Press need advice

[demaro]

I have always had an automatic drip coffeemaker. My wife and I enjoy strong coffee. I am thinking about getting a french press, as a friend of ours was raving about how much better coffee they make than auto drip. My question is , is there a taste difference between the glass ones verses the unbreakable / shatter proof ones ? Also , are there certain manufactures that are better than others? I would like to keep my cost under $75 if possible.
Thank you.

 

[mmack66]

Bodum is a brand a lot of folks buy. I have never used a shatterproof carafe, but if you are reasonably careful, the glass carafe should last a while. You can get a Bodum Chambord for well under $75.

 

[SafetyManiac]

I have had great success with an unbreakable sold at Bed Bath & Beyond for only $20. It has a rubber gasket around the screen for a great seal. And you can't beat the price.

 

[DFrancis]

I've had my Bodum with glass for 16 years and still use it daily. I highly recommend the brand, it's probably been the only glassware I haven't had to replace in that time (maybe I'm just extra careful with it).

 

[Alacrity59]

Go for the Aeropress . . . just my 2 cents as I really really don't like coffee grounds that are typically the byproduct of the French press.

Mike

 

[SiBurning]

I prefer glass to anything else for the taste, so long as you clean it immaculately and get the detergent off. Porcelain and ceramic taste just as clean but are harder to clean. Steel and plastic eventually give some kind of taste to me.

I don't know how to explain this, but while I broke 4 or 5 chemex makers, and a bunch of other glass, I never broke the glass on a bodum, through several years of use, although I did break the plastic handle on one. I think that one eventually broke while using it as a flower pot. Maybe the thin bits of metal on the outside keeps it safe.

 

[Drybonz]

Just go down to your local Starbucks... they sell the Bodum brand french press for about $16. I have been using one of these for the last couple years.

 

[DogHair]

Bodum Chambord . I use a 12 cup almost every morning without fail.

 

[ouch]

I've used a French press on and off for 25 years, and I think the ones from Ikea work as well as the pricier Bodums.

Makes a wonderful cuppa.

 

[dgilman]

They're wonderful in their simplicity. For sure, go out and buy one, and enjoy the coffee.

When I was an impoverished college student, a friend and I went in together for the price of a Bodum big enough for about three to four hefty cups, depending on how many grounds one spooned in. Cost us $5 each. I gained full custody when my friend moved away from the area after college. I used that press constantly for about twelve years, until the glue or whatever fixing the glass carafe to the plastic casing came loose and it was at risk of pitching out of its shell. And even then, with some caution, I kept it in working order for a few more months until I moved to Egypt this year. Since I had to travel light, I bid it a fond farewell.

I believe that a large Bodum press will run you about $20 these days. It's well worth it.

I feel very much the same way about French presses that I do about DE razors. If the thing provides superior quality of results, and has elegant simplicity in its aesthetics, then why would I want to use anything else?

 

[nEver-Ready]

I've used a French press on and off for 25 years, and I think the ones from Ikea work as well as the pricier Bodums.

Makes a wonderful cuppa.

+1. I've been using a $5.99 Ikea, and it works just as well as my Bodum, which cost 4x more.

 

[Subrage]

Picked up a nice bodum from world market for 25ish a few months ago.

 

[Jasonian]

+1. I've been using a $5.99 Ikea, and it works just as well as my Bodum, which cost 4x more.

I agree with the Ikea presses.

I've been using my glass one for years. I don't think they carry the same one that I have anymore.

 

[BrianL]

I have been using the one from IKEA with good results for about five years now. Easy to keep clean and is dishwasher friendly.

 

[Ski-Patroller]

+1. I've been using a $5.99 Ikea, and it works just as well as my Bodum, which cost 4x more.

+2 for Ikea

I bought their little one cup to compliment a Bodum. $5.95 well spent.

I prefer a small French press, if you are only making coffee for yourself. I would rather make a second cup later than let the coffee sit on the grounds for half an hour or more.

 

[goby]

Just go down to your local Starbucks... they sell the Bodum brand french press for about $16. I have been using one of these for the last couple years.

Target is a bit cheaper than Starbucks for Bodium French Presses.

I've gone through 2 in 6 months. 2 died by really stupid mistakes. I wish I would have started with a $40.00 stainless.

 

[eski11]

Picked mine up at a flea market for two bucks, makes a great cup of coffee.