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Brand: Bodum
Category: Kitchen

List Price: ~~$107.00~~
Buy New: $55.90
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

184 reviews
Sales Rank: 6692

Color: silver
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Size: 8-cup
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 6.9 x 5.3

MPN: 1308-16
Model: 1308-16
UPC: 727015302799
EAN: 0727015302799
ASIN: B00005YY9X

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Customer Reviews:

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Great Coffee May 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I use this whenever I am working from home, and my larger Chemex 10 Cup Coffee Maker when I am filling a thermos for work. (I need more coffee when I go into the office because I have the best coffee there and thus have to share!)

This is a great way to make coffee! The french press style of brewing is much easier then my chemex and the coffee is just as good! Sure, with a french press you do sometimes get a small amount of fine grounds in your coffee (which never happens with the chemex) but it is a small price to pay for the convenience. Also, the second filter in the pour spout keeps out a lot of the worst grounds. If you find you are consistently getting obnoxious amounts of coffee grounds in your coffee then you are probably overfilling the french press. Try less water next time; that should alleviate the problem.

One reviewer complained that the coffee will cool in this french press. This is true but it does not occur nearly as quickly as it would if you left the coffee in a glass french press (or in the chemex for that matter). I find the coffee to remain at a drinkable temperature all morning. (On the other hand, I don't like my coffee to be piping hot when I drink it as that mutes the flavor.)

My biggest complaint is that I always drip coffee. It spills when I pour it and it leaves a ring on the desk every day. Nobody else has complained of this though so maybe it's just me.

Another complaint is that sometimes you think it's empty, because no more coffee comes out, but there is still another cup or two hiding in there. You need to play with the plunger to coax out the last cup. If it were just a swallow I wouldn't care; the last swallow out of a french press can be kind of chewy anyway ;-). But there's often a whole mug of coffee hiding in there!

These two things detract enough from this press that I give mine four stars instead of five.

Now go drink coffee and be happy!

4 out of 5 stars

Hot Pot May 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Having used a French Press for more years than I care to remember, I wouldn't make coffee any other way. The only downside was breaking the glass beakers. For this reason, I bought the stainless steel pot. It keeps the coffee hot a little longer than glass and longer still under a homemade "coffee cozy." However, don't buy it if you are looking for something to keep the coffee hot for hours. It may say eight cups but it really only fills two good size mugs, maybe three. Eight cups would be the old-fashioned 4-ounce size cup complete with saucer. The press is excellent with very good fit. I'm thrilled to not have to replace any more glass beakers. After time, that gets to be kind of pricey as well as a pain.

4 out of 5 stars

Bodum coffee press May 15, 2008
I have broken at least a half dozen coffee presses over the years and finally got fed up and bought a stainless steel model. This press works great! No amount of dropping will damage it. The only small complaint is that it is not as insulated as I was expecting. The coffee gets cold in about the same amount of time as a glass press.

5 out of 5 stars

The Ultimate Press May 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

My husband had been using a Bodum press with a glass beaker, which he loved. But I noticed that he was transfering the coffee to a thermal pot to keep it warm, and so we had two utensils on the counter instead of one. So, when the beaker broke, which they are wont to do, I bought him the Bodum Columbia 8-Cup Stainless-Steel Thermal Press Pot. He is in awe of this one! It is beautiful, has a finer mesh "plunger", keeps his coffee warm, and has no seams on the outside to collect water when in the dishwasher (an added bonus). He is immensely pleased! Me, too!

4 out of 5 stars

Good product - bad advice May 4, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

If you like French presses you'll probably like this. Unlike glass it is unbreakable. I prefer the filter design on this one. The glass ones have several parts and are fiddly to clean and re-assemble. The Columbia has a one piece filter so is easier to clean and assemble and it works just as well as the the multi part filters. The insulation helps maintain the water temperature while you brew.

I took one star off because using the maker to store the coffee after brewing is a bad idea. Why? because with the grounds still in the coffee it continues to brew resulting in over extracted bitter coffee. Better to pour the coffee in to a separate carafe after brewing. The folks at Bodum know this; shame on them for saying that this will serve as a carafe after brewing.

Another thing to keep in mind is that when they say it holds 34 oz that means it holds 34oz of water when filled to the brim without the grounds. I've found that it actually makes about 30oz of coffee.

That said, after over a year of use, I liked it well enough that when I broke my big glass press I replaced it with the the bigger Columbia. A very nice product overall.

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