AeroPress Coffee and Espresso Maker with Tote Bag and 350 Additional Filters - Quickly Makes Delicious Coffee without Bitterness - 1 to 3 Cups Per Press

I'm the only coffee drinker in our house and have been on the search for a coffee maker that doesn't cost an arm and a leg, but it also easy to make one cup at a time. My drip maker made too much, I had a pour over cone, but the flavor wasn't great. I'd tried friend's Keurigs, but the coffee seemed weak and they are very pricey. Finally, I read a review of the AeroPress on a blog and decided to give it a try. One thing to know is that it makes espresso style coffee (as in you're brewing 1-2 shots, not a mug full). You can add more hot water to make an americano, add warm milk to make it more like a latte, be really indulgent and use half and half to make a delicious breve latte, etc. This is not going to give you the exact type of coffee you get from a drip coffee maker. I personally think the coffee I make with the AeroPress tastes better than drip, even when I just make it into an americano. The press is easy to use. Use whatever ground coffee you prefer (I do find the quality of coffee beans as well as freshly grinding your beans can really affect the outcome, but it does for all coffee making methods). Put the filter in, screw on the bottom, and then you simply add the number of scoops corresponding to "shots" you want. I usually do two. Pour in water to the corresponding number, stir, slowly plunge down, and your coffee is ready! To clean up just eject the filter/grounds and rinse. Really simple! Yes, not as easy as a Keurig, but cheaper (per cup, not just the maker) and the taste is better. There is also less waste since I can either reuse or compost the filter and the grounds can be composted (no plastic cups being sent to the landfill here!). The coffee comes out strong and smooth. I love that I can make coffee at home that takes care of my craving for Starbucks - at a fraction of the cost! It is not messy, makes just the amount I want, and is easy to clean up. Plus it is very portable and easy to take along when traveling - no more nasty hotel coffee! If you like your Folgers made in a drip coffee maker, this is probably not the maker for you. But if you like really good coffee that you can personalize, give the AeroPress a try!

There is a very good reason that the aeropress has over 300 reviews with an average of 5 stars. This makes far better espresso than my stainless steel stovetop espresso maker (which I bought for about twice the price of the aeropress). In fact, I spent much of my youth as a barista, working an old-fashioned, fully manual machine, and I would honestly say that this espresso comes incredibly close in quality to the professional-grade espresso I made then - if you drink it in a latte or americano style, it is virtually impossible to tell the difference between aeropress espresso and espresso made using a high-end professional machine. I am blown away by the simplicity of the design, not to mention the convenience and portability of this little device. And don't let the fact that it is made of plastic turn you off. The coffee barely has contact with the plastic as it is, and the coffee produced is far superior to that made by any other device I have ever used in my kitchen(and I have used many). I did find the directions a bit lacking, and when I googled how to use the aeropress I found a lot of videos of folks weighing hand-roasted beans and measuring the water temperature. Personally, that isn't going to fly. I make my coffee on the way out the door in the morning, and I don't have the time or patience for such fussiness. Here is how I have been using the machine: Use the scoop provided, and measure out one scoop of ground coffee for every "shot" of espresso you would like. The best grind is about halfway between drip and espresso grind, similar to what you would use for a stovetop espresso maker. Any grind will work, though - a courser grind will yield a lighter brew and a finer grind will yield something closer to traditional espresso. Heat the water - you want it a little below boiling, so either bring it almost but not quite to a boil, or boil it and then let it sit for a couple of minutes. Add the water to the aeropress chamber (I won't bother telling you how to assemble it, because the included instructions should make that pretty clear, and it is quite self-explanatory), and measure just above the number written on the side to correspond to the number of scoops of coffee you added (i.e. - if you added 2 scoops of coffee, fill to just above the "2" printed on the side of the chamber). Use the stirrer provided and stir for ten seconds, then insert and slowly push down on the plunger. Slow and steady wins the race here - don't try to jam it down too fast, but don't worry about whether or not it takes the specified 20 seconds - I never bother timing this part of the process, and I have never ended up with a bad cup of coffee from the aeropress. Once the coffee is pressed out, add hot water to make a traditional cup of coffee to desired strength, milk or soy milk to make a latte, or just drink it straight - it's good enough to stand up on its own as straight espresso! I use this to make iced lattes every morning, and not only is it at least as good as the starbucks iced lattes I was paying an arm and a leg for every morning, but it's actually much, much faster than even the drive-through. Cleanup is so easy it's almost non-existent, and this thing is so portable and durable that you can easily travel with it anywhere. On mornings when I'm literally running too late to even make coffee, I just throw it in the travel pouch provided and then make my coffee at work - as long as you have access to a cup, a water supply, and a kettle or microwave, you are in business. In short, go ahead and get rid of all your other coffee-making paraphernalia and order yourself an aeropress. You won't regret it. June 2016 Update: My Aeropress is still going strong, and in perfect working order. So allow me to add DURABLE to the list of things I love about this product!

Supe del AeroPress Coffee por que vi a unos amigos usándolo para su café diario y me pareció de lo más práctico. Excelente calidad del producto y fácil de usar y lavar. Con esto dejo atrás las cafeteras eléctricas y las de cápsulas, y no por malas, sino que este AeroPress me parece que facilita todo el "proceso".

I absolutely love the Aeropress. Great coffee, fast, with minimal cleanup. Do yourself a favour, and buy either a digital kettle with adjustable temperature settings or a fast-read digital thermometer. (Those kettles are the best!) You want to brew with 175 degree F (80-ish C) water. This temperature is the key to super-smooth coffee, without extracting the bitterness. This kit comes with the zippered pouch, which is great for travelling.

Pictures imply you're getting extra box of filters and tote bag for the additional £6 over the stand alone Aeropress but in fact all you get is a flimsy bag

Fresh brew takes a bit to get to your preferred mix, once mastered yum.

Awesome, makes great coffee easily. The AeroPress is a portable Espresso coffee maker, that allows you to make your own Espresso at the office, if you have hot water nearby. You can make from 1-4 cups of Espresso, and it will taste as good as any electric espresso maker. The AeroPress has a "cult" status in the Coffee and Barista community. There are annual competitions on who makes the best espresso with the AeroPress and you can find several books dedicated to it right here on Amazon. For best results you should use freshly ground coffee, as with any other espresso maker. A nice kit that goes along with the AeroPress is a manual grinder, that allows you to grind your own beans, wherever you are. You no longer have to be in the middle of Downtown to have an awesome espresso, with this little contraption and a manual grinder, you can have fresh and awesome Espresso in the middle of the Algonquin Park (or Yosemite, or the Amazon Forest, you pick).