French Press, Press Pot, Coffee Press, Coffee Plunger, Cafetière, Bodum

Do French Presses break easily?

That’s the question a person asked at CoffeeDetective.com.
It’s a good question, when even ‘unbreakable’ French presses sometimes leak or break. At the coffee house I volunteer at, we used to use Bodum’s glass French presses. They worked well, but being made of glass, they eventually break. In a cafe environment, this certainly happens more [...]

Chris Woodward’s One Piece Glass French Press

This French press was designed by Chris Woodward, and is made of a single piece of glass framed in metal. “A single solid piece of glass is far more shatter resistant.
What’s even better is the entire thing is dish washer safe and BPA free.” says Yanko Design.
Very cool. This is a very new product, [...]

A Disposable French Press?

One of the products unveiled at the latest Coffee Fest in Seattle was the SmartCup.
When Jeff Baccetti wanted to take his French press coffee on the road, he’d take it out of his press and put it in a mug. But that wasn’t good enough.
So the Redmond resident created the SmartCup, a disposable, [...]