The AeroPress Coffee Machine: a new concept in an ancient art

AEROPRESS coffee is micro-filtered. It so pure and particle-free that it can be stored for days as a concentrate. The concentrate can be drunk as espresso, mixed with milk for lattes, or diluted to make American coffee. French presses cannot make espresso or lattes.

Finally, cleaning the French press is quite a chore. The AEROPRESS chamber is self-cleaning. A ten-second rinse of the plunger is all that's required.

Reviews of the Aerobie AeroPress

Firstly, we need to acknowledge our friends at SingleServeCoffee, which not only tested the AeroPress here, but alerted us to the story in the first place. Not wanting to give too much away (because they have an extensive article on the Aeropress), but here’s an excerpt: “Delicious. Very non-bitter and always got the flavor of the coffee we were using. We could also depending on the mix time and the amount of time we took pressing the coffee out of the Aeropress get various strengths of coffee. We really enjoyed having almost total control over the type of coffee we produced and it all felt very zen like when you would get in tune with the Aeropress.

We tried various combinations of water temperature, grind, and time to press. In the end we got what we wanted with 176 degrees F water, 30 seconds of mix time, and around 35-40 seconds of press time using a Pete's Coffee or the illy dark espresso pre-ground coffee.”

Other coffee sites to have covered the AeroPress in blog fashion include CoffeeGeek and LocalsOnly Coffee

I've been very pleasantly surprised...This thing is really pretty amazing...it accomplishes about the same thing as that Clover thing as far as a short brew time and a cup made "expressly" for each person, but it costs 30 dollars instead of 6000. Coffee Geek

I am pleased to say, it not only has dramatically improved our home brew but also has made it difficult to drink anything else! You must try it to understand why this device is the only coffee maker I will ever own again. Making an AeroPress coffee takes only 30 seconds (start to finish) and best of all, only takes a few seconds to clean! Locals Only Coffee