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#23 ·
I don't own a French Press, but have had a great cup of coffee from one. On a few trips, someone would pull one out of their gear box and just use the regular Folgers coffee and for some reason it tasted richer. My go to coffee is from a good size percolator coffee pot, placed on a single burner colman white gas stove, setup on a small end table by the river, no better way to start the morning, standing by the river and a hot cup of Joe. I think I may pick one up, never thought about it till seeing this post. One of the best cups of coffee I have had, was dark roasted Cuban coffee while enjoying one of their cigar's.
 
#24 ·
jgrebe - I checked out the cold brew filter you listed. I like the idea for home use, but don't you end up with the same mess of coffee grounds in the cold brew filter as you would in a french press?

As far as the original post goes, I use a percolator with a paper filter holding the coffee. Makes for easy clean up, but I will say it's not the fastest way to make coffee. I might try the pour through cone and see how that works out. I like the idea of having left-over hot water for cocoa, tea, dishes...etc.
 
#25 ·
HitMcG said:
jgrebe - I checked out the cold brew filter you listed. I like the idea for home use, but don't you end up with the same mess of coffee grounds in the cold brew filter as you would in a french press?

As far as the original post goes, I use a percolator with a paper filter holding the coffee. Makes for easy clean up, but I will say it's not the fastest way to make coffee. I might try the pour through cone and see how that works out. I like the idea of having left-over hot water for cocoa, tea, dishes...etc.
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No, not really, all the grounds are inside the tube so you just dump it in the trash and rinse it. NBD. Suppose it's not as clean as a disposable filter but a LOT easier than cleaning up a pot of cowboy grinds.
 
#29 ·
Best press hands down ESPRO but extremely inefficient for rivers or camping. Get a nut bag/cheese cloth and fill with grinds and soak it with the hot water. Same concept, hot water mixed with coffee grinds filtered out. But way less stuff to haul, less cleanup, less stuff to destroy, easy to make large amounts.
 
#32 ·
I agree with the others suggesting the Aero press, it makes a damn good cup of espresso or if you add water to it you have americano.

Another good option for a single serving of 20oz or less is the Planetary Design steel toe bru-stop french press, they are a company out of Missoula, I have been nothing but impressed with this french press.

https://planetarydesign.com/shop/steel-toe-with-bru-stop/


If I need to make coffee for a large group of ppl then I usually use my Black Rifle Coffee Company french press.

https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/co...quipment/products/espro-p7-matte-black-french-press-32oz?variant=29992563671149
 
#33 ·
Maybe I'm old fashion.."ok boomer" but it doesn't get much better than a great source of coffee and a Melita pour though. I have a #4 for small batches and a #6 for larger groups. Yes we have to do multiple batches...but that's ok. So the key in my mind is spectacular coffee. And here is my blatantly obvious plug. TRY O'HORIS!!! O'horis coffee out of Santa Fe is spectacular. Lots of locally sourced coffees. And roasted to perfection. We buy 15 lbs delivered to the house in Colorado. It's truly lovely coffee.

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#36 ·
We use an all stainless steel french press on the river. Two of us, perfect size, perfect amount of coffee before beer time 9:00 am MST. Durable. I have tried others (plastic, glass, and plastic w/re-re-reinforced duck tape) all have failed, cracked, and most notably, failing at worst time. Stainless steel way to go, durable, never complains, cleans up easily, shiny, pretty. Prefect morning companion on the river. I also prefer flat top knobs to rounded... ...less hand hurt when pressing and stores better.
 
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#38 ·
I just picked up the Aero press.
Great coffee with easy clean up!!!
I see about 5 other folks have tried the new press and all have the same favorable recommendations. There would be more positive recommendations if more folks would try the relatively new press.
 
Discussion starter · #39 ·
Oh boy, what a good number of different recommendations. Thanks everybody. I don't know yet which one I'll buy. I'm leaning to the Aeropress, but the Melitta looks so quick & simple.



By the way, I'm not a "coffee snob", whatever that really means, and my question was for just making one cup of coffee for me.
 
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