AeroPress Original Coffee and Espresso Maker

After about 5 years, the rubber stopper wears out, but they sell replacements. I've had mine for about 8 years.

Aeropress was bought by VC firm, who want to milk it for all it’s worth. ... Lower production costs, higher price point.

By far the best option for travel. Every touring musician I know that is into coffee does aeropress on the road

I'm in the Aeropress camp. If you have someone else, just make another. Still faster then French press. ... It's really tolerant of mistakes, and hard to break. You don't need a fancy kettle, it's easy to clean.

Yes absolutely get it for travel but beware, it may end up being the only brewer you ever use again. I just can't stop using it, it's too perfect for any situation.

It's really designed to make a single cup for just 1 person, so it's not at all efficient if you're trying to brew for 3+, or prefer several cups in a single sitting. ... I agree it's not great if you want a full mug of coffee.

I feel like the main advantage of the AP over the FP is how easy it is to cleanup. FP requires you to scrape out the grinds and to clean the metal filter. ... The AP just needs a rinse after popping out the puck and paper filter.

If you want the option of brewing for friends (that is, more than one cup in one brewing process), I'd leave out the Aeropress. I've brewed 200 ml cups and I think it can hold 250 ml, but no more.

Prefer the smoothness of an aeropress coffee, particularly with lower temperature water. ... If I give someone a cup of french press coffee, they normally say thanks. If I give them an aeropress coffee, they normally say wow.

I bought it after hearing all the praises, and its now sitting in my cupboard. I had the exact same issues as you and realized I have to use much more coffee than other brew methods, so I gave up.

Aero press is the fast consistent cup stumbling out the door on a workday. Pour over is the day off pleasure.

Take it with me on almost all business travel. Sometimes I bring my own beans, other times I will seek out local roasters, but, regardless, can't go back to hotel/Nespresso coffee you find in the rooms.

Yikes! I paid $26 for mine in 2014 and it's still as good now as then. I say that to suggest that a well-cared for used one should do the trick.

Got mine for about 7 years ago and am on my third refill of filters. I usually clean the paper and reuse it a few times so I probably made a few thousand cups with it. Still as good as new.

I think so. Especially if you’re just making one cup. If I’m making coffee for multiple people I sometimes use my metal, double-walled French press. But I prefer aeropress when camping.

I find Aeropress to be vastly more forgiving, not to mention faster than my Chemex (good for those rushing-to-sqeeze-in-a-brew-before-my-one-o'clock late lunches). Cleanup is easier with Chemex but only slightly so

Biggest advantage of aeropress is that its so much easier to clean. Like wayyyyyyy easier.

What I've found with the aeropress is that it was designed for simplicity but then was turned into the craft coffee snobs tool of choice for creating overly complex methods of brewing. Look up the simplicest recipe possible and it will produce great results, get too caught up in the nuance of the thing and you'll just find yourself frustrated.