this plus a hario ceramic grinder :smiley:

Fantastic bit of kit, makes great coffee. Heat added.

I'd still recommend a 3 minute brew time though.

I've had one for around 4 years (along with a lot of other coffee gadgets). It makes a decent cup of coffee and cleanup is easy but I don't use it much now, I prefer to use a small french press at work and cheap espresso machine, V60 or Vacuum pot at home. It's advertised as making espresso but the resulting coffee is nothing like espresso in my opinion, more like filter

I have two. One at home the other at work. Better than the coffee they provide us with. Cheaper than spending £3 per cup at the coffee shops. Its a calming ritual in the morning for me also.

Fantastic bit of kit, makes great coffee. Heat added.

I'd still recommend a 3 minute brew time though.

2p more sold by Amazon. Has been cheaper than this price recently.

Try submitting a demand throught flubit.com,
I requested the coffee maker + 350 coffee filters (which was £24.34 via Amazon) and got offered:

I love using my cafitierre but washing process is really off putting.

Is this as quick as claimed?

Super quick. If you like coffee you should try this. I'm about to order my second one for home.

Great simple little gadget. Use mine every day for the past 3 or 4 years a must for coffee lovers.

B

Quite intrigued but - does this only make very small expresso-type quantities of coffee at a time? (The photo shows it sitting on a shot glass). I need something that produces a decent sized cup of coffee...

I have two. One at home the other at work. Better than the coffee they provide us with. Cheaper than spending £3 per cup at the coffee shops. Its a calming ritual in the morning for me also.

The one with the bag is only 2 pounds more if looking for somewhere to store it

this plus a hario ceramic grinder :smiley:

I'm curious to try one of these. But at the same time i get good results from a low tech plastic filter and freshly ground coffee beans. I think the secret is not too piddle around with measuring the coffee - just use a lot.

Does this taste any better than a cafetiere or is it just preference?

Sorry I also don't understand how it brews the coffee quicker (less than 1 min compared to 4 mins) as I like mine strong.

Thanks.

Bought one of these a couple of weeks ago and absolutely love it. So quick and simple, and makes excellent coffee. Not as bitter as from a cafetiere and washing up takes seconds

I've had one for a couple of years now and highly recommend it. Not sure it's a "great' deal compared to normal, but good way to let people know :smiley: I have a ceramic grinder so use coffee beans, but you can just buy filter coffee if you want (assuming the grind isn't too fine).

With regards to washing it, I tend to just rinse it all off with hot water (a bit of scrubbing might be needed on the end), and then a proper clean in the dishwasher / sink maybe after 3 or 4 uses. It's not hard to clean and all the bits are easy to get to.

anybody got a link for the filters please?

Can anyone please recommend good replacement filters?

I've had one for around 4 years (along with a lot of other coffee gadgets). It makes a decent cup of coffee and cleanup is easy but I don't use it much now, I prefer to use a small french press at work and cheap espresso machine, V60 or Vacuum pot at home. It's advertised as making espresso but the resulting coffee is nothing like espresso in my opinion, more like filter

I have had mine since 2010. It's not going to beat a proper coffee, and the inventors claim it produces espresso amounts hence the numbers on the side - it doesn't and the inversion method is needed to get good strength. To be honest I prefer my zyliss cafetière hot mug for ease of use and strength these days. Still have the aeropress in the cupboard but never use it. Metal filter also does away with papers and let's more oils through.

Bialetti thing is the best

Love mine - nice coffee, easy to use and easy clean up... :sunglasses:

Couldn't get to grips with it at first with bland tasteless coffee, but then saw the inversion technique on one of the many aeropress websites and have been delighted with the results...

Good ground coffee also helps though!!!

I too bought the metal filter as you get more of the oils out - not sure about the whole 'use a paper filter several times' idea, once you take it apart to clean the filter will need throwing out I reckon in order to wash it off (bits of coffee obviously around the plunger etc).

Interesting how the description says contents are 1 coffee machine, yet the photo clearly shows a pack of filters included (I got 400 with mine a few years back) - I wonder if you do actually still get these, I'd have thought so.

Sit here drinking my coffee from this device. I highly recommend the inversion method thou' I'm sure there are guides online, but simply put.. Put plunger in cylinder, turn upside down, put in coffee, put in hot water. Put the filter disc into the other bit, now, what i general do here is wet the disc a little before attaching it to the cylinder then pushing the cylinder down very slightly. Let it brew, when ready, flip the whole device (hold the cylinder carefully and plunger) over a cup and then slowly depress. Top up with hot water in cup afterwards.
Also it's much eaiser to pop the disc out and split the plunger/cylinder immediatly after making the coffee than doing it later (after it's cooled). Enjoy :smile:

These are great, no bitter taste I use less coffee grounds per brew. I normally let it brew for a good few mins.

always warm milk first if you don't have it black :wink:

which ground coffees do people recommend for this?

Best I've tried is Sainsbury's Taste the Difference in a blue packet, unfortunately it's decaff!

Bought the £20.40 one direct from amazon - £19.38 with Amazon Student.

Thanks for posting.
I thought about buying one of these yesterday after being recommended one by a coffee shop.
The coffee they made with it was pleasant, but light . It allowed you to taste the fruity notes of the coffee.

I prefer coffee made with the Moka, but I've ordered one of these anyway for fun.

I've started roasting coffee at home simply with a heat gun in the back garden. I'm amazed how even the roast is, and After 4 days of resting the beans smell awesome.

I'll give the aeropress a try!

Would love to hear what coffee people use and can you get it online

I need to replace mine after several years use. I've been doing it inverted because it makes it stronger.

The edges you push down snapped off mine.

This is an excellent bit of kit. Make good presents for night shift types too.

Not as much extraction as an espresso machine, very similar extraction to a plain pourover but you can make 2 cups from 1 press if you like it mild (post-press topup with water). It's also slightly quicker than a pourover depending on how long you let it brew.

To clean it you eject the puck and then wipe the plunger face and around the inside rim. You could leave the scum on there I suppose if you were lazy. You then rinse the plastic filter cap as it will have some dilute coffee bubbles trapped in the holes.

Slightly more cleaning than a pourover but much less than a caffetiere

This makes the best coffee Ive ever had at home and as good as most hipster coffee shops. Just warm up some milk in a pan or microwave if you want it.

Tips.
Learn how to brew the upside down method. You have more control for longer brews. I always do this and its no harder. At least 2 minutes brewing is best.
Use water from the kettle that 2minutes old , so its off the boil about 5% cooler.
Try cold brewing with cold water in the fridge overnight in the upsidedown position. Amazing flavour with no bitterness.
You can recycle the filters for about 3 uses if you wash them and put them back in the lid to dry.

My favourite beans are the Colombian 3 strength. You can still make it as strong as you like but they have great flavor with this type of brewing.

We have one but don't use it much compared to an espresso machine. Coffee is good but not great. if you like a crema this not for you. Imo

So, can you throw this 10 times further than a regular coffeemaker? :neutral_face:

use mine extensively when travelling - indispensable

worth mentioning the "mesh" filters prevent you generating as much pressure as with the paper ones

tip - the used coffee pucks are just the right size for drying and then burning as outdoor wasp/midge deterrents

Awesome. I think mine was also a £9.99 screwfix job :smile:

Have you found a particularly good supplier of green beans so far? I've used evo.coffee, and coffee-compass. But I can't comment on them so far as it's only been 2 days since roasting the beans (and being a newbie I'll probably blame any disappointments on my own technique). I got 3 x 1kg of beans for £20 from coffee compass, and once I've got better at roasting the beans I'll try something more expensive

Try roasting with a hot air popcorn maker, can buy off ebay. Also green bean suppliers, there are quite a few on ebay but these are also reasonable. http://yorkcoffeeemporium.co.uk/green-coffee.html

Best results. Brew it upside down and not like in the photos

Just wondered wondering if one use of this would give you 2 FULL mugs of strong black coffee or do you have to make one, empty and clean it and then make the second one?

Really tempted (especially for camping).

Thanks Mark.

Recommend buying whole beans and grinding the amount you want. There are loads of great coffee suppliers out there including:

Notes (http://notes-uk.co.uk/)
Monmouth (http://www.monmouthcoffee.co.uk/)
Square Mile (http://shop.squaremilecoffee.com/)
Ozone (https://www.ozonecoffee.co.uk/)

Supermarket coffee often sits on the shelf for a long time. You basically want to use coffee quite quickly after roasting and very quickly after grinding.

Happy drinking.

I'm also a big fan of mine - I like an enormous cup of coffee in the morning, but I just use a lot of coffee, fill the aeropress up, and then top up like an americano. The cleaning is the thing for me though; it's really easy but also the process means you just clean straight after (unlike a cafetiere which you might bring back to your desk and then let it fester when you're done).
I get my coffee from hasbean - I think they might do green beans too. Would love to try roasting so am gonna check out these ghetto techniques for sure!

Make one and then a second, the procedure is relatively quick and well worth it.

Try these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HOT-AIR-POPCORN-MAKER-/142114000006?hash=item2116a78c86:g:IowAAOSwIgNXqEvo
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELECTRIC-POPCORN-MAKER-1200W-FAT-FREE-HOT-AIR-POPCORN-MAKER-POPPER-MACHINE-WHITE-/221858784117?hash=item33a7d06375:g:SfsAAOSwjVVV1dZc
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TheBigShip-1200Watt-Electric-Hot-Air-Popcorn-Maker-Poppers-Pink-White-Pink-/121985607541?hash=item1c66e8a775:g:0vIAAOSwo6lWPK75

I've had all types of coffee machines, but this one beats them all.

Tasty coffee without bitterness - I use Lavazza

​Thanks for that.

I'll order one and give it a go.

Mark.

How does this taste compared to nespresso?

The only coffees I want now are Jamaican blue mountain...and French roast coffee.

I've had beans from Rave, Coffee Compass, York Coffee Emporium and foundry coffee roasters (don't think do green bean any more though) and a couple of others that I can't remember.

I'm also currently working my way through the 3kg for £20 from CC, I don't think you can beat these for the money

These will also supply green coffee if emailed and requested, they tend to charge £3.5 to 4 per 250grams and it is good quality. https://www.northstarroast.com/

I love how everybody RAVES about this product. It really isn't as good as people make out. That being said, it IS good. I think its the combination of simplicity, speed, ease and decent quality coffee that makes it so popular. I've had mine since 2010 and I still use it most days, it's a huge improvement on instant and yes, unless you want to invest hundreds in a good espresso maker, this is likely to be the best coffee you can make at home. That being said, the coffee produced is not that amazing. Pleasant, drinkable, bit of depth but nothing much else. Definitely worth a purchase though.

The alternative - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/La-Pavoni-Europiccola-EL-Lever-Espresso-Coffee-Machine-Silver-Black-Genuine-NEW-/282139351315?hash=item41b0d0d913:g:YysAAOSwgZ1XtAnj

If I throw this out of the Window, will it come back to me?

I agree that it's not as good as the hype would suggest, I disagree about spending hundreds on a espresso machine though, I can make much better coffee in my £25 cookworks espresso machine than in my Aeropress

only if you buy the Aerobie Orbiter Boomerang verison and not the standard circular aerobie.

It will make two, although you would need to decant, it is espresso it makes, but it will make you a lot of it. Most people just do less coffee for a bit more time and drink an enormous espresso or near espresso strength brew themselves, but thats not technically the right way to do it.

The nice thing about the AeroPress is that it allows for experimentation. It is very easy to change the water temperature, amount of water vs coffee grounds, brewing duration (longer if used up side down), pressure (use multiple filters to increase the pressure required, etc. So you can use it for many different types of coffee.

It is also fairly compact, so good for travelling/camping, although the Zyliss Smart Cafe is more compact.

Tempted to try one of these, still using my Philips Senseo with a plastic duck. A little fiddly, but makes nice coffee when you use quality brands like Lavazza. Tried the Cafe Direct Machu Pichu blend recently, really like that one.

If anyone wants mine for £10 to charity they are welcome to it.
(about a year old - only used one pack of filters).

Update: Someone has taken me up on this offer!

Got one and its crap! And thats official. As done by my Italian nona, we did blind taste test and she got it right all 10 times.
Its like dish water compared to stove AND a caffateire. Only for people who like Starbucks crap.
If you do buy save money on filters and get the steel ones, but even better dont bother at all.

Does this come with filters or do I need to buy that separately?

Expired. Price went up hours ago.
Bought it with cover and filters. Reviews look excellent.
Quicker and easier to clean than cafetiere.

Sounds a great idea. Heat added, am I off to buy one! Thanks.

i will stick to mellow birds :smiley: I only drink it to spite "real" coffee drinkers

This is a great coffee maker. I use it when staying in cheap Spanish accommodation that only provides a crappy filter machine. This is great - just take ground coffee and pour in boiling water from a kettle.
When I ordered one a few years back for about this price it came with filters.

Bought this. Have no idea how to use it.

I've had one of these for about 6 months. Use it every day. Excellent bit of kit, particularly the ease of ejecting the grounds into the bin and a quick rinse to get the few last grains off the rubber seal. No real washing up is required.
I actually use mine differently to how they suggest. I turn it up the wrong way with the rubber plunger already inserted and put the grounds in it as if it were a cup and then the water, stir, put filter lid on and flip over onto cup and press through.

You would need to reload, but it takes 10 seconds to clean it

Not recommended for camping. I took mine thinking it was a good idea. Unless you have a solid flat surface, not often found camping its a liability, I tipped in up while making and quite badly burnt myself

I Have one and have been using it everyday, when I remember for 18 months. Really quick and easy and makes nice coffee. Only issue is I get a lot of strange looks in the office!!!

Check youtube

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Any good links on how to use a heat gun like this?

just watched 2 you tube videos looks a complete pain in the bum

Firstly , after years of the Cafetiere system I got sick of the sludge in the bottom of my coffee; Bit personal but if you don't like it you will have no trouble selling this on Ebay .Also go on youtube for many , many demos of slightly different ways to use one of these, some quick some slow, some 45 seconds long and winning Barista awards.

This is roughly the normal price for the Aeropress (which makes excellent coffee btw). I have no idea why it's hot.

Excellent gadget! Makes nice espressos and very portable for holidays, camping trips, etc.

excellent product, wouldn't be without mine and better and quicker than a french press. makes a standard mugful if you brim it (about 325ml)

i use this for filter coffee and bialetti for espresso

For best quality/freshness/price it's either Rave or Limini. I used Limini in my shop and very good - roast day of order and fast delivery. Rave similar. Supermarket beans tend to be well past the best. You want beans used within a month max. Buy fresh roast, leave for 3-5 days to de-gas and good to go.

As to speed on these little machines then when I owned a coffee shop I offered V60, French Press, AeroPress, a whole Espresso menu and Syphon. Espresso was easiest (once you knew what you were doing of course!) followed by French Press and V6 - Syphon was so slow we dropped it. The AeroPress is good quality wise and nice to play with, but in a professional environment, if you want everything stripping and cleaning, it was just a bit slow. French Press is a super quick rinse and minimal fuss. I use French Press at home. It's under-rated because people don't use it properly.

The clips on youtube generally seem to show you moving the beans around with the nozzle of the heat gun but I just put 250g of beans in a stainless steel dog bowl and put something under the back of it so it's tilted towards me. I just point the gun into the beans on the low settings and constantly move the beans around with a whisk. The beans constantly fall to the front of the bowl because it's tilted. Just got to keep them moving and decide how well roasted you want them. Takes about 12 minutes depending on the ambient tempereture

When they are done you need to cool them down quick so I dump them in a stainless sieve and hold them over a desk fan pointing upward moving them around with the whisk but you can just use two sieves and tip the beans from one to other and back again until they are cool

Yes they are very easy to clean. I just knock out the filter and coffee into my compost bin and then give it a quick rinse under the tap.

Just an update, it is now cheaper at £21.50 with the tote bag at amazon, finally bought

I love my coffee and thought about getting one of these, but there's a lad at work who bought one and every time he gets it out he looks like a right twonk. They look ridiculous

​My favourite is "Gone for Lunch" blend from coffeereal.co.uk even though I have tried many others. I get through about five bags per month.

does this make a good crema?

Tried loads of coffee, expensive ones from waitrose and cheap ones from Aldi, but always come back to Kirkland (own brand) from Costco. It's about £7 for a large tin and the bonus is my cow-orkers can laugh hysterically and say oh look he's got another kilo of Colombian.

These are perfect for a cup in the morning , pop the pellet out and rinse , job done.
Also helps that its so compact so takes no space in my cupboard.

Use M&S Columbian or this one https://sdbellsteacoffee.com/product/komodo-dragon-coffee/

People get a bit arsey over it all , simply put , its as quick and easy as instant only tastes like proper coffee.
Just buy one if your using instant

for £21.49 you can get the one with the tote bag

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aerobie-AeroPress-Coffee-Maker-Storage/dp/B0018RY8H0/ref=sr_1_2?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1474100780&sr=1-2&keywords=aeropress

Either people are mistaking this for something other than a coffee press, or you mis-typed and ended up on youlube.com!?

Received the coffee maker today and have just had our first cup.

Must say I'm impressed with the taste and also seemed to use slightly less coffee.

I used the inverted method adding 3 measures of coffee, filled around half way with 80 degrees water and stirred for 30 secs, left it for a couple of mins before filling with water and sterring again and then plunging into 2 mugs.

This made perfect strength coffee when adding some more hot water to the mugs.

Thanks OP.

Just been on amazon and I think this is a better offer for £ 21. 4 1 +p+p £3.99
You get a free metal filter coffee and travel bag

Thank you so much for this post. I ordered one and have been drinking far too much coffee since! I got a metal filter at the same time, and it works fine. It makes the nicest cup of coffee ever - Strong and smooth brew, far better than any other machine I've tried, and easy to do.