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Product Info
The Espro Press helps you make a clean cup, with all of the delicate flavours and aromas that fully express your coffee. You will taste the coffee, and not the grounds. And the cup you drink tomorrow is as good as the cup you drink today.
It is robust enough for home, coffee shop and restaurant use.
Pros
- Double wall vacuum-insulated stainless vessel keeps brew temperature consistent, and keeps coffee warm for over an hour
- Double filtered: Primary filter 5-8 times finer than a standard French Press, Secondary filter 9-12 times finer than a standard French Press
- Durable and easy to clean, home and industrial dishwasher safe
- US and global patents pending
User Reviews
G. D. Cremer
I hovered between four and five stars for my Espro press, just because it adds a little more work on the prep and cleaning side, but it's earned a spot in my kitchen because it does make an exceptionally clean cup of coffee that still keeps the richness and complexity of French press coffee. It adds an extra step - I now microwave a quart of water (5 mins) while I'm boiling the water for coffee. I use that water to preheat the pot and filter, and then pour that water from the pot into the cups, then add the coffee to the preheated pot (3 scoops), fill it TO THE MARK on the inside of the pot and gently fit the filter basket to the top of the pot to hold in the heat while the coffee brews. After a few minutes, gently press down the plunger and pour. We get three full, 12 oz cups of great coffee - two for breakfast and one for the trip to work.On the cleaning side, the double basket takes a little more work to clean thoroughly - two filters to clean out, but the pot itself is easy, just large enough to easily fit my hand inside with a towel to dry it out after use.It's well made, and even though the lid isn't insulated, it holds the heat well for a great brew and serving piping hot coffee. I' going with five stars, despite the little bit of extra work, because it's well designed and made, definitely feels like it will last, and most importantly, because it does what it's advertised to do - it makes markedly better coffee than a regular French press. You can truly also drink it to the bottom of the cup without getting grains of coffee in that last sip.Highly recommended.
dmackerman
We have one of these at work, and they are amazing. The filter is not only fantastic, it's the best I've ever see on a french press. The chamber keeps coffee hot for what seems like hours. If you are serious about your coffee, for $100 this is a steal.
Tranquil Dude
There is a lot of hype surrounding this press and that combined with my experience with ESPRO, I didn't hesitate to pull the trigger. But is the hype warranted?Coffee gurus are giving this gold-plated reviews, based solely I imagine, on the fact that there is LESS coffee silt in the coffee produced than other presses. But let's talk about some of the other stuff that seems to be ignored.40 oz it is not. Filled to the Max Fill Line, the press shrinks 25% to 30 oz. No where in the advertising literature could I find this, and should be taken into consideration. 40 oz will fill my wife and my mug twice, 30 oz and its Rock-Paper-Scissors over the last cup. Minus one star.Bonjour, Bodum, Frieling all have closable lids on their SS presses to help hold in the heat- Espro decided to ignore that part. The gap in the lid is extensive, and there is no option to close the lid. We remedy the situation by placing a dish rag on top to help insulate, but version 2.0 needs a closing lid. Heat rises, most of the heat will want to escape out the top, and can freely with Espro's lid design. Minus one star for blatant heat loss.What about the micro-double-patent-pending-much-hyped-filtered part? The filter is massive, which brings us to the last point- that's a lot of plastic. Even green, at least four milk jugs died to make that filter. It also has the flimsiest looking filter of all my presses. Those twin gaskets that keep the grounds out, will they outlast my all-metal Bonjour or Frieling filters? I think not. To add insult to injury, the filter mechanism steals another 4-6oz of coffee, which shrinks the press even more. (Produces about 25oz of coffee.)But does it accomplish what it sets out to do? Does the coffee taste better? "Sweeter," some people claim. "Less bitter," say others. Malarky says I. Two presses, side by side, one Espro, one brand X, equal amounts freshly ground coffee, hot water just off a boil into both presses. Four minutes later press and sip. The Espro may keep a few more grounds out of the coffee than most, but I could discern little to no noticeable difference in taste. Same coffee, same water. We are talking about micro-filtration here, particles of coffee that don't sink, but float in the coffee. And the Espro lets those particles through. The Frieling press does a good job keeping grounds out, almost as good as the Espro. I'd say the Espro is about the last 2%, but looses points for heat loss and an advertised 40oz press that produces 30oz of coffee. So in essence, it focuses on the last 2%, gut ignores heat and volume, which in my book outweigh the last 2%.The Frieling French Press press gives a real 40 oz, quality construction and more coffee oils make it into the cup. However the BonJour French Press is right now the best bang for the buck- at 40% savings.
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