My wife was thoughtful enough to gift me an Aeropress for Christmas. After carefully washing the plastic parts three times in warm soapy water, the plastic was still off gassing a chemical smell. We are not fussy whiners and use food safe plastic products. Even new, NONE of those share the Aeropress' chemical smell. Super disappointed in the product, especially after all the hype.

Can't say enough good things! I roast every week for 25+ years and use this ever since my espresso machine boiler died. Easy to clean, easy to use. When I asked around all of my Roaster friends admit they have one and use it regularly so it's not just me!

So straightforward, and the coffee is top notch. It's a bit like a paintbrush in that the tool is simple but the possibilities are endless. I have liked using an approach I found in a video from Stumptown.

Great little French press style coffee maker! I was surprised how good th coffee turned out as it is competing with an espresso maker.

I only recently started to take the quality of my coffee seriously, and as a beginner, I was always recommended to start with the AeroPress. After trying many different AeroPress recipes - there really are so many - I can simply say that the AeroPress is extremely versatile, remarkably consistent, and somehow extremely kind to beginners. I absolutely recommend the AeroPress to anyone who enjoys making a good cup of coffee at home.

I've had it for around 7 days and almost used it in as many different ways already.

great stuff all in all, easy to clean

Its so sweet. So versatile and affordable. I’t think i will ever go back to a traditional coffee maker

Great product, prompt shipping as usual; excellent customer service with SCG!

Fast service and I have a rocket that I bought here and like the rocket fast good service when asking questions you get great answers with the smallest purchase or a large purchase. Thanks Seattle Coffee

I love it my coffee is better than ever!

Makes one of the best cups of coffee you ever had, if you have available hot water source at just the right temperature. Like an espresso machine it is designed to limit the amount of time hot water contacts the grounds so as not to 'cook' the ground cofee and release unpleasant and bitter compounds into your cup. It does a great job of producing the smoothest, mellowest cup of rich, flavoful coffee if you press out the coffee within 20-30 seconds.It does not produce espresso, for that you still need an espresso machine with powerful pump. I have an espresso machine for espresso drinks and the aeropress for a regular cup of coffee and for traveling.

Makes excellent coffee and has an extremely easy clean up. I can’t wait to try different recipes later on.

I've had mine for over 2 years now and am buying a replacement now. Thought I'd give a review. I got mine about a month after I took a cruise on an Italian Cruise ship. My best review of the cruise, was the Italian coffee brewers. I thought I'd never again enjoy coffee in America until my Aeropress arrived! We are a house hold of 3 grown, coffee drinking men with literally hundreds of dollars of specialty coffee machines sitting on a closet shelf! The reason I'm buying another is that we have worn this baby out! This is the fastest, most delicious coffee you will ever sip. All it takes is the time to heat water past 175 degree's! Doesn't even need a full boil! The hot tap on my water dispenser does a great job too! From hot water to first sip is done in a minute... and that includes cleaning up after yourself! The easiest, most forgiving coffee maker in the world! I have a restaurant Espresso machine that takes 4 times longer to produce a cup of coffee and the coffee packs are $.75 a cup! I brew "Caf? Bustelo" Espresso grind/roast straight from the can for less than $.15 a cup and I'm taking about a cup that makes you weak in the knees at the first sip! So worth trying!!!! Costs less than 10 cups from Starbucks and tastes muuuch better!

Absolutely every coffee lover needs one of these, I never truly enjoyed straight black coffee until now, this thing IMHO beats out 5000 dollar machines.Money definitely well spent

Simple. Tasty. Best money I've ever spent!

All the reviews have praised the Aeropress coffee maker.... and I agree. Simple and great coffee ! I use my new Baratza Encore on grind setting # 11 for a perfect cup of coffee !

The Aeropress makes a great cup of coffee and is ideal to take with you when you travel. You can find plenty of resources online on all different kinds of preparation recipes. It's also very easy to clean.By the way, the recipe that comes in the instructions is basically one of the worst forms of preparing coffee in the Aeropress :) Just throw those instructions away and search for alternative recipes online. Start with Seattle Coffee Gear's videos on YouTube, for example.You can also buy a metal filter to add yet another variable to your brew process. It produces a better or worse cup in my opinion depending on the coffee.

I've had this remarkable plastic piece of heaven for a couple years now. I'll tell ya, my first year was full of growing pains with some odd and, apparently, extremely rare problems with my press. The coffee it produces is the best I've ever had, owing a lot to being freshly made, but mostly to the method of brewing. The coffee is incredibly consistent and flexible in the strength by letting you choose both the amount of water and coffee. I've raved about this device and always will. Now, as stated, I've had problems and this is what is really remarkable. I called for a warranty issue within the first year and was immediately sent a replacement. The second year, same problem and was again immediately sent a replacement. Aerobie asked me to keep in touch after sending a revised replacement material and I did. I had compressed my plunger by storing it inside the chamber, without knowing this was possible, and was sent another plunger at no cost after contacting them! OMG, where have you ever heard of anything like this? Nowhere, that's where! I have actually had real live conversations with several people from the company and have even emailed back and forth. These people are truly dedicated to their product, customers and your experience. I can, without any reservation, recommend this product and the company. You will not regret it and if you have any problems I am certain you'll be satisfied with the results. Promise!

Absolutely a clean cup of coffee, as strong as you dare but without any grit.

This makes the perfect clean cup of coffee with so much flavor! My husband and I are normally french press and pour-over drinkers, but this has been a very fun, and delicious, addition. Our cups are full-bodied and strong like french press, but free of grit like pour-over. And so much faster! It's the best of both worlds.

A wonderfully simple invention that produces smooth, not-bitter coffee. Experiment with various roasts, grinds, times, temperatures and techniques. They all have an impact on the finished product. A big revelation for me was using lower temperature water (about 175-180 degrees) for the initial brewing. If you like your coffee hotter, add boiling water after pressing.

Mine also developed crazing and abrasions and after close examination, I see the plastic has been leaching into the coffee and we've been drinking it... ugh! It's a shame because it makes great coffee. Now I have to find something, preferably non-plastic, that makes coffee just as well.

I am consistently making the best coffee of my life with the combination of the AeroPress (I used the inverted method) and coffee ground fresh each time I drink it. I am a convert from the French press, which makes good coffee but has some drawbacks for me as a solo coffee drinker: sludge at the bottom of the cup, bitter notes in the second cup (or mug) if you store the coffee in a vacuum bottle, and cleanup. The AeroPress addresses the sludge and cleanup problems beautifully, and even as we speak they're probably working on a MegaAeroPress to make coffee for a mass of drinkers. One caveat: The AeroPress I ordered from SCG is my second one (for a place I sometimes visit), and the plunger seems to fit a bit more loosely in the chamber than it does on my original model. This might make the inverted method a bit more chancy that it is with the original, but I haven't used the new one enough yet to make a definitive judgment on that question.

I like everything about this coffeemaker except that you can only make enough for one person at a time. Oh...and there are 2 parts that I haven't figured out what they are for.LOL

it's a great product but I think logo design on the body of product can be better. it makes the product cheap made.this doesn't affect of making coffee quality but makes difference.I bought the metal mesh filter too. but when I inserted the filter, I couldn't closed the cap. The Metal filter is little thicker than the space.I think I should press it little more harder and smash it little bit to fit the space. I think it will be no problem.

It's quick, easy to operate, simple to clean, and produces an excellent cup of coffe for any taste.

Mine developed cracks and crazing right away, and no, I did not put it through a dishwasher. It also took remarkable strength to press, if your grind was just a little too fine. The strong coffee was good tasting, but this does not emulate espresso in any way.

Faster and tastes better than French Press. Not an espresso maker, however. For a quick, concentrated cup of coffee, the aeropress is top notch. Bring this along with a hand grinder and you can make coffee pretty much anywhere. About water temperature: play with it. I use water anywhere between 175-205 depending on the bean. Different temperature water changes the flavor and the brew time of whatever coffee you're making. Lighter roast=hotter water and slightly longer brew times for me. I really think this is the best way to make most single origin coffees. You can get all the subtle flavors of the bean using the aeropress. This and my espresso machine (CC1) are the only two ways I brew coffee anymore.

I love this over the French press method and drip method. Absolutely wonderful, bold coffee!!!!