Thats silly money.

The charm of the AP is that it's cheap and you can just lob it in your camping bag.

I've never used one, is the breakable nature of the glass version a result of heat cycles or just because it'll crack if you knock it by accident?

Way, wayyy too much for what it is. Just use a mocha pot

The whole 👉 was a cheap easy coffee maker.

They are cashing in on the microplastics fad. Simps are so easy to sell to.

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I was thinking about that too, but I have a stainless steel vacuum insulated french press, and I never preheat it.

I am open to suggestions!

Aeropress was never anything like expresso. it just makes a fast cup easily, and the best part is the way the puck pops out into the trash and there is minimal clean up and no pod waste.

The aeropress never made coffee well because it used pressure. It excelled at being a faster cafetière/french press with a paper filter and easier clean up. Outside of large metal lever brewers steams they only way to get pressure that will impact a brew significantly. The oxo rapid brew is more mechanically complex, harder to clean and can only brew a limited set of ways the aeropress can. I don’t think it will out compete the aeropress.

They address this in the FAQ:

The number markings are a recognizable part of the AeroPress design and, by including them on Steel, we're protecting our trademark. To help with fill guidance, the inside of the chamber includes a laser-etched mark at the 5 level that can be seen from above.

"Protecting trademark"

I don't use the numbers at all. I do inverted, and pull the plunger until it's barely in the cylinder, and fill it from there.

That makes just enough coffee for a standard 10oz mug.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aidvrssMSGo

Mocha pot

Did someone test the aeropress and find lots of microplastics?

A few people mentioned it here.

If its a concern, aren't (e.g.) tupperware and coffee flasks too?

Keep scrolling, you didn't even get to the anal probing part yet.

I've been thinking of switching from my usual French press method to a V60, seems simpler for one cup.

Have you looked into reusable filters at all or do you use the good ole paper cone?

It's all just personal preference, but yes, many people do think it's the best way to brew coffee. Some people think it gives you microplastics, but it can't be substantial. If it were substantial you'd see your aeropress wearing away. Washing after your done should keep the amount low, if it were measurable at all.

An aeropress is quite a bit more portable than anything bulky and electric.

Some people prefer Aeropress, but would like to drink it without microplastics.

You can't google for alternatives, but you can aliexpress or temu for them.

The filter machine at that price got plastic?

Now you can aeropress that acid back where it belongs!

Getting engineered foods out of my diet fixed my reflux problems

French press? Or a freestanding thingy that you put a coffee filter in with a cup underneath for a one cup drip coffee.

If you have a source of brew-temperature water handy, such as a water boiler, there's the quick cuccumella method, which is pretty much drip coffee: Fill the coffee filter of the cuccumella with grounds, fill the water container with hot water, invert the cuccumella, and it drips through in a couple of minutes.

It makes a nice tasting brew: More flavor than an aeropress, but not quite as strong as a moka pot.

I guess I’d like to know better alternatives for quickly brewing black coffee for one person.

Pour over a paper filter. Cheap and fast.

For a mug of coffee:

• French press for steel filtered coffee
• Aeropress for slightly faster steel filtered coffee
• Pour over for paper filtered coffee
• Drip for paper filtered coffee

For a shot

• Espresso machine

For something between

• Mocha pot

Steel filters give more mud in the bottom of the mug, paper filters less. I think the v60 pour over makes the best single or two mugs of coffee

I use a lever espresso machine at home, the v60 is for travelling, French press in the office