ESPRO P1 French Press Coffee Maker for Travel, Double-Walled Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated, 12 Ounces, Brushed Stainless Steel

Great coffee maker for camping or outdoor use!
First off, let’s get the latest issue out of the way. I purchased this item at retail from Amazon and have not been compensated, reimbursed or credited in any way. Now on to the review. I purchased this item as a portable coffee maker for camping. With that use in mind, here are some of the points I liked about this coffee maker.1. It worked as advertised. Using this item to make French Press coffee was a snap. The double filter reliably screened out grounds, as long as you followed recommendations about how much water to use.(High water marks are stamped in the stainless steel interior and are easy to see and use).2. The stainless steel vacuum bottle portion of the coffee maker allowed the beverage to remain hot for multiple hours. I had hot coffee through the course of the day.3. The lid was easy to drink through.4. The build quality seems to be very good. I haven’t had any issues with any of the plastic or rubber items not functioning as they are intended.There were a couple of items that I found a bit frustrating though. They were:1. Having to have a separate lid you had to find, keep handy and screw on if you wanted this item to seal and not leak if it was tipped over. Not a deal breaker, but an extra step and an extra piece to keep around if you wanted to throw this coffee maker into a bag and have leaks not happen.2. Due to the double seal, cleanup was a bit more involved that what you would see in a standard French Press pot.Overall, this item was a gem for what I wanted it for. Hot, flavorful French Press coffee to sip on while camping, and no cold coffee!

Meh it’s ok…
Update 11/21: I’m changing it to 4 stars. This thing grew on me after awhile. Still a bit pricey with some design flaws, but I like it now. We just needed to figure out the ratios to our liking. We put about 2 TBS of freshly ground coffee and it seems to work just fine. Still it’s not an expresso kind of coffee but more of an americano. We are using this more as it gets colder and we find the coffee to be pretty good. We pour the coffee out into a cup though like pitcher. We added our warm milk to the coffee cup. I can not see letting the coffee sitting for so long, so I would say take it to work and use it in the morning, but don’t let it sit all day. Although it did stay rather warm when I realized there was some coffee left over later in the day. Of course it was bitter! So I wouldn’t recommend keeping the coffee for a few hours letting it brew. Unless your are into bitter off tasting coffee (no judgement). It’s actually fine and good quality. But I recommend pouring the brewed coffee into a cup then add all your preferences. Let it brew for at least 3 min or longer though. I said the coffee was bad, but after i figured out the rations with some good fresh beans, it’s actually quite nice. But you still can’t do expresso in here!So I take it back, it’s not a bad item if you want americano kind of coffee. Just wish it was a little less expensive.Earlier review: I mean it’s ok, but it’s not great. I guess this will be nice for someone who makes just regular american coffee. But if you want expresso then this isn’t right for you.This doesn’t seem to leak, so it would be good for a trip (but I wouldn’t trust it in my bag) and it’s sturdy so far and nice looking item. No coffee grounds in the coffee, which is nice.But I can see this has some design flaws. These are the ones I noticed. First it’s difficult to pull back up once you push the plunger down, but I suppose why would need to pull it back up once you add coffee and water. Also I noticed a lot of extra good coffee liquid gets stuck under the plunger (see photos), so it’s sort of wasteful. It doesn’t leave much space if you wanted to add milk either, you would have to open it and pull the plunger back up (which I tried but the coffee again was still pretty bad). I suppose you can pour it on the top. If you want bad 7/11 coffee this is right for you jajajaja. Someone else pointed out the coffee will keep brewing and then leave you with bitter even more gross tasting coffee.

Ce produit est top !Pour avoir testé pas mal d’autres presses, notamment bodum et autres marques connues, il y avait toujours un dépôt assez désagréable, malgré l’utilisation d’une mouture assez épaisse.Là, ça n’est pas le cas ! Résultat, le café est vraiment bon comme dans une presse “normale”, sans le goût “cramé” qu’on peut retrouver sur les machines à capsules “what else”, et on peut en profiter jusqu’à la dernière goutte :)En plus, c’est un thermos, donc on peut préparer sans soucis un café le matin, et se servir une petite tasse à midi, encore bien chaude 🙂

Really good quality, you need a cup with it to drink as it isn’t really designed to drink from. Also, makes a very little amount of coffee compared to others.