Frieling Double-Walled Stainless-Steel French Press Coffee Maker in Frustration Free Packaging, Polished, 17 Ounces

Frieling 36 OZ. French Press VS Cuisinart Coffee maker
We have been using 12 cup Cuisinart programmable coffee makers for over a decade. They work great. Pour the water into the top, put in a paper filter, put in coffee grounds and turn it on. In less than 5 minutes there is a half pot of coffee. Easy.So why buy a non mechanical French press, actually invented in Italy, and use it instead?One big reason. Coffee makers aren’t recyclable. When they stop working they go a landfill. Cuisinart doesn’t offer any advice on recycling them. If you take them to Best Buy or somewhere, they will charge you to recycle it. Same as with flat screen TV sets. Garbage.The press doesn’t heat the coffee, so a few tips. I pour the water I plan to make into coffee into a coffee mug first, and then pour the water into a glass Pyrex cup and put it in a microwave oven to heat the water to a boil. I scope the coffee grounds and put them into the bottom of the press. When the water is hot I pour it on top of the grounds and use a long handled ice tea spoon to stir up the mixture for a few minutes. Then I put the top of the press on with the plunger pulled all the way up. i wait a few minutes and press the plunger down slowly until it is at the bottom. Then I pour out a nice hot freshly brewed cup of coffee. No longer than what it take to brew in a coffee maker.The clean up of the grounds in the bottom of the press is easier if I pour water into the press and then pour the grounds into a strainer. I have a strainer basket in the sink drain on one side where we have a disposal to keep anything unwanted from falling into it. After a few more rinses of the press, it is clean of grounds. I rinse off the bottom of the plunger and the press it ready again to use. I simply take the strainer and dump the grounds into the garbage.I like the fact that the press has no electronic components and is stainless steel. Sturdy and well made. CR rated this brand high due to the strainer basket at the bottom and the carafe’s double wall which keeps coffee, or tea, hot. I prefer to make coffee in the press now. No need to buy coffee filters, or carbon filters for the water, or worry about breaking a glass carafe and disposing of a coffee maker.Though we still have the Cuisinart coffee maker, I never use it now.

Excelente calidad, filtro y temperatura. El único pormenor es que al ser pulido es difícil tenerla completamente brillante siempre deja los dedos o agua marcada

Muy contento con la prensa, me costo un poco de trabajo al principio entender un par de cosas como que vale la pena pre calentarla poniendo un poco de café y agua caliente y después ya llenarla para que mantenga la temperatura y el sabor de mejor manera.Por lo demás excelente construcción y material, si mantiene por un buen rato el café caliente, si la usas para una sola persona salen 3 tasas y media de >300ml lo cual está muy bien para tener buen café un rato, para casa o compartir puede no ser tan práctico, por supuesto este tamaño es el común en casa si usas tasas para espreso seguro son muchas masOtro detalle que no entendí hasta re leer las instrucciones para medir el agua, ya que estaba acostumbrado a una prensa de vidrio es que se llena de agua justo hasta donde empieza el pico de servir, lo cual es la marca exacta, leyendo con atención las instrucciones se logra usar muy rápido y obtener muy buen café.