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The Aeropress

Dan Salter - Tuesday, April 12, 2011

I bought the my first aeropress about 4 years ago from the internet.

Unimpressed with its plastic and rubber constuction, i didnt expect much. I'd seen it and read the reviews on it, and thought there is no way it could be as good as it was described.

A USA frisby company should not dabble in espresso machines.

 

I figured, its got to be an american week insipid drip filter style coffee. Receiving it in the post was no exciting affair and figured the product would be very average.  I sat down, with my fresh ground espresso coffee and began to follow the fairly simple intructions.

Securing the filter, adding the ground coffee, placing the elephant size syringe mechanism on the cup, adding the water and then inserting the plunger and depressing it, the aroma was right but there was only a small amount of creama, lighter in colour to espresso and less syropy was the result but it was quite a shock at how well it represented the coffee.

 

I was astonished  at the result I achieved on my first extraction and have been recommending them as a brilliant coffee brewer ever since. The ease of cleaning this is another selling point, unscrew end push plunger and the coffee puck ejects perfectly into the bin, wipe and its done.

This is the perfect indestructible coffee machine, ideal for camping, hiking etc....We sell a lot that are sent to Afghanistan for the soldiers over there by there loved ones, as well as people wanting something better than the instant at work and they have broken several plungers.

At $49 you cant go wrong, put one in the camping kit, one in the boat or caravan.

It is a perfect gift item too!

Take the link to our demo video on youtube or buy online.



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