50 oz French Press

Excellent product. I have been using it for 7 months and absolutely love it. It looks great and is easy to clean. I love being able to bring the whole pot into the living room with me - allowing me to read while I wait for my coffee to be ready. The insulated carafe allows me to set it down on wood without needing any protection. And it keeps my coffee hot until I get around to the last cup. The pour spout prevents drips and the lid stays in place while pouring. I can’t think of anything about it that I would change.

Great press.Perfect size, easy to clean, makes great coffee.Keeps coffee warm in the pot.Very pleased with the quality.We highly recommend this press.

I'm an old cowboy from Wyoming. We drink coffee, even from convenience stores when trailering horses, and we're not especially picky about quality. In my long life, I have learned, though, to like French press type coffee makers, went through a bunch. By chance I found this big stainless coffee maker. IIRC, the literature calls it a 50-cup maker, but I think that's exaggerated. What I will say is, this is by far the best coffee maker I have ever owned, easy to clean, not fragile, and fairly rugged -- it's double-walled too, so it stays hot for a good long while! People say coffee is good for you (men, at least) and that means I'm in good shape now with a bright future ahead of me!

Been using my new coffee makers for a few weeks and I am very pleased with them. Yum, there's nothing like a good cup of coffee. My eight year old Cuisinart automatic drip with thermal carafe was failing so I started researching auto drip coffee makers. My old machine was the Cuisinart that had a built in coffee grinder however I had given up grinding the beans with the machine after a few months of using it because for some reason I'd find the brewed coffee had overflowed all over the counter, cabinets and floor and I'd have a huge mess to clean up. It had something to do with the grinder and didn't happen every time but I dreaded it so when I stopped using the grinder it never overflowed again. While checking the reviews for every auto drip with thermal carafe I could find, that was the first thing I looked for and sure enough many people complained about this happening to them due to some stupid design flaw. It seems most of them had this problem so they were eliminated from consideration. That pretty much left one Zojirushi machine but it's expensive and it had other problems that made me hesitate. So I kept looking. It took weeks and I figured if my Cuisinart stopped working I'd just live with instant because I couldn't make up my mind. It was so frustrating.I looked into presses too but it was so hard to decide due to the problems people pointed out in the reviews. I finally decided against a glass press because somebody said theirs exploded while pressing down on the plunger giving them third degree burns. Even the remotest possibility of this happening to me was enough to say nope. So based on the 1500 ml size and the great reviews I finally decided on this press. Just in case, I also bought a 10 cup Melitta manual drip coffee maker thinking that I might not like something about the press like the cleaning of it or whatever.I love the coffee press! I finally have the recipe and technique down and it makes delicious coffee. I got rid of my old Cuisinart grinder and bought the Cuisinart burr grinder. I set it for the largest grind and dump it on a piece of wax paper. When the water boils I immediately pour it into the empty pot and let it sit there for a minute to heat up the pot. I pour the water back into the electric kettle and test the water temp. Doing that cools the water to about 200 degrees. I pour the ground coffee into the pot, start the timer for five minutes, pour in the water, wait 30 to 45 seconds and stir it. Then finish steeping and plunge. I immediately pour the cups and put the rest of the coffee in a vacuum carafe. It's fast and easy to make. As far as the clean up it's not as daunting as I thought it would be. I don't like to waste water so I heat up some in the microwave. Meanwhile I rinse the plunger mechanism under the faucet to get off as many grounds as possible. I take it apart and put the pieces in a small bowl in the sink. The long plunger/lid piece is rinsed and dried. I dump the grounds out of the pot into the trash and wipe the rest out with a paper towel. I pour the hot water into the bowl and the pot and add dish liquid. After washing I rinse and dry all the components and set the plunger pieces on the windowsill to dry more thoroughly. I haven't timed it but I would say the whole clean up process takes about five or six minutes.As for the Melitta, it makes great coffee too. I set the grinder in the middle between fine and medium. I've found the actual coffee making process to be more time consuming than the press because you have to be standing there pouring the water into the filter and it takes about ten minutes. I tend to get distracted if I walk away to do something else and can forget to come back to pour more water in. On the other hand however, the cleanup is much easier. The cone and lid go in the dishwasher and I simply wash and dry the pot by hand. I like that my hand fits inside to clean it. I also like that the lid comes apart for thorough cleaning. That is something that always bugged me about the Cuisinart, the thought of all that crud building up inside the lid is gross. I even called them once to complain about that. I'm so glad to be rid of it.In conclusion, the press is faster and easier to make coffee but more time consuming to clean up. The Melitta manual drip is more time consuming to make the coffee but a snap to clean up. Also, the Melitta makes a little bit more coffee than the press. Each method is worth the time and effort for the great coffee they produce. Additionally, both units were very inexpensive and they should last for years without any disgusting muck building up inside that's impossible to clean.

I love this coffee press! It’s easy to clean: I put a little dish soap in the press with water and use the filter press to froth it, rinse well and wipe down the inside of the lid and outside, super simple. It looks nice, the handle stays cool, it’s comfortable to pour and hold, I love that I can make whatever size pot I want easily, the taste isn’t effected, I’ve never had any leaking/dripping, it feels solid and durable, it keeps coffee hot for a good long while. Once I came back a few hours later and the coffee was still warm - not piping hot, but almost hot enough to not want to reheat. Mine did come with the extra filter - I saw a star knocked off someone’s review for that so I’m guessing it was a mistake they didn't get the filter. I love this press!

This thing is heavy, which is a great thing because I will not be afraid of dropping it or something like that. Its quality is definitely top-notch just from the feel of holding it. I really like its look and the build quality. However, I'm going to return it because the filter is not the greatest, definitely getting that coffee ground into my cup, even the first cup. Plus, the size I got is too big for a family usage, should have gotten a smaller one probably.