Fellow Clara French Press Coffee Maker - Stainless Steel Insulated Manual Coffee Brewer, 24 oz Portable Carafe, Matte Black with Walnut - Perfect for Home, Office & Travel Coffee Brewing

This press looks handsome and feels good in the hand, but it's the functional refinements that really make it shine. I've long loved French Press style coffee. I've made it at home for years, using various devices - including the most popular types, it seems. They make good coffee, but the glass ones can break pretty easily and they don't keep your coffee very hot. The double-walled metal varieties mostly fix the 'breaks easy' and 'keep hot' parts, but all of these more traditional systems that I've seen use a plunger with three parts down at the business end of things and all that needs to get disassembled and cleaned regularly - and that's frankly a hassle. The Fellow Clara has replaced that mess with one integrated unit that screws onto the end of the plunger. With a soapy brush, it cleans easily, thoroughly, and in a jiffy. There is nothing to disassemble. That integrated screening/filtering unit is surrounded with what appears to be a ribbed silicone ring (which is also integral to the single filtering assembly - I'm describing just an important aspect of it, here). It fits perfectly, works like a gasket, and is very effective at keeping grit out of your finished brew. The double, very fine screen filters embedded in the filtering assembly play a large role in that, too. All together, it's by far the most effective filtering I've ever had with a French Press - and it is simultaneously by far the easiest to clean. That takes virtually all of the hassle out of making French Press coffee. The carafe keeps the coffee very hot for a long time - much longer than my other double-walled unit. And you can just let the coffee sit, pressed down to the bottom, while you pour from this one vessel for .. something like two hours, maybe more .. while it stays quite hot and doesn't grow bitter or over-brewed from contact with the grounds. Take it all together and this is a truly excellent French Press. Note that it's only about a 4 cup capacity or so. Great for one or two people on a morning, but you'll make multiple batches if you want more brew. Fortunately, that's a cinch with this product.