Aerobie 80R08 AeroPress Coffee and Espresso Maker
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: AerobieBrand: Aerobie
Model: 80R08
Product features:
- Unique coffee/espresso maker uses total immersion and gentle pressure to produce coffee with extraordinarily rich flavor
- Makes American style coffee or an espresso-style shot perfect for use in lattes or cappuccinos
- Because of the lower temperature and short brew time, the acid level of the brew is much lower than conventional brewers
- Micro-filtered coffee so pure and particle-free that it can be stored for days as a concentrate
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Aerobie 80R08 AeroPress Coffee and Espresso Maker
Customer Review: H A R D -- T O -- U S E.........A T....F I R S T....!
Summary: 4 Stars
I am primarily an instant coffee drinker. But, I have, of course, had
the pleasure of drinking ground coffee...and it does taste better than
instant. I had also heard rave reviews for French-Press coffee makers, that they produced the best-tasting brewed coffee -- AND most of them are NOT electric, so this can save on both your electric bill, and the environment!
After falling for one of those, "get a free laptop" ads, (I wanted to get one for my sister, who has no computer, at all, of her own right now), I found myself with an obligation to buy 2 shipments of ground coffee. (I know I could have returned the introductory shipment unopened, and not had this obligation...but curiosity, as always, killed the cat -- and the 20 or so 2-ounce samples of different grinds proved irresistable. So, I didn't return them.) But -- not having a coffee-maker to make this ground coffee in, I had to search for one.... I saw the "Aeropress" on Amazon, and it looked like a good deal, at a good price.....
Well, there are good things and bad things about this coffee maker. I had never had a French Press machine before, (any ground coffee my parents made -- for special occasions, only -- was perked), and so I found the "tight fit" between the two main parts of the "Aeropress" something which I couldn't handle. I realized the tight fit was necessary, to get all the coffee flavour out -- but the two pieces are about half-a-millimeter in circumference difference, and too much pressure could easily lead, (at least when I made the coffee), to the whole assembly liable to fall over, and wasting the coffee, and my time. (This never happened to me, because I found another way, listed below, to make the coffee. However, I have always used the Aeropress Coffee maker IN THE SINK....so that, if any spills do occur in the future, at least I won't have to clean them up from the floor or table.)
When I realized I couldn't use the Aero-press as it was meant to be used, I looked around for a substitute for the "plunger" part of the Aeropress, which, as I have mentioned, was far too tight a fit for me to push it easily through. The small, lattice-screen, on which one is to place a paper filter, and the assembly of which, one was to put on the bottom part of the Areopress, was OK, but this part is supposed to sit on top of "any" cup....yet I found the bottom was either too big, or two small, for the circumference of cups I tried to place it on when I tried to put it on. Realizing, though, that most manufactured items do seem to fit certain, pre-manufactured sizes, (as in the fact that the plastic top for "Sunsweet Prune Juice", also fits the plastic jug-jar for "TweeSweet Apple Juice", from different manufacturers), I looked around for SOME kind of cup or glass, into which the Areo-press latice-and-filter assembly would fit nicely....
After looking for about an hour, and beginning to despair of ever finding a receptical with exactly the right circumference into which my Aeropress
lattice-and-filter assembly could comfortably nest....I finally found such a recepticle! It is the 14-ounce container given with the TRIBEST
Blender, (which I have found to be a very good blender....see my review of same if you wish), which I had bought on Amazon about a year earlier, but which, sadly, does not appear to be sold on Amazon at this writing. (You can always go to [...], if you wish to purchase this fine little blender. And the 14-ounce container, by itself, IS still available on Amazon.)
Anyway, the Aeropress lattice-and-filter "pod", fitted perfectly into the top of the Tribest 14 ounce container! After I had found that these two oieces fit together, the rest was relatively easy. First, I put the paper filter on the lattice "pod" piece. Then I put the lattice-and-filter combination on top of the Tribest container. Then, I gently placed the BOTTOM part of the Aeropress coffee maker, on top of this assembly, and then carefully added the ground coffee. When my water had just come to boiling, (but not overly boiled, as per the Aeropress instructions), I more carefully still, poured water through this top "tube" part of the Aeropress -- doing this still in the kitchen sink, of course, to make any accidental spill, (which I have yet to have), easily cleaned. THEN, INSTEAD OF USING THE TOP 'PLUNGER' PART, GIVEN WITH THE AEROPRESS, I SIMPLY STIRRED THE RESULTING LIQUID VIGOUROUS WITH A SPOON, AND PRESSED IT DOWN, WHEN THE WATER HAD DRIPPED THROUGH.
I find this method makes a satisfying cup of ground coffee, and is easy to clean up! (I also rinse the filter immediately after disguarding the grounds....and find that, once dried, it can actually be used once or twice again!)
The "Areopress" comes with a plasic storage piece for filters. I have not used it as such....but, upside-down it does make a dandy replica of the top, head-protection part, of a medieval knight's suit of armor!
The coffee scoop, a long-handled affair with a round "bowl" type scoop, can, similarly, be used as an aid to the imagination. Besides looking like what it is....an Aeropress coffee scoop, I have also easily been able to picture it as a corn-cob pipe, a puppet of a Pilgrim lady going to church, (the deep, and rounded, black bowl makes this easy to see!), an American colonial-era cook-pot, a pendulum from a "grandfather", or longcase clock, (when held by the top of the handle, and swung back and forth), a Viking helmet, with one horn either knocked off or forgotten to be forged by the blacksmith.....and even, (if held with the bowl upside-down, and picturing the bowl as a head), Pinocchio -- who tried to escape into the Middle-Ages, and have a suit of armour made for him, but he couldn't hide who he was, even then!)
So, this is not only a coffee-maker! It also is "an imagination stimulator"! (I mentioned how I had used it as such to my nephew, who teaches at a Montressori school. He was impressed by my idea, and told me he had decided to as his students to in other everyday objects, and give at least 3 alternate ideas on what, (if sized differently), they could also be. (So far, a pencil has been an Egyptian obelisk, a tree about to be felled, (upside down), and a basic piece from which Martian locksmiths make keys!)
Good coffee....good imagination! Even if I couldn't use the Aeropress at first, I adapted it as I could....and got at least double my money's worth from it! : )
Description of Aerobie 80R08 AeroPress Coffee and Espresso Maker
The AeroPress is an entirely new way to make coffee, American style or Espresso style for use in lattes, cappucinos and other espresso based drinks. AeroPress brews simply delicious coffee, 1-4 cups per pressing. Ideal water temperature and faster brewing yields rich flavor with lower acidity and without bitterness. Other brewing processes use near boiling water and long exposure to coffee grounds. Quickly brew a variety of coffee drinks including an Americano or an espresso-style shot for use in lattes or cappuccinos. Its total-immersion system permits extraction at a moderate temperature and a short brew time. Water and grounds are mixed together for 10 seconds, then gentle air pressure pushes the mix through a micro-filter in just 20 seconds, which avoids the bitterness of long processes such as drip brewing. The air pressure also gently squeezes the last goodness from the grounds, further enriching the flavor. The total brewing time of only 30 seconds results in an exceptionally smooth brew. The AeroPress is BPA free.French Presses
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