Bodum Chambord 4 cup French Press Coffee Maker, 17 oz, Chrome
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Bodum Chambord 4 cup French Press Coffee Maker, 17 oz, Chrome
Customer Review: Even my Wife can make a great cup of Coffee
Summary: 5 Stars
She's a tea drinker. How we ever met, I don't know. Despite the chasm in our tastes, we've made it through 20 years and 15 year old triplets. And now she makes me coffee. I wonder what will happen when the kids move out...
After deciding that a Coffee press was the most energy efficient way to make coffee (no digital clocks wasting electricity, no disposable filters filling up landfills, yes I'm a planet conscious human) I added the 4-cup press to the counter top and retired the electric drip.
Simple, cheap to own, think of it as the hybrid of coffee makers. You steep your coffee like tea then press out (most of) the grounds with the built-in, lifetime stainless-steel filter. The coffee is rich and flavorful without that "Starburnt" taste.
Why am I writing this now? I just broke the carafe loading it into the dishwasher so I came back to 'zon to buy a replacement. Unfortunately, I only drank drip coffee this morning and my impulse control is all messed up - I couldn't stop myself from writing this review....
Customer Review: Well made, but a little bit extra work.
Summary: 4 Stars
This coffee press is pretty well made, but a little bit extra work to use and clean up, mainly because of the need to heat up the water in the microwave, and the need to clean up the grounds.
First I fill up a 2 cup (16 oz) pyrex measuring cup with water and put in the microwave for 5 minutes. While the water is heating in the microwave, I grind 3 tablespoons of beans and pore them into the coffee press. When the water is almost, but not quite boiling, I take it out of the microwave, pour it into the press, and swish the mixture a couple of times with a plastic spoon or rubber spatula. Cover the press, wait 4 minutes, and pour the coffee into a mug. Scoop the grounds out of the bottom of the press and place in the garbage or compost, and rinse out the press in the sink.
Coffee taste is really a matter of personal preference, so you'll need to decide whether the little bit of extra work is worth it. For me, my old cheapo electric drip coffee maker is collecting dust somewhere on the back of a high shelf.
Customer Review: Compelled.
Summary: 4 Stars
I do not regularly drink coffee, as it makes me too jittery and keeps me up nights. However, my girlfriend is a big fan of coffee and for the first few months we were living together she was drinking instant coffee, mostly out of a desire to avoid using her traditional "Mr. Coffee" type of maker with its large pot, even though she had several bags of nice gourmet ground coffee lying around. I convinced her to try a French Press, as it could be used to make small batches of coffee without much upkeep. She'd never heard of one before, but quickly warmed to the idea, and based on other favorable reviews we picked the Bodum Chambord out. She took an immediate liking to it and now regularly brews herself cups with ease, expressing pleasure in the quality of the coffee it produces and the ease of cleaning. The one caveat is that this model is rather small, producing only about 2 mugs of coffee (oversize) per batch, so if you'll be drinking more than that at a time or have guests regularly, you might want to look into a larger model.Customer Review: adds a dimension to brewed coffee
Summary: 5 Stars
The dimension I have in mind is thickness. That's right, coffee
made with a coffee press is fuller in body that coffee made
with a filter drip system. The extra body comes from the
tiny particles of solid coffee that pass through the press'
screen and remain behind in your cup. You can see some
evidence of them in the sludge that may settle out in your
cup.
This richer mouth-feel makes for a more luxurious experience
of coffee drinking. The first time I had coffee from one of the
these, I put my automatic drip pot away for good. It's true that
you have to actually boil the water and then pour it over the
grounds, but if you're enough of a grown-up to drink coffee
I think you'll be able to handle it.
I have seen several other makes of coffee press and bodum is
by far the most satisfying to use.
--Lynn Hoffman, author of New Short Course in Wine,The and
bang BANG: A Novel ISBN 9781601640005
Customer Review: Uhm, this is awesome.
Summary: 5 Stars
After all the reviews and paranoia about which size press to buy, I went with the four cup press. I love this baby. I use a regular size mug, not European but not over-sized American, and this makes enough for two cups. I keep it at my desk at work, so that's all I need at one time. The maintenance is super easy and I am saving so much money by not buying coffee everyday. I recommend the four cup over the three cup because: A) it's only five dollars more, B) better to have too much coffee than too little, and C) who knows what size mug we'll all be using in 2015. If you use a normal size mug and want only one cup, get the three cup. If you want 1.5-2 cups or use a large mug, get the four cup press. And stop complaining about the deception on the label! It's a coffee measuring standard, not something Target or Amazon does to trick you! Also, the four cup press comes with a scoop, which doesn't seem to be mentioned anywhere. I bought mine at a store to avoid shipping.