Bodum Chambord Coffee Press
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Bodum Chambord Coffee Press
Customer Review: Does the job for 2 and looks stylish too.
Summary: 4 Stars
Such a simple device, not much to say except that the parts are of high quality, holding up well, and look great on the counter. Only downside is that if you need more than 2 large cups of GREAT coffee, then you have to repeat the process. But hey, if you NEED NEED NEED more than 2 cups of caffeine, you need a different drug, LOL!!!
Since we were new to this new way of coffee-making we also bought the Bodum grinder AND Electric Tea Kettle (Bodum makes high quality stuff) I reviewed below:
Now that I've had a few weeks to try this out, I LOVE IT! After hours of reading reviews on grinders, and wanting to stay under $100, I bought this one to use with the Bodum Chambord French Press and it works flawlessly. We have to use the lowest setting for coarse ground and it seems to do the job perfectly for French Press style. There is a time-to-grind knob (up to 40 seconds for the quantity you want to grind) that you just set and leave it once you know how much you need every morning. For 4 cups of coffee, our knob is set for around 15 seconds. Wake up, press the red button, remove the cup of fresh grounds, pour into the French Press, add the near-boiling water (from our Bodum Electric Tea Kettle) and Voila! (The only bitch is cleaning out the French Press unit).
Customer Review: Best coffee I've ever had
Summary: 5 Stars
I previously owned a (much) smaller version of this press, which made an excellent cup of coffee. But that was the problem. It only made a CUP of coffee. I usually have two, and what if others want coffee? It takes a while, going one cup at a time.Needless to say, I upgraded to this larger press, which makes about 3 times more coffee. It makes the best coffee ever - I could never go back to a junky old drip coffee maker after this. Yeah, it's more work than a drip coffee maker, but really, would you rather have quick, easy coffee that tastes bad, or a delicious cup of coffee that takes 5 minutes more?
Using this is like steeping tea - you boil some water, grind some coffee beans (I hope you're grinding your own coffee beans!) and pour the water over the coffee grounds to let them steep for 4 minutes. Then you push the knob down, which filters delicious coffee into the water and leaves the grounds at the bottom of your pot. Then, voila! You've got about 3 cups of yummy coffee, depending on to what extent you water your cup down with cream and sugar.
If you're one of those people who just CAN'T WAIT for their coffee, you'd be better off getting a typical drip coffee maker. But if you love coffee, and want it to taste as good as it possibly can, you have to buy this press.
Customer Review: bodum french press
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this french press! But the coffee grounds are a mess to empty! That is until my wife found an EASY solution... I must back up here, for a minute, and tell you that i ordered a "Tambaroo",($20) a device made of silicon rubber, with magnets on it. What you do is fill it with your coffee grounds, then drop it in the french press. after you push the plunger down, it is supposed to grip the magnets, and then you retract the plunger, with this device stuck to the end of your plunger.(most of the time it does not stick to the magnets, when retracting the plunger). Then you have to empty the grounds from it by turning it inside out over your trash can. the grounds still stick to it, and you still have a mess on your hands! Now comes the easy way! My wife has a simple 6" wire mesh collender-strainer,(you can purchase cheaply in any store that sells kitchen stuff). when she removes the plunger, she just rinses it over the strainer, then just pours some water in the french press, and empties it in the strainer. You now have all the gcoffee grounds in the strainer. Then she taps it over the trash can, and all the grounds come off it in one lump! Very simple, no mess, no fuss! Much better and easier then the magnetic device! I hope this is of some help to you.Customer Review: Better coffee, cheaper than a good drip coffee maker, with easier cleanup. What's not to love?
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always kind of wanted a french press coffee maker, but never got around to buying one. When I saw this model on sale at a local coffee shop, I jump at the opportunity and bought it. Let's just say I'll never have drip coffee again. I've never had regular coffee with crema before! Once you find your favorite coffee type or blend it makes coffee that you can't stop drinking. I used to wake up and crave the caffeine, now I wake up and crave the coffee! I prefer mine with a darker roast, such as Sumatra, Italian, or French. Since the french press leaves in the coffee's oils, my stomach can handle the darker coffee's unlike with a drip coffee maker.
In my opinion, I think the cleanup's even easier, too. After you finish the last of the coffee, just dump the grounds into the disposal and rinse the filter and pitcher. Bam, 2 minutes, it's clean. I do throw mine into the dishwasher once or twice a week. Also, if you get this item, it's IMPERATIVE that you get yourself a proper burr grinder. Pre-ground will never taste as good, and blade grinders are simply out of the question.
All in all, it's well worth the money. It costs less than a good drip coffee maker, makes better coffee, and cleanup is a breeze. Why wouldn't you buy this?
Customer Review: Bodum Coffee Press
Summary: 5 Stars
Amazon had a sale ... $20.00 on each of all three sizes, so I bought all three.
Bodum is the gold standard for French Press coffee makers and their design has remain largely unchanged for many years. The quality is similar to what I remember from one I owned a long time ago.
This is, at the same time, a very basic and even primitive way to make coffee. Grind coffee, heat water, put coffee in press, put water in press, wait four minutes, push press down and serve.
BUT, there are two really important advantages to a French Press ... the first is that since there is no filtering the complex oils and such that really gives coffee its complexity are retained ... second, you have much better control over water quality (essential to good coffee).
I use double-filtered Brita water, and a daily cleaned tea pot to heat water ... that way, no off tastes from coffee makers (which ultimately are impossible to avoid).
The end result is consistently the best coffee you can extract from the beans you buy. If you are buying premium coffee beans, the French Press will give you the most of what you are buying, and the Bodum is the standard for French Presses.
Buy with confidence.