Couldn't get to the article even with "web" link, but to hazard a guess: makes good coffee, relatively cheap, don't have to throw the whole thing away after six months when a $0.50 circuit board fries and replacement parts aren't available.<p>If anybody can read it, tell me how I did!
I have an aeropress for making coffee at work. It is quick and easy to use and it is very quick to clean but the main reason for me is the process. I get my cup, filter and press from my desk, fill the porlex grinder with some beans, then I stand in the kitchen nearest to my desk (very open-plan large office building) and grind the beans. Every time I grind the coffee people walk by and comment on the nice smell. I enjoy the process, I enjoy the sound of the manual grinder and I enjoy taking the time to perform the task after sitting at a keyboard for so long. I make the coffee (upside down) and watch other people go to the onsite cafe and buy a $5 coffee which takes longer to order than I take to make mine. I find it tastes great and is considerably better filtered than a french press. I have had this a fair few years now but I know I am approaching my 700th cup as I bought it with 2 packs of 350 paper filters and I will soon run out.
5 stars, would buy again.
( At home I favour a Bialetti Moka stove-top. )
I like my aeropress, and used to use it with beans from my local roasters.<p>But as of late I've switched back to just making regular ol' drip coffee in a cheap coffee maker with Chock full 'o nuts coffee.<p>As easy as an aeropress is compared to other quality brewing methods, I still find the drip machine much easier -- load up the filter and water, walk away, come back and pour a cup. (Plus, I can't seem to get my aeropress not to also pee down the side of the mug as I press it down)<p>Somehow, my coffee experience hasn't degraded at all. No, it doesn't taste the same, but to me it's still totally fine, and almost always a better coffee than the drip I get from most coffee shops.<p>Amazing coffee in an aeropress is just a white whale for me.
Feels like we've jumped some sort of chasm or shark here:<p>"The AeroPress is the coffee version of Linux, the geeks’ preferred computer operating system. It is not pretty, not especially easy, but it is effective and almost cool."
Similar discussion a few years back: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7615399" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7615399</a>
I was starting a business importing roasted coffee from Europe to the US a few years ago. I asked my roaster in Paris what machine he recommended. His suggestion was over 1,000 euro.<p>Smiled, and said my wife won't sacrifice counter space.<p>He came back with Aeropress and i've never looked back. Near espresso flavor... I do double size - 16 grams fresh ground (using a Porlex) with 6 grams of water:coffee.<p>Also use the "upside down" hack and permafilters (the finest screen one).
I am the only coffee drinker in my household. The Aeropress can easily make one, good, cup of coffee at a time, quickly, and it’s easy to clean.<p>The only other thing that come close to to meeting these goals is instant coffee, which has other drawbacks...