AeroPress Clear

The AeroPress Clear is brilliant. I’ve used the original before, but I really like the transparent design — it looks modern, feels sturdy, and makes it easy to see the coffee as it brews. It’s super quick and easy to use, perfect for making a smooth, rich cup without bitterness. Clean-up is effortless too — just pop out the puck and rinse. I also love how portable it is; ideal for home, work, or travel. If you enjoy good coffee without the fuss, this is a must-have. Lightweight, durable, and makes consistently excellent coffee.

Lightweight, durable, and easy to use, it makes consistently smooth, rich coffee without bitterness. Cleanup takes seconds—just a quick rinse and it’s ready to go again. Inner parts don’t need washing because the vacuum clears it. The build quality feels premium, and the transparent blue design looks nice. Perfect for home, office, or travel. I use it in the office for a quality coffee. A must-have for any coffee lover. It is good value for the price. Perfectly functioning.

I came across the Aeropress years ago when a friend demonstrated his, but I never bought one before because I have a Nespresso machine. Fast forward to this week and I’m on holiday in a caravan so finally bought an Aeropress so I can have decent coffee here. Decent coffee is an understatement, the Aeropress makes exceptional coffee. It’s very easy to use, it takes a couple of minutes to make a coffee, and cleaning it is as simple as rinsing it under a tap. The coffee it produces is smooth and tasty without any hint of bitterness, and you can have Americanos, Lattes or any other style… it doesn’t make Espressos as such, as you need high pressure for them, but they’re as close to espresso as it’s possible to get without actually being espresso, there’s very little difference at all. The blurb on the box is careful to call it espresso style coffee! Your first cup of coffee from the Aeropress will taste great, but mastering it will only come in time given the myriad of variables possible: amount of coffee, amount of water, temperature of water, steeping time, number of stirs, pressure applied to plunger and so on - a search on YouTube reveals hundreds of videos claiming the formula for the perfect cup of coffee, heck there’s even an annual World Championship for the best coffee produced with Aeropress! Another fantastic thing about the Aeropress is the price - it’s highly inexpensive given the quality of coffee it produces, and the fact that its inventor has 40 patents related to its construction. It looks deceptively simple, but it’s very clever really. It’s now got me into coffee in a big way - I thought I was into it before, but now I can’t wait to get home and buy a gooseneck kettle for more even pressure of water pouring onto the coffee grounds, a manual grinder to ensure the correct consistency of the coffee grounds , and fresh coffee beans to grind myself - all to see how close to the perfect cup of coffee I can get! I’m prepared to bet that, if you buy an Aeropress, you will be AeroIMpressed by the top notch coffee it helps produce, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to any coffee drinker - you’ll not look back! A very easy two thumbs up 👍🏻👍🏻

This makes great coffee BUT you really need to also buy the Aeropress flow control valve (or a Prismo) otherwise it is a little frustrating. It is much quicker and less messy than a Cafetiere. A quick rinse is enough to clean it, and you can reuse each paper filter several times. (The inventor claims 12 times.)

The perfect coffee maker for simple great tasting coffee every time. I use my AeroPress with different blends from my favourite local coffee company (Monsoon Estates, Warwickshire) and always get great results! So easy to use and simple to clean. Personally I prefer the "inverted method" which is making the brew plunger-side down, opening the plunger to half to three-quarters of the chamber. I use about 17 to 18g of grounds (or 15g... or 22g... or anything in between!), adding a little hot "off the boil" water to bloom and stir before topping up in the chamber (leave a little gap at the top though!) and stirring again. Then I place the filter paper into the cap (wetting it under the tap briefly to help it stick) and tightly attach the filter/cap to the chamber. Put the cup upside down on top of it, then smoothly and carefully flip the entire thing around (make sure the plunger isn't too near the end of the chamber, always leave an inch or 2 minimum room for expansion!) and let it sit for a minute or two to brew. Then using steady pressure (using my forearm instead of my hand) I plunge it into my mug until it starts to "hiss". To clean up just remove the cap over a bin and plunge rest of the way, the coffee puck will pop into the bin, then just rinse and wipe your AeroPress to clean it! To me the clean clear look of this version is beautiful and much nicer than the original! Just be aware it will eventually stain but only slightly and you only notice it up close, with tannins there's no way of avoiding it so just embrace it. Keep in mind this version doesn't come come a holder for the paper filters so you might need to add one. It's difficult to go worng with an AeroPress! There are so many "recipes", tips and guides for the AeroPress so just experiment with methods/amounts/timings and you'll figure out your own routines - but it will taste great no matter what to be honest (as long as you use decent coffee of course)!

So you won't get the creme of a bean to cup machine, but you do get incredibly good coffee for a very reasonable price I quite like the clear design of this as you can see everything, and it's quite nice that you can basically just compost the grounds when you're done too The taste is almost as good as a real barrista but you don't have to be one yourself. It's so good that you don't even need good coffee beans, which is surprising It's perhaps not as portable as their mini version however it's pretty decent and this has more capacity than the mini version too. The plastic on this is really holding up which is an added plus, and a testament to it's build quality

I had been sitting on the fence about getting an Aeropress for a number of months and I honestly don't regret getting it. While I do think it's expensive for what it is, it's the best coffee brewing tool I've ever bought. As well as being lightweight enough to travel with and incredibly easy to use, I love that I can see the brew in the clear colour (not being able to see the coffee was something that bothered me a fair bit whenever I would see the original grey Aeropress in action). I use the inversion method with mine and it's turned me from a coffee appreciator to an coffee lover -- the microfilter allows for all the flavour and smoothness and it's unbelievably easy to use. I was initially concerned that it would be flimsy to travel with or that the clear colour would eventually stain, but it's taken a beating on camp and work trips, and is incredibly well made. I use it daily (multiple times!) and has been easy to clean and no sign of staining at all.

Fantastic coffee at a reasonable price, consistently makes great coffee even for beginners getting into the world of bean coffee, extremely easy to clean, makes great coffee very quickly, I can see why the aero press is highly recommended.