Bodum Columbia Thermal 48-Ounce Stainless-Steel Coffee Press
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Bodum Columbia Thermal 48-Ounce Stainless-Steel Coffee Press
Customer Review: Great coffee in a snap!
Summary: 5 Stars
I love coffee and the French press method makes the best coffee of all. This is the largest French press I could find. It makes 4 12-oz mugs of coffee. Stylish and well-made, my only complaint is that its "thermal rating" is too optimistic. Expect to reheat your coffee if you leave it in here more than 1 hour--unless you preheat the carafe with hot water, then dump it out, before refilling it to make coffee. This is an especially nice item to take camping, but it gets regular use at our house too. Customer Review: An excellent addition to the Bodum line-up.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a stylish, well made product from Bodum. If you love French pressed coffee (which is, of course, the only way to make great coffee) then you have no doubt purchased at least one coffee press. And when using them you have probably often had to decant your freshly pressed coffee into another container to keep it hot. That is not the case with the Columbia. With this you can make a full pot, enjoy your first cup, and still have hot coffee a while later when going back for seconds. Bear in mind though, that this willl not keep your coffee hot for hours like a thermos can. Its not designed for that. This is perfect for a couple who wants to get up, enjoy a first couple of mugs together with breakfast, and then have hot second cups 30-45 minutes later. Overall, this is a well designed product that does what it is designed to do very well.Customer Review: Elegant and practical coffee press
Summary: 5 Stars
This stylish press makes great coffee, keeps it warm, and is very easy to clean. We'll never buy glass again. We liked ours so well, we've bought others as gifts.
The stainless pot is more rugged than glass. The mesh in the press itself is a different material, but works well. The top is not as well insulated as the pot, but the coffee stays hot long enough for a second or third cup without reheating.
Customer Review: Very practical
Summary: 5 Stars
I've reviewed the 8-cup version with coffeemaking tips, but there's a practical side to this particular style of French press pots. Here:
- This is amazingly easy to clean. For same day use, just water rinse cleans it out.
- Even for the larger diameter of this 12-cup version, the plunger-press is snug and reliable.
- The lack of sharp edges makes it very easy to keep clean
- It's a joy to hold, the handle and overall construction feel very sturdy
- No glass to break! The material is so easy to clean. Wipe with cloth or paper towel to keep streaks from the body.
- You can use drip-fine coffee, this press has a fairly fine mesh
Cautions (though this can apply to any french press)
- Push the plunger in slowly.
- When you pour, make sure the little triangle on the lid points to the spout - that has the pour opening in the lid. Otherwise you're risking coffee trying to make its way to the spout and possibly spilling from elsewhere.
- Just once, measure the water temperature, or how long you leave a boiling kettle unplugged to reach 190-205 deg F. Then go by the wait time. Water too hot robs the coffee of smoothness and flavor - water too cold creates unwanted bitterness
- Keep the grounds at the bottom when adding water. If you partially fill the pot, add grounds (which float) and then add hot water, you will have a mess as the grounds and water foam up much more than they would at the bottom
- Don't expect two hours of hot coffee. But you can go back for a second cup and it will still be hot
Customer Review: Unbreakable
Summary: 5 Stars
After having more than my share of broken glass coffee pots, it's great to have this steel one. Buy this!!