Finally, AeroPress made of glass and metal, came out. Its double-walled design should reduce heat loss.
Price: $149,95.
Sold at Williams Sonoma says it all. That’s way overpriced. Also the amount of times I have dropped a piece of my aeropress, this would last a month, tops.
The pricing for every single one of the new aeropress products are absolutely crazy. I would have loved an XL if it wasn’t the price of three original aeropresses.
Yeah they have had MBA SKU madness takeover. They have far too much to sell these days for the simplicity of their original idea.
Overpriced wedding gift detected.
I love my aeropress, but this seems highly unnecessary to me. I think it’s great that I’ve had the old one for over a decade, I can chuck it in the sink or a drawer and it’s practically indestructible.
I can’t say I’ve ever once noticed my cup being cold after pressing so claims about heat loss feel suspect.
I suppose if you just want the same experience but to feel fancier while doing so and you have cash to spend on it, then go right ahead.
Heck I still chuckle when I am reminded of the aeropress XL. If folks aren’t aware the aeropress company was mostly bought out a few years back which may explain the recent burst in new fangled products.
Heat loss is related to glass, not plastic. Brewers made of glass, ceramics or metal must be preheated before brewing. For AeroPress Premium, heat loss may be not that big, but we need feedback from owners to know exactly.
I am happy with my cheap knockoff aeropress that I throw in my luggage bag when I travel . If I loose it, I buy a new inexpensive aeropress.
Why the hell would I want a glass aeropress?
It’s for those who use AeroPress at home and are concerned about microplastics.
To use at home, instead of a much cheaper French press, or a similarly priced cheap espresso machine that makes coffee 100x better. Obviously /s
I see your sarcasm, but all three of these things make very different types of coffee. Even if you can’t tell the difference between Aeropress and French press coffee (which probably not a large percent of people can), you can certainly tell the difference between espresso and immersion, right?
As for this thing: plastics do degrade over time, and an insulated glass body is a nice upgrade. The metal press won’t contribute anything to the coffee quality, but it looks better, and probably feels nicer.
The rubber seal part is the first part to go and it’s unchanged on this new glass version.
Plastics may degrade, but (as others have mentioned) if a plastic one lasts 10+ years, so far, where’s the value in a glass one?
Plus you could buy 4 plastic ones for the cost of 1 glass that could far more easily break.
I’m all for glass in a LOT of stuff. I even kind of like it here (for the reasons you’ve stated), I just can’t get behind the cost.
I tend to go for better/best quality in most things, I hate buying stuff twice. But there’s value in being able to replace a less robust device for 1/4 the cost of the “higher quality” version.
Plastics may degrade, but (as others have mentioned) if a plastic one lasts 10+ years
Micro plastics can be released as soon as a water bottle is first filled. This isn’t the structural integrity of the plastic failing, it’s your endocrine system and who knows what else being affected by tiny pieces of plastic that start shedding immediately.
Look, I’m not saying this isn’t a cash grab because the serial inventor who made the aero press sold a controlling stake in his company and the new firm is squeezing as much money out as they can before the patent expires, BUT some of us do care about micro plastics. Not that I give my daughter coffee, but now that I have a toddler we’ve eliminated as much food related plastic as we can.
Stuff is genuinely damaging and yet we keep using it because it’s convenient. And people wonder why the Romans used lead containers.
