AeroPress Original Coffee Press
The AeroPress Original is a revolutionary coffee maker that uses patented 3-in-1 brew technology—combining immersion, aeration, and pressure—to deliver smooth, rich, and flavorful coffee without bitterness or grit. Whether you’re brewing a quick cup in your kitchen or making espresso-style shots while camping, this tool offers speed, simplicity, and excellent control over your brew.
A favorite among baristas, travelers, and home brewers alike, the AeroPress makes up to 10 ounces of coffee per press and includes a scoop, stirrer, and micro-paper filters. Lightweight and shatterproof, it’s ideal for those who prioritize taste and portability.
Product Highlights & Features
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3-in-1 Brew Method: Merges French press, pour-over, and espresso techniques.
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Grit-Free & Smooth Coffee: Uses paper or optional metal micro-filters for clean brews.
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Fast Brewing Time: Makes coffee in under a minute.
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Portable Design: Compact, lightweight, and durable—perfect for travel, camping, or small kitchens.
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Cold Brew Capability: Brew delicious cold brew coffee in just two minutes.
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Easy to Clean: Simple design allows for quick disassembly and rinsing.
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Customizable Brewing: Supports a wide range of grinds and recipes (e.g., standard or inverted method).
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No Electricity Needed: Fully manual, ideal for off-grid coffee lovers.
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Details |
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| Brand | AeroPress |
| Model Name | AeroPress Original |
| Color | Gray |
| Capacity | 10 oz (1–3 espresso-style shots) |
| Dimensions | 1.87″ D x 1.87″ W x 4.63″ H |
| Weight | 0.4 lbs (6.4 oz) |
| Material | BPA-free plastic |
| Coffee Maker Type | French Press (Manual) |
| Included Components | Press, scoop, stirrer, paper filters |
| Filter Type | Paper micro-filters (metal optional) |
| Operation Mode | Manual |
| Warranty | 1 Year Manufacturer Warranty |
| Made in | USA |
Final Verdict
The AeroPress Original Coffee Press is an exceptional brewing tool that lives up to its reputation. Its clever design delivers café-quality coffee with minimal effort, while its portability and fast clean-up make it an everyday essential for both home brewers and travelers. The versatility to craft espresso-style drinks or a rich cup of coffee, hot or cold, sets it apart in a crowded market.
Despite its modest capacity (suitable for 1-2 cups per press), the flavor quality and user-friendly design make it one of the most beloved coffee gadgets available. If you’re looking for excellent taste, reliability, and convenience without spending a fortune, the AeroPress is a must-have.
Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5)
Justin ScottJustin Scott –
Best cup of coffee at home
I worked at a coffee shop for over five years and was a finalist in a number of regional barista competitions from California to Missouri.So I have a thing for good coffee, which starts with the roast and the purity and temperature of the water. But when it comes to extraction, very few, if any, brewing devices put so much control into the hands of the brewer.With this brewer, I have made some of the best cups of coffee I’ve ever had. You can achieve the quality of brewed coffee as with a classic pour-over but in a much more convenient and durable system.It’s faster than a crappy Mr. Coffee, easier and more forgiving than a pour over like the Hario V60 and more durable than anything else I’ve ever used, besides of course a Turkish coffee brewing pot.Sometimes you’re just too busy to brew a coffee everyday (even it is does only take 2-3 minutes from start to finish). Or perhaps you hate being stuck with the crappy coffee found at your office. The versatility to brew a regular cup of coffee or an “espresso extract” is awesome. On a busy week, I will brew a heavy concentrated brew of coffee and store in a vacuumed, air-free, glass Porto bottle. When I want to make a coffee, I simply pour a measure of the coffee extract into a cup, cut with either iced or hot water and enjoy my quick, dead simple brew.When traveling, this thing really shows off. If you travel and hate using hotel coffee and coffee makers, take this on your next trip, use the in-room coffee maker to heat up bottled water and use the Aerobie’s coffee cavity to hold your coffee safe for travel. You can then brew the best cup of coffee you’ll ever have at a hotel. This goes for camping, business travel or backpacking.The whole system breaks down to really only two parts, the plunger and the reservoir with filters. You can leave the rest behind (scoop, funnel, stirrer) if you want. Learn where your coffee grinds should reach vertically in the brewer and free pour your coffee, stir the brewing grinds with the spoons or straws made available in most hotel rooms.Cleaning the system is easy, just rinse and air-dry or wipe dry. I reuse my paper filters 2-4 times and see little to no difference in taste or consistency. This a company that makes permanent metal disk filters for this brewer that many people love. I am reluctant to use them as a metal disc will not remove any extra oils left in darker roast coffee but some people like the flavor of the oils so to each their own.Bottom line, this is the perfect brewer for the everyday coffee drinker, the business traveler, college guy/gal stuck in a dorm room, tiny New York apartment goer or backpacker. Get it, use it and love it.
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Teaman –
For making artisan coffee for one, this is the bomb
This thing is pretty cool. I’m new to coffee but had heard about this device 3 yrs ago. When I found I loved lattes, I decided to make my own as best as possible without buying an expensive espresso machine. This is the perfect device to nearly mimic espressos without the expensive machine. No it won’t heat the milk for you or put the coffee grinds under intense steam pressure but it will brew up a pretty mean cup. With quality beans and a grinder and a milk frother you have what it takes to make a $5 latte every day for a fraction of the cost. It won’t take you long to pay for this device at that savings rate.This is a kit and comes with the plunger press, the paper filters, filter holders, stirring blade, scoop for the beans or grinds and a funnel to help with pouring ground up beans into the press without spillage. Youtube has lots of videos on how to use this thing. What’s interesting is that parameters for how to make a cup of coffee in this device vary all over the spectrum. So ultimately it’s a subjective decision on what tastes good to you.My recipe so far…For me start with placing a paper filter into the filter cap and place that into a narrow mug that has a diameter that narrows, stopping the descent of the cap half way down inside the mug. I then pour very hot water over the filter to rinse the paper taste away. The mug prevents scalding my fingers if I were to hold it. It also catches the poured-through water, which I dump after removing the filter cap. I then identify my mug i will press the coffee into and add any sugar/sweetner desired at this time into the empty mug. I then grind 1 scoop of some quality beans to a fairly fine grind. I then pour them into the press turned upside down (plunger extending from the bottom of the tube with filter end on top) using the funnel. I add just enough hot water from my hot water pump (it’s set to 208F but is usually cooler by the time it hits the press) to cover the grounds. I then insert the stirring blade and stir gently to expose water to all grounds evenly for 10 sec. Then I add water to near the top of the plunger tube which ends up being about 6-8oz total. I gently stir a couple of times to get the floating grounds near the top to mix into the added water better. Then remove it and twist on the filter cap. After a total of 60 sec. from time I add more water I carefully invert the press (plunger and tube assembly) over my mug.Then start gently pressing on the plunger so that it slowly slowly starts depressing into the tube. Total time to press the plunger is about 30 sec. There should be a small air cavity between the filter cap lid and the plunger rubber head so as you near the bottom of pressing on the plunger, you will hear a hissing as air passes through the paper filter cap at the very end of the press. LIft off, shake drips off over mug, then twist off the filter cap. The paper filter is likely still stuck to the coffee grinds. Place the lid aside for rinsing and press the plunger the rest of the way through the tube OVER the trash can. Grounds will fall off with the paper filter. Rinse the plunger assembly under hot tap water. Same for the filter lid. You now have 6-8 oz of strong coffee.At this point you can add more water to dilute to your taste or continue on with the milk prep. I put 1/2c milk or alternate milk (soy is my fave) into a tall 2 c measuring cup. Heat for 30 sec in 1200w microwave. If you have a frother, insert it into the 2c glass and froth to desired consistency. Pour this into the top of your coffee mug. I assume your mug holds at least 16oz or you may run over with the milk and foam.Yumm!This device is very simple to use, cleanup is rinse-off easy, and the whole kit is very portable. It’s probably a little slow if you have a half-dozen friends wanting coffee but for one or two, this thing is super easy to use. It delivers a terrific mug of coffee.
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Carl C. Ferre-lang –
If there is one item every brewer should own..
This would be it.. It’s a surprisingly low tech solution to a very nuanced problem.. Standard coffee brewers generally only do one thing half-decently (dark roast at low temp, uneven infusion) .. Not everyone will be in the market to learn how to brew with a dripper like a V-60. I think the ‘dummy’ solution for most people is a french press. But what most people want is really an Aeropress.. They just don’t know it. French press coffee is, in of itself, kind of tricky to get right without a precise coarse grind and/or possibly adequate filtration. On the face of it, the Aeropress seems more complicated, but it has an easy learning curve and is very hard to get wrong. The key to this is good filtration combined with very restrained brew times. You can use almost any ground coffee in this device once you get a feel for it. The workflow is so fast, I generally use it instead of a dripper when making less than 500ml of coffee. It’s best aspect is its versatility. There are a hundred different ways to use an Aeropress. Most of them will be dead right. You can, straight up, use it like a french press. The recipe I learned makes “Aeropresso”, like a concentrate: I bought my first one back when they had you just fill the scoop and add water to “1” .. 30 second steep and then press. Makes about 100 ml of concentrate which you can then just add hot water diluting to the desired strength. Though most people use other methods these days (do some research online, James Hoffman did a whole series on this kit), I still find the above to be a perfectly decent method, especially when trying to make four cups of coffee at a time – Don’t let people tell you it’s not possible. I use mine to make cold brew concentrate pretty regularly. It’s IMO the easiest way to get a fantastic cup of coffee from whatever beans you’ve got, if you don’t exactly know what you’re doing. This is why I think most people should own one of these instead of a french press or a small plug-in brewer. The Moka pot is certainly a contender as well, but it does one thing really well. You either like that thing or not. The Aeropress does many things well. Even if you’re a pod person and you just want to have an occasional cup of coffee you made yourself, maybe just to pass the time, this will scratch that itch. And it just might ruin your k-cup machine for you in the process. Fair warning..
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Niebuhr –
All good!
Easy to use and clean, makes great coffee. Small filters waste much less paper. All good!
Jeaaronson –
Best cup of coffee ever and very easy to clean and brew more
I don’t understand why it works so well but as very long time coffee drinker (I started off during the percolator era) but by far this best coffee maker I have e er used. I have tried drip coffee makers, French press, many different brands of k-cup machines, but I have never er had a better cup of coffee. The brew time is short. It only takes about 3 minutes. What you get is good express strength coffee, but it is easy to elite it so that you get what you want. To make additional cups you can make more (up to four) espresso strength cups or you take another three minutes and brew up go for more expression cups. Capacity is on problem. The taste is better than anything you can imagine. As advertised there is No acid taste; no matter how strong it is. .y only complaint about the clear model is that measuring guide numbers on the outside come of quickly. You are better off with the smoked plastic versions. It is the same device but the numbers last !longer. A!so it is worth buying the pressure. That way there are no problems with the size of the grounds. Finally the metal filters are very easy to clen. As with rest of the parts a quick rinse is all that is needed.
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beYOUeveryoneelseistaken –
Must buy for coffee drinkers.
Can’t express the love of the aeropress. Great for at home and traveling. Taste is great but take your time using it to make sure you are hitting the quality you would like. Def a must for coffee Drinkers! Also easy storage so easy to leave at parents house or significant other to make coffee when your there but not take over a bunch of their space
Dave –
Quick and easy to use, quick and easy to clean, and makes an excellent brew.
Makes an excellent americano style coffee, no bitter taste. Probably can make a decent espresso “style” shot. Not a real espresso as you won’t get a true creama, but you won’t get a true espresso from a K-cup either.I have an authentic espresso machine for a real espresso shot, but I don’t have a convenient drip appliance for a single cup. I generally have a cappuccino daily and occasionally want a drip style cup. So I decided to try this for that.I immediately made a cup when it arrived. It is easy to do and easy to clean.The very first cup tasted great, smooth and full bodied. I then made a cup with the inverted method, and it was even better. If you want to make an espresso style shot, then the inverted method is the only way.The inverted method is better because; you can consistently get the precise amount of water, and the entire cup will be pushed through the filter with pressure. When you do the normal upright process, water will start dripping through the filter (unless you use a very coarse grind) while you are pouring the water in, making it hard to to avoid adding too much water. Also, the amount that drips through won’t have pressure applied, preventing a full extraction of the beans.The inverted method is as it sounds, upside down. Put the plunger up to the “4” marker. While upside down, add the coffee, then the hot water and then secure the filter holder (make sure to wet the filter first). Then turn right-side up and press the plunger, dispensing coffee into your cup. It’s that easy!An important note for brewing coffee. The ideal temperature is from 195 to 200 degrees (the instructions say 185, but that is too low). Water boils at 212 degrees. So, if you don’t have a thermometer, then take the water off the flame just when little bubbles start for form (not a rolling boil), and let it sit for about 30 seconds.Bottom, quick and easy to use, quick and easy to clean, and makes an excellent brew.
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vicky g –
Get this!
Loved having yummy coffee while camping – Coffee was better tasting that my at home french press! Built well and super easy to clean. I’m sure I’ll be using this for years to come. Used daily for 10 weeks with no issues. I would likely get a bigger size in the future if they make one.
Chuck –
Great cuppa!
I’ve only used this to brew hot coffee and I am still experimenting with amounts of grind to get that perfect taste. I bought a stainless steel filter that sits in the brew basket and I use one paper filter on top of this. I set my grinder to it’s finest powder setting and I heat my water to 194 degrees Fahrenheit. The pitcher or plastic carafe will only hold 2 1/4 cups water, so you only get one large cup of coffee. Pouring the water into the brewing cylinder over the grind about a cup of liquid falls into the carafe before you can place the plunger which creates suction to hold the remaining water and grind in the tube for steeping. This might be offset if you skip stirring the grinds after pouring the water but I imagine you will still get some spillage resulting in a weaker solution of coffee. I’m not sure how you could alleviate the spillage. You can’t place more than one paper filter with the steel filter as the basket won’t fit to the base of the cylinder with more than one. The nice part about the stainless steel filter is when you are ready to dump the grinds in the trash. As you unscrew the brew basket the steel filter comes out clean and one little push of the plunger and the grinds and paper filter pop neatly into the trash. Clean up is minimal. I would love to see this made into a larger (maybe fatter) aeropress that could brew enough to fill my 22 Oz coffee mug. One reviewer mentioned that this brewed enough for a full thermos. Uh no. Not unless it’s one of those little mini thermos for soup. I really like the taste of the cups I’ve brewed so far. And I am still experimenting with amount of grind. I did try a coarser grind once but the water just ran straight through without brewing. It’s gotta be espresso grade or Turkish grind to really work. This is a highly portable system that brews a great cup and clean up is minimal . Very efficient!Update 3/10/24. I tried using just paper filters (3), and there was much less leakage at first, resulting in a stronger brew. The brew basket still comes off clean and the grinds tap into the trash with little mess. I love this and only wish it was a little bigger.
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Bryan –
Buy the wire mesh screen or you’ll be filtering through paper
First thing is first. I am a coffee snob.I have edited this review a few times. After a few years, I have come to the conclusion that this is a really good product. I’m leaving the review intact because it kind of shows the evolution and the learning curve that exists with this product.Typically, I find that most “bad” coffee is simply stale coffee. When I grind my own beans, I find that after a few days, they start losing their flavor. And after a week, they have started to pick up a card-board like flavor.I taste tested this product in a couple of ways. I just had a buddy over, and we had a coffee taste-test party.I typically prepare my coffee one of two ways. I either use the do-it-yourself coffee pod that you can get from Keurig or, if I have company, I will use a french press. For the purpose of this taste test, we did it both ways, And then we made some with this contraption in two different ways. I used a fine grind (just shy of an espresso grind) for one, and we used my preferred coarser grind for the other. In all, we tasted four different cups of coffee.1. French Press2. Keurig Machine3. Aeropress with fine grind4. Aeropress with coarse grindWe used my favorite coffee bean for this test. I was going to use a commercial bean (Illy). I will explain why we ended up not using Illy at the end of my review. The bean we used was a freshly roasted grade 1 Ethiopian Yrgacheffe.I made sure I made a couple of cups of coffee using the Aeropress before we began this test to make sure I had gotten the hang of it. My conclusion based on these two cups of coffee was that 1) I needed to add a little bit of water (Americano) to the Aeropressed coffee to achieve my desired strength and 2) I needed to use a more robust bean in order to achieve any kind of flavor (hence the reason I didn’t use the Illy beans).Now don’t get me wrong. Illy makes a good coffee bean, and I usually get my cans of Illy coffee still relatively fresh. They are, in my opinion, one of the best mass produced coffee beans on the market.I brewed one cup of coffee in each of the four methods. I then poured a small amount into an espresso mug and labeled them 1, 2, 3, and 4. I wrote down what each one was on a separate piece of paper so that it would be a blind taste test. My buddy did the same for me. And then we sat down and tasted them.My preferences, in order:1. The french press. I had actually never done a bind taste test with the french press before, but there may have been some bias here because I could immediately tell that it was french pressed. It had all of the vaguely sweet, earthy tones that I love so much about Ethiopian Yrgacheffe coffee. It was pure bliss. Ten out of ten.2. The Keurig. There is a pretty big gap in flavor between the french press and the Keurig, but the Keurig still retained much of the flavors that I love about Ethiopian Yrgacheffe. They were just more faint. Eight out of ten.3. Aeropress Course Grind. I will submit that the result was a very strong yet mellow coffee, but it was missing all of the character. The earthy tones were missing. It tasted like a generic cup of coffee. It was good, but it was nothing to write home about. Six out of ten.4. Aeropress Fine Grind. Definitely over-extracted. Very bitter. I stirred for about 10 seconds, so it did not steep too long. To be truthful, most espressos taste over extracted to me, so this was not a surprise. It’s the reason why I prefer a coarser grind. This cup of coffee tasted like someone put cardboard shavings into the grounds prior to pressing. I would not call this undrinkable, but if someone served it to me in a restaurant, I’d ask for water instead. Three out of ten.I’m not yet concluding that this was a waste of money. I think there is a high likelihood that the paper filter could be the reason why there was a serious lack of flavor using this contraption, so I’m going to try to order a metal filter for it. I can’t think of any other reason, logically speaking, why the coffee would have turned out so bad other than the fact that it uses a paper filter. The only time I ever use a paper filter is on the rare occasions where I use a pre-made Keurig pod, and I typically don’t like the flavor of them. I always figured that it was because the grounds were stale, but I have not ruled the paper out as a possible culprit.If I find out that the metal filter changes the flavor for the better, I will come back and update my review. However, at this point, I have to recommend a french press if someone wants a good cup of coffee. It’s not any harder to use, and it’s just as easy to clean.EDITI purchased one of the wire mesh screens to see if that would improve the flavor of the coffee. It did make a significant difference; however, I still don’t think that the cup of coffee I made was as good as a traditional french press.The one big disadvantage with a french press is that there is sediment at the bottom of your cup. This turns a lot of people off, and I will submit that it takes some getting used to. However, there is nothing on this planet that I have yet discovered that compares with the flavor of a french pressed bean that has been freshly roasted.I used a medium-course grind, and I steep for about twice as long as the 10 seconds recommended by the instruction manual. I make sure not to push out the very last of the water because that’s likely where all of the overextracted bitterness lies. The end result was a good cup of very strong coffee. I’ll even go so far as to say that when using the wire mesh screen instead of the paper, what comes out is good enough to drink without adding water.It’s still not as good as the french press, though. I submit that it’s about equal to the Keurig machine, though the flavors are much different. The Keurig machine is far easier to use. Plus, the cost of this thing with the additional $10 I had to spend on the wire mesh screen costs almost as much as a low-end Keurig. Therefore, I can’t give it more than three stars.ANOTHER UPDATE:I’m providing another update an adding another star. The reason why is because once I learned that you cannot let your coffee steep for the ten seconds that the instruction manual recommends, I was able to produce some pretty good cups of coffee. It’s still not as good as a french press, though. Plus, the price tag once you factor in $30 for the kit and another $10 for a metal screen is very steep. One can almost buy a Keurig machine for that price, and my french press, which makes better coffee, cost less than $15 even after I upgraded to a polycarbonate carafe.YET ANOTHER UPDATE:A couple of years have gone by, and I am finding myself using this more and more. Over time, I have gotten better at making a good cup of coffee with it. In fact, I got to the point where I was using this more than any of my other machines. Now, I have gotten to the point where a cup of coffee made with this is nearly as good or possibly even just as good as one that I French press. A big bonus for a lot of folks is that there is no sediment on the bottom of my cup.So, yes. I have gradually moved on and decided that this is an excellent product. I’ve increased my star total to 5 because it deserves it. The learning curve is difficult, but the eventual results are quite good.
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