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They make a glass aeropress that comes with a stainless steel cap now.

keane 2y ago
Wow, had no idea. $150 / ships in February. I hate that I might grab it at that price. https://aeropress.com/products/aeropress-coffee-maker-premium https://aeropress.com/products/aeropress-coffee-maker-premiu...
- FirmwareBurner 2y ago
  What's wrong with the Tritan one instead?
  - MengerSponge 2y ago
    Tritan is still plastic. It's BPA free, but there are lots of other estrogenic compounds in the world.
    - FirmwareBurner 2y ago
      What issues does Tritan have? Tritan is used in the medical industry for passing blood and other fluids safely without contamination. HN seems to have huge unfounded FUD around anything plastic related even when there's no scientific evidence.
      - MengerSponge 2y ago
        Tritan uses TPP, which may be as bad as BPA? Toxicological evidence takes a long time to acquire. By it's very nature it's a lagging indicator. Remember when everybody freaked out about BPAs? That's because good studies showed the accumulation of those compounds in the body, and the potential health issues it could drive. And what about now that we have all these BPA free plastics? Most of them have replaced the BPA with other compounds. They haven't been studied, so there isn't evidence against them. But the absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence. Finally: what, in their long and storied history, has led you to believe that 3M, DuPont, or Eastman are acting in the best interest of your health? Because their incentive structure favors wealth creation, not population health.
        FirmwareBurner 2y ago
        >Tritan uses TPP, which may be as bad as BPA That's not exactly relevant. Relevant is if it leaks from the plastic into liquids or not. >what, in their long and storied history, has led you to believe that 3M, DuPont, or Eastman are acting in the best interest of your health? I don't. That's why we have EPA and FDA.
Scottn1 2y ago
I had no idea either. Thanks! When I first got my Aeropress, really hot water being forced through all dark-colored hard plastic had me concerned. Still does. But after getting the routine down it takes only three minutes and my daily coffee is so much better since I got it, I don't want coffee any other way anymore. The glass one is most likely going on my Christmas list (even though that is sort of expensive for what it is)
- fredoliveira 2y ago
  The Aeropress is absolutely great, but I have the same reservations about putting 96c water through what's essentially a bunch of plastic. What I'm about to suggest is not a substitute, but there are solid glass/metal french press kits, and chemex/filtered glass/ceramic coffee setups which will make great drinks. Once you have nailed the grinding process (with a single dose grinder for consistency, for example), the filtering parts of the procedure are 2 minutes.
ndsipa_pomu 2y ago
The number of times that I've dropped a Aeropress makes that impractical for me.
- FirmwareBurner 2y ago
  Same. Cleaning up the hot water and coffee grounds slurry off the counter top or floor early in the morning is already a huge pain in my assholes, I don't want to add glass shards in the mix. Or the thought of pressing too hard on a glass AeroPress, having it tip over and shatter, slicing through my arm. Would be the silliest way to go out.

Wow, had no idea. $150 / ships in February. I hate that I might grab it at that price. https://aeropress.com/products/aeropress-coffee-maker-premium https://aeropress.com/products/aeropress-coffee-maker-premiu...

FirmwareBurner 2y ago
What's wrong with the Tritan one instead?
- MengerSponge 2y ago
  Tritan is still plastic. It's BPA free, but there are lots of other estrogenic compounds in the world.
  - FirmwareBurner 2y ago
    What issues does Tritan have? Tritan is used in the medical industry for passing blood and other fluids safely without contamination. HN seems to have huge unfounded FUD around anything plastic related even when there's no scientific evidence.
    - MengerSponge 2y ago
      Tritan uses TPP, which may be as bad as BPA? Toxicological evidence takes a long time to acquire. By it's very nature it's a lagging indicator. Remember when everybody freaked out about BPAs? That's because good studies showed the accumulation of those compounds in the body, and the potential health issues it could drive. And what about now that we have all these BPA free plastics? Most of them have replaced the BPA with other compounds. They haven't been studied, so there isn't evidence against them. But the absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence. Finally: what, in their long and storied history, has led you to believe that 3M, DuPont, or Eastman are acting in the best interest of your health? Because their incentive structure favors wealth creation, not population health.
      - FirmwareBurner 2y ago
        >Tritan uses TPP, which may be as bad as BPA That's not exactly relevant. Relevant is if it leaks from the plastic into liquids or not. >what, in their long and storied history, has led you to believe that 3M, DuPont, or Eastman are acting in the best interest of your health? I don't. That's why we have EPA and FDA.

Scottn1 2y ago

I had no idea either. Thanks! When I first got my Aeropress, really hot water being forced through all dark-colored hard plastic had me concerned. Still does. But after getting the routine down it takes only three minutes and my daily coffee is so much better since I got it, I don't want coffee any other way anymore. The glass one is most likely going on my Christmas list (even though that is sort of expensive for what it is)

fredoliveira 2y ago
The Aeropress is absolutely great, but I have the same reservations about putting 96c water through what's essentially a bunch of plastic. What I'm about to suggest is not a substitute, but there are solid glass/metal french press kits, and chemex/filtered glass/ceramic coffee setups which will make great drinks. Once you have nailed the grinding process (with a single dose grinder for consistency, for example), the filtering parts of the procedure are 2 minutes.

ndsipa_pomu 2y ago

The number of times that I've dropped a Aeropress makes that impractical for me.

FirmwareBurner 2y ago
Same. Cleaning up the hot water and coffee grounds slurry off the counter top or floor early in the morning is already a huge pain in my assholes, I don't want to add glass shards in the mix. Or the thought of pressing too hard on a glass AeroPress, having it tip over and shatter, slicing through my arm. Would be the silliest way to go out.