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For a single cup of coffee, I'm partial to the AeroPress. It takes a bit more work, but the strange looks I get from my coworkers is worth it.

bhrgunatha 12y ago
The Aeropress makes the best coffee I've ever had at home. I've tried moka pots, regular coffee brewers and French presses. The Aeropress is better than all of those hands down.
- reillyse 12y ago
  Have you tried a Chemex or other pour over?
  - shoover 12y ago
    Yep, it was an immediate upgrade when my wife wanted coffee after our second child was born. When I found out my dad was pressing two cups through the Aeropress every morning to take to work, I couldn't buy him a Chemex fast enough.
- a8da6b0c91d 12y ago
  On the subject of leaching dangerous chemicals into coffee, moka pots are definitely bad idea. The coffee absolutely picks up a lot of aluminum.
- firloop 12y ago
  I like Aeropress better than everything you listed, but I think a pourover with my glass V60 has to beat even Aeropress. I still use my Aeropress once or twice a week, but nothing beats a solid pourover, especially pourover iced coffee.
guelo 12y ago
Call me paranoid but I refuse to drink hot liquids out of plastic containers of any kind. A glass french press is the way to go.
- 14113 12y ago
  As someone who owns (and regularly uses) an aeropress, may I ask why? Simply out of of curiosity, not out of disagreement.
  - misframer 12y ago
    I think it's because it is possible for materials in certain plastics to break down in the presence of heat.
  - guelo 12y ago
    Leaching chemicals. Here's an article I found after a quick google search, http://myplasticfreelife.com/2011/04/bpa-free-does-not-mean-safe-most-plastics-leach-hormone-disrupting-chemicals/ http://myplasticfreelife.com/2011/04/bpa-free-does-not-mean-... It doesn't mention heat, but I presume leaching increases with heat.
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  - nyolfen 12y ago
    long story short, transparent plastic containers tend to imbue their contents with a chemical called bisphenol-a (aka bpa), which is a compound similar to estrogen which may impact human physiology in a wide array of ways[0], or chemicals that are structurally related that aren't well studied but could be similarly damaging[1]. this applies to all transparent plastics and isn't specific to aeropresses [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A#Health_effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A#Health_effects [1] http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/tritan-certichem-eastman-bpa-free-plastic-safe http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/tritan-certic...
    - cdingo 12y ago
      The Aeropress has been BPA free for years now. http://www.aeropress.ca/faq/ http://www.aeropress.ca/faq/

bhrgunatha 12y ago

The Aeropress makes the best coffee I've ever had at home. I've tried moka pots, regular coffee brewers and French presses. The Aeropress is better than all of those hands down.

reillyse 12y ago
Have you tried a Chemex or other pour over?
- shoover 12y ago
  Yep, it was an immediate upgrade when my wife wanted coffee after our second child was born. When I found out my dad was pressing two cups through the Aeropress every morning to take to work, I couldn't buy him a Chemex fast enough.
a8da6b0c91d 12y ago
On the subject of leaching dangerous chemicals into coffee, moka pots are definitely bad idea. The coffee absolutely picks up a lot of aluminum.
firloop 12y ago
I like Aeropress better than everything you listed, but I think a pourover with my glass V60 has to beat even Aeropress. I still use my Aeropress once or twice a week, but nothing beats a solid pourover, especially pourover iced coffee.

guelo 12y ago

Call me paranoid but I refuse to drink hot liquids out of plastic containers of any kind. A glass french press is the way to go.

14113 12y ago
As someone who owns (and regularly uses) an aeropress, may I ask why? Simply out of of curiosity, not out of disagreement.
- misframer 12y ago
  I think it's because it is possible for materials in certain plastics to break down in the presence of heat.
- guelo 12y ago
  Leaching chemicals. Here's an article I found after a quick google search, http://myplasticfreelife.com/2011/04/bpa-free-does-not-mean-safe-most-plastics-leach-hormone-disrupting-chemicals/ http://myplasticfreelife.com/2011/04/bpa-free-does-not-mean-... It doesn't mention heat, but I presume leaching increases with heat.
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- nyolfen 12y ago
  long story short, transparent plastic containers tend to imbue their contents with a chemical called bisphenol-a (aka bpa), which is a compound similar to estrogen which may impact human physiology in a wide array of ways[0], or chemicals that are structurally related that aren't well studied but could be similarly damaging[1]. this applies to all transparent plastics and isn't specific to aeropresses [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A#Health_effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisphenol_A#Health_effects [1] http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/tritan-certichem-eastman-bpa-free-plastic-safe http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/tritan-certic...
  - cdingo 12y ago
    The Aeropress has been BPA free for years now. http://www.aeropress.ca/faq/ http://www.aeropress.ca/faq/