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However, perfect for use at work, and this way I can drink loose leaf tea on camping trips much more easily. Good design and materials, works well, one gripe: not anywhere close to secure; tip it and it leaks - the seal around the drinking hole doesn't close securely enough.
I have two of these, this one and the one with the insulated rubber ring. The one downside is adding cream and sugar to the travel mug. Not so. I keep one of these at work and I make the coffee in it and then pour it through a tea strainer into my mug. This press works pretty well.
Great little mug for coffee on the go. Didn't make any difference in the pressing or the taste. Keeps the grounds out and the extra coffee hot. You can add syrup to the grounds first as well. You do get a few grounds, but that's true with just about any press. I tried adding powdered creamer and sugar to the coffee grounds before brewing; worked fine. Both cups are insulated and will keep coffee hot for an hour or so. Tricky, especially for sugar and powdered creamer.
It's made of mostly plastic so I thought the first time I poured boiling water in it it would crack. Once the coffee is made you have to add it through the drinking opening. Especially if you are partial to pressed coffee. They have had daily use for a month and still in like new shape. It helps if you wait a few minutes after pressing to take your first sip.
Now it's just: boil water, pour into travel mug and GO. My husband and I received one of these as a wedding gift, and liked it so much that we gave them to his parents as a thank you gift. We love them. This is a real time-saver and makes it so there are less dishes to clean overall. It makes it easier to take coffee to work with you. Before it was: boil water, pour over coffee in french press, wait a few mins, transfer coffee to travel mug, clean out press, THEN go to work.
I never, *ever* had a cup of coffee without getting a mouth full of grinds - from first sip to last. I love coffee presses, and have owned several in the past without complaint (except the other Bodum) but I'll never purchase one from Bodum again. The idea of a portable coffee press appealed to me, and it's still a great idea, but this is the last Bodum product I will ever purchase. It didn't matter how coarse the grounds were, or how carefully I attempted to make the coffee. It's simply not worth the few dollars I thought I would save. I owned one before, and thought that perhaps I'd bought a defective product because other people claimed that theirs worked well, so I thought I would give them another try. Never again.
Surprisingly it keeps the coffee warmer than other self contained travel presses I've had. It makes a really good cup of coffee and I can leave the house with it, less dishes. All in all, I'd buy this one again. I don't drink a lot of coffee anymore but I know what a good cup of coffee is. I've had several different small single cup coffee makers and this one by far is the coolest and best.
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