La Cafetiere 8-Cup French Press Coffee Maker with Insulated Carafe

Claudia: According to Amazon I purchased this in 2014. It still looks and works great.

United States on Oct 24, 2023

Kindle Customer: I sent the coffee pot back a week ago
Tomorrow why the wait for my
Refund? M.a.salter

United Kingdom on Jul 10, 2023

Cecily: Coffee tastes really delicious in this bodum.

United Kingdom on Jun 02, 2023

Sue paul: Bought this for my son who loves his fresh coffee. It looks very stylish and so much nicer than his glass cafetiere and stays hot for a long period

United Kingdom on Jan 21, 2023

Tony Mercer: Despite the name, this pot certainly wasn't born in France- so do not be fooled by it! From a distance I could see a vague resemblance but that is all. Yes it has a comforting chunkiness - more Camarguais than Montmarte. End of!

To get to the detail: the lid doesn't fit properly, it certainly feels solid, like a French Second-row forward, and it feels "chunky". It keeps coffee earm for a good couple of hours, and holds enough for two large mugs to be filled. The only real problem is with the filter: unlike my previous one (which was as French as they come), this filter cannot be unscrewed for cleaning, and yhe only way to get it passably clean, but wouldn't fool a Frdnchman, is to hold it under z fairly hihh-pressure cold water tap and lifting the spring thingy unfer the filter sieve, with thumbtips and hope the force of the water jet blasts at least somr of the trappefd grains from between the rims of the two retaining plates of the filter. Not a perfect job, but better than nothing- just.

United Kingdom on Sep 27, 2022

northern blue: This is the second of these I have bought for myself. I use the first for loose leaf tea, and wanted one for coffee. I bought a similar pot for a friend. They are great!. They are quit attractive, don't fall over, all stainless (no plastic parts), hold up great. They seem to keep the hot drink as hot as other stainless, thermos French presses, which means, it will get cold after a while, but is better than glass. I have use the first one daily for several years, and am very pleased. It has held up better than a competitor I had previously. I had two consequitively. They fell off the counter, plastic parts broke, screen frayed, didn't hold up like this one. This one still looks new after several years, while the others were trash after 2. People frequently admire how attractive it is.

I bought the new one for coffee. There is a trick to making French Press coffee. Many of the complaints I have read in the reviews appear to be based on their making the coffee wrong, ie, grinding the coffee too fine. There are instructions for making French press coffee on the internet, and I suggest people read them. You need to grind the coffee in larger, more uniform pieces than you use for...

United States on Jun 12, 2014

Mr. P. Harvey: I have 3 coffee makers each of a different design. I was attracted to the La Cafetiere Thermique because it combines the best features of a plunger-type coffee maker and a Thermos flask. Being made wholly of metal there are no glass components to break. Furthermore, the container vessel itself and its cap are double-skinned like a Thermos flask, which reduces heat loss thereby keeping the coffee hotter for longer. The specification states that the double-skin design retains heat 3X longer than conventional coffee makers. I have not put this claim to the test but I believe it to be true.

The coffee maker is made wholly of metal, is sturdy, well made and not as heavy as it looks. It has a highly polished outer surface and brushed matt finish on the inside. The plunger and the diaphragm appear to be made of stainless steel. The mesh of the diaphragm is very fine, much finer than the diaphragm in my glass cafetiere. The metal diaphragm has proven to be a very effective barrier against coffee dregs.

Making coffee follows the same procedure as for a conventional plunger-type cafetiere: add spoonfuls of coffee to the empty vessel, add hot water to within 1" of the spout and...

United Kingdom on Jan 18, 2013

mj: After weeks of searching for a stainless steel coffee press and reading every review submitted--I really appreciate product reviews: good and bad--I finally found a press that I thought would work...and it does! In fact, it makes an excellent pot of coffee. It is also very beautiful. It looks like a silver coffee pot you might find on the room-service tray at a 4-star hotel: classic art deco design. The generous spout allows you to pour the coffee without dripping and the large handle makes it easy to hold securely. The pot is polished stainless steel, made in China by a British firm with, obviously, very exacting standards; there are no flaws, dents, or unfinished surfaces. It has a smooth and seamless appearing surface throughout: inside and outside and it can sit proudly on any tray or table.

Following my accident with my glass Bodum press (it exploded and I received 1st and 2nd degree burns), I was a little leery about pressing down on the plunger when I made my first pot. No need to worry; it slid down like a dream: smoothly and easily. So easily that I thought it might not have captured all the coffee grounds. (The one drawback in using a metal pot is not being able...

United States on Jun 26, 2010