Had no idea the inventor was 76 years old. Good to see someone not buying into the notion that anyone over 30 is a has-been.
How AeroPress Fans Are Hacking Their Way to a Better Cup of Coffee
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Even a Pyrex one would be interesting.
I'd prefer that to any sort of plastic, based on my own non-scientific but resilient worries about leeching chemicals.
Same. I've had my eye on the AeroPress for a long time and I'm very intrigued, but I can't get past the "hot water in plastic" thing. I'm sure there are at least ten other worse things I do every day, but ...
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#13I would like to "hack" together a stainless steel AeroPress, at least the outer tube, I think the press is fine. I don't know whether I've been pressing too hard or what, but I've noticed that my cylinder is expanding.
Mine has been stress-cracking from heat expansion and contraction. Definitely thinking of giving it up in favor of my glass french press.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd prefer that to any sort of plastic, based on my own non-scientific but resilient worries about leeching chemicals.
Same. I've had my eye on the AeroPress for a long time and I'm very intrigued, but I can't get past the "hot water in plastic" thing. I'm sure there are at least ten other worse things I do every day, but ...
This might be the ticket: the reverse french press http://kk.org/cooltools/archives/10162
(I also like that it sounds like some sort of judo move.)
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#15Had no idea the inventor was 76 years old. Good to see someone not buying into the notion that anyone over 30 is a has-been.
Adler is a prolific inventor, his other most famous invention is the Aerobie flying disc (circa 1980 or so).
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#16So it's a french press made of plastic?
Without the sludge.
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#17I would like to "hack" together a stainless steel AeroPress, at least the outer tube, I think the press is fine. I don't know whether I've been pressing too hard or what, but I've noticed that my cylinder is expanding.
If you leave it full of grounds for any length of time, it starts to corrode the interior of the tube (it starts to look 'scratched'). This can lead to seepage.
You also shouldn't store the plunger in the cylinder.
I've had mine 4 years, use it daily, hand-wash it, and never seen any stresses on the plastic.
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#18I have found my AeroPress coffee to be lacking body. I returned to pour-overs and French presses.
Having read this, I feel I must again tinker with the Aeropress.
Likely case of "Doing it wrong."
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#19I have found my AeroPress coffee to be lacking body. I returned to pour-overs and French presses. Having read this, I feel I must again tinker with the Aeropress. Likely case of "Doing it wrong."
Even if the AeroPress was to lack body, the coffee produced is still better than a drip.
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#20I would like to "hack" together a stainless steel AeroPress, at least the outer tube, I think the press is fine. I don't know whether I've been pressing too hard or what, but I've noticed that my cylinder is expanding.
Mine has been stress-cracking from heat expansion and contraction. Definitely thinking of giving it up in favor of my glass french press.
You don't seem to be the only one:
http://www.reddit.com/r/AeroPress/comments/2r06e1/stress_fra...
I do think that contacting the company though might help.