Aeropress makes a glass version although I was never too concerned about the microplastic risk

SoftTalker 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Huh. They used to say they specifically did not offer a glass or stainless version because it would get too hot to hold/use.

Instead of a new $500 coffee maker like the ones in the article, that takes special (likely costly) presssed pellets of coffee, get a Chemex pour over for $50 and you'll never need another coffee maker again (unless you drop it). No plastic, and you can use whatever coffee you want.

	▲	plorkyeran an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The original founder sold the company and the people who took over promptly did all the things people asked for and he said no to. The glass aeropress is way more expensive ($200 rather than $30) and is bad in all the ways he said it'd be bad. Heavier, fragile, and makes worse coffee unless you put some extra effort into preheating it. Looks better, though.
	▲	jrootabega an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Bodum makes a pourover thingy that is no more than $20-30. Chemex is just the "prestige" brand.

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grich7642 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's not actually glass but a different synthetic/plastic. They do, however, make a stainless steel version. A lot of food safe stainless steel products are coated in PFAS though.

	▲	BobaFloutist 22 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Now I'm going down the same rabbit hole I went down when people started talking about using wax instead of plastic, trying to determine if something being glass means it's definitely not plastic. It does look like things we recognize as glass aren't plastic. So that's nice!
	▲	nachbo 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I own one. It's glass and cast aluminum. Pricey but feels very solid. The glass does not get hot. It's very think.