Why I buy this one ?
- Brews 32 ounces of coffee; retains beans' oils for rich, complex flavor
- Filter snaps into coffee catcher, pulls all coffee grounds out with it
- Sturdy, chrome-plated brass frame; easy-to-clean glass carafe
- Stainless-steel press mechanism; replacement parts available
- All parts are dishwasher-safe

What our customer's say!

"Did not work well for me", I bought this after having some delicious coffee from a restaurant-sized version of this coffee press. Back home, the coffee that I produced wasn't so great and the press is a real pain to clean up afterwards with respect to the grinds that sit at the bottom. It is most certainly possible that I simply can't make good coffee at home. Nevertheless, we've stopped using it.

"Great for some people, but not for my tastes.", I'm very picky about my coffee. I'm the type who buys whole beans from a local coffee roaster in small batches and know when the roasting dates are. I buy just enough to last me 2 weeks and no more. I do this to keep my stock fresh. I bring the coffee home and grind it myself -just before brewing- in a coffee MILL, not in those cheap blade grinder. I also use fresh reverse-osmosis-filtered (not tap or bottled) water to bring out the full flavor of the coffee. After all this work, I know I must use the best coffee maker. After using paper filters for so many years, I thought I try the French Press because one of my Seattle friends (w/Starbucks connections) told me that's the TRUE way to make coffee. I even watched a Starbucks video where the coffee expert used the French Press to make the coffee. So, I thought, "Hey, I gotta get myself this Bodum 8-cup French Press!" After using it for several months, I switched back to using paper filters. Why? Because I didn't like the extra residue in my coffee. I think it actually ruined the coffee than enhance it. Yes, I tried different grinds (extra fine to extra coarse) and even varied the brew time. Still, I preferred the clean taste that paper filters gave me. Yes, the plastic coffee catcher thing this comes with is more of a gimmick... I took it off and kept it off the whole time I used this coffee maker. It doesn't really work that well...instead, it just adds one more thing to clean at the end... another hassle. Another thing I hate is the fragile glass flask. I already broke it once while cleaning it only after a month of owning it. I had to go buy a replacement that costed almost half the original price of a brand new unit. Now that I've switched back to paper filters, this thing just sits on the counter...a pretty-looking kitchen ornament and something to impress the guests with I guess. It's a matter of taste... if you're the type who like really strong coffee and don't mind the residue, then this is for you. If you're the type who like stout beer and ales with the residue floating around, then you'll like this. When I mean residue, I don't mean big chunks of coffee beans floating around or anything nasty. It's more like the difference between apple juice versus apple cider (murky). My Starbucks friend who loves extra extra dark strong coffee swears by this thing. He's the kind who thinks that coffee grown in Vietnam is the best coffee... the strongest coffee sold in America is too weak for him. Go figure.

"It works, and the coffee catcher is a godsend", Other reviewers have complained that this is advertised as 8-cup but is actually 4-cup. The "cups" specified are 4oz coffee cups, not 8oz US measuring cups. If you do 30 seconds research at the manufacturers web site, you can confirm this. For me, this is not a problem, as it was exactly as expected: 5/5.

I had some problems with the item shipping, but this was the fault of the delivery firm rather than the vendor, and the vendor was prompt, courteous and helpful in dealing with those issues. Again 5/5.

The coffee catcher is a great bonus. It makes cleanup about 10 times easier. No more scooping out gunk with a spoon, just tip the basket into a paper towel. There are two slight problems. First: On the manufacturers website, it's listed as "Free". This ought to mean that Amazon doesn't charge any extra for it. This is not the case. I forget how much extra I paid, but it may have been near five dollars. Second: Unclipping the basket from the bottom of the plunger is done in a non-obvious way, and it took me a good couple of minutes fiddling to figure out how to do it without sending coffee grounds flying across the room, including reading the enclosed instruction leaflet (which does not detail the procedure). Over-all 4/5 for the catcher.

The mesh on the plunger isn't very fine. Using coarse-ground coffee as recommended, you don't get any actual grounds in your cup, but an the filter lets through an awful lot of the fine powdery residue that forms a little puddle of gunk at the bottom of the cup. 4/5 for the filter.

As to the actual quality of the brew? Well, in my opinion that's more conditioned by how much care you take in selecting and storing your coffee beans, and even more so how much care you take in the actual preparation. The press does not noticably detract from a decent brew in any way, as long as you're savvy enough to neither freeze nor boil at any point. 5/5

"Great Coffee Press/Catcher Needs Work", As one of the premier French Press Makers, Bodum makes a fine product. For those who enjoy the French Press style of coffee making, this is as easy as it gets. There is one beef I have and thats with the coffee catcher. I feel the design is poor and in reality, while catching a majority of the grounds, its messy to handle. Personally, I could do without it. Other than that, its a great product and highly recommended.

""Coffee Catcher" is a useless marketing gimmick", I don't know if I have a defective product, but the coffee catcher on my Bodum came slightly broken and was a real pain to put on and take off. The product demo on bodum.com makes it seem really easy to pull the catcher off the traditional filter, but for me I had to unscrew the whole contraption and then wiggle the holding piece all the way to the side before it would snap off. Definitely not something I want to do on a daily basis. And the coffee catcher consists of lots of tiny plastic wires that form a filter screen, but one of the wires came already broken and it pokes me when I try to remove the catcher. I'd imagine even more wires are going to break if I continue to use the catcher.

I bought my Bodum when the coffee catcher version was cheaper than the non-catcher version. I'm happy that I can just throw away the catcher part and still use my Bodum the traditional way. Without the catcher, everything about the french press is fine.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"Makes great coffee but don't bother with the coffee catcher.", This press makes delicious coffee but the catcher is not necessary. It doesn't make clean-up much easier and it absorbs the flavor and color of coffee immediately.

Otherwise this is a beautiful little coffee press!

"Quality Coffee Maker", This is a straight-forward, easy to use french press. It is easy
to fill and just as easy to clean. Coffee catcher works as intended when used with coarse-ground coffee, although no press
will be able to stop the fines left from grinding.

"Coffe catch is great, but cools off fast", That pretty much sums it up. Also, it is a glass carafe, so I am just waiting for it to break. The coffee catch makes it the best glass carafe manual coffee press out there, in my opinion, but frankly, when the glass carafe eventually does break, I will probably 'upgrade' to the thermal one.

"Advertised as 8 cup - is only 4 cup", I received my coffee press today and was disappointed to find that while Amazon.com has it titled "8-cup" it is only a 4 cup. I definitely wouldn't have paid this price for a 4 cup.

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