Bodum Travel Press, Vacuum Insulated, Stainless Steel Portable Coffee Maker and Tea Press, 15oz, Black

I love French Press coffee and make myself a big pot in a big insulated French Press and enjoy a LOT of coffee every day. But it's getting expensive, plus I have a trip coming up and I'll be staying with someone who exclusively has Nespresso, which I don't care for. So I bought this lovely thermos French Press to cut down my consumption and to have real coffee during that visit.I chose Bodum as I've used their coffee products in the past and liked them. It works as advertised and makes a nice thermos of coffee that stays hot, but drinkable, for hours.My main issue with a lot of travel cups is the drinking experience, but this one has a nice broad lip and feels pleasant to drink out of. It also seals tightly and spill proof.

I bought this travel French press in 2023. Today is Feb. 2025. It was for a trip, but I have used it almost daily for 1-2 years now. I search reviews about coffee makers all the time looking for ‘something better’. When I look at my purchases, I have a different one for every 3-6-9 months. Except now. I am one person. Who wants a perfect cup or two of great tasting coffee every morning without fail. I bought the stainless steel since I am opposed to plastic; and to hot water being poured over that plastic. It makes very good ,hot coffee. I like it strong, but not espresso level. I use 4 T. To make 10 ounces of coffee. I use cream ( half & half). Sometimes I wish I had another cup, but now it’s made. I always pour this freshly made coffee into a coffee cup, then add cream. I have tried pulling plunger out, adding a little more hot water and re- plunging. Not great. Now, I just use a portable pour over silicone holder with a coffee filter. Since, I want my last taste of coffee to taste as good as the first one. I am surprised this not having ratings closer to the Aeropress. My son in law uses the aeropress, but honestly my coffee tastes as good as his. Maybe the Aeropress is easier to clean, but this one does a good job. No paper or plastic ( except for lid). And I think it costs less.( or in 2023 it did)!

While using this mobile French Press, which I bought in 2018 in late spring, I discovered that as it is manufactured with a lot of careful thought, and with high-quality materials, it is used best if the coffee were to be consumed in a shorter duration of time, while I tend to leave it inside the container for a longer period, and this changes the consistency of the liquid slightly. This volume is enough for three tea cups, if it were to be filled to the maximum. This type of preparation creates a different type of strength, aromatic quality and consistency of coffee than an espresso machine would give, and I prefer it to an espresso, probably because I need a larger volume of water in which the coffee to be created. It could also be that most women would benefit, and, in this way, prefer, this type of coffee preparation compared to a type of an espresso.I drink the coffee made in this way without adding sugar and milk also probably the volume of water and air are preferable to me when approached in this way. I only add a pinch of sinnamon and one kardamom seed to the coffee before the hot water is poured over.The stainless steel body with its rubber elements works well with my mobile Philips stainless steel hot water jug. I prepare the water and the coffee inside my bedroom, placed on a mobile wooden table. In this way I have not had a problem with grounding the electrical current, or the hot water, and the complete result does not give me indigestion, or a heart-burn, which I normally have when I drink espresso coffee with sugar, and especially when I add milk to it.I have only one small problem with fitting the pressing mesh element to the rod which connects at the top to the closing lid; the mesh element is currently slightly mobile when at the start was firmly secured, something happened to the thread at that position. This happened a couple of months after I started to use the press, and I discovered it while taking the central rod together with the mesh to wash them; a slight vacuum forms inside at thebody of the press which makes the removal of the central rod, mech and top lid a bit difficult. I wash the whole press with washing liquid, and dry every element after each use, for the purpose of sanitation, but also to create the least amount of possible pollution by approaching the item as if it were a public item, not a personal one.I recommend this Travel Press to every house-hold, especially because of the different rhythms of our professional and personal lives we are experiencing in this time in one house-hold when coffee is taken separately by every member. Mobile, in this sense, to me is more appropriate to be understood as the timing of our drinking coffee rather than by the process of using the press while we are travelling outside our homes.I cannot drink directly by using the opening of the lid, because the coffee is very hot; I always pour the prepared coffee in a separate cup; I use a tea cup.

I love my tea brewer. This will brew about 16oz worth of loose leaf tea (which is what I use it for). I love the smooth, stainless interior. I've accidentally forgotten to rinse it out when it's had dairy in it and it washes and rinses clean and easy with no lingering smell. I've put it in the dish washer to give it a deep cleaning and I like that water doesn't get under the rubber grip and drip down the side. (I have another mug that does that and it's annoying.) It will keep your tea VERY hot for a long time. I've burned my mouth a couple times with it. What I will do now is after brewing the tea is I will drop an ice cube in it to lower the temp if I'm going to drink the tea right away. In the afternoon I will pull the stopper out and add hot water to fill it half way and get a little more out of my tea leaves. The snap lid is very secure. I don't think I would toss it in your bag without making sure it stayed upright but it doesn't leak. I'd say the only think I don't like about it aesthetically is the wording on the embossed cuff around the mug. It says "BODUM The fresh way to brew fresh coffee and tea". It's not very pretty. The raised wording helps with grip, but something prettier like an abstract pattern would be cooler. There was another review on this mug where someone was using it for coffee and mentioned that the stopper didn't press down all the way. I think they must be using waaaay too much coffee grounds in the bottom if that's happening. I've never had that problem with tea but tea leaves compress better. The only other thing I've noticed is that when you go to get the last sip, the tea leaves will clog the bottom filter so the last of the liquid is trapped in the bottom. But that's why I'll add some more hot water in the afternoon to get a little more out of my leaves like mentioned above. Overall, wonderful functional mug.