Bonnevie French Press Coffee Tea Maker, 36 oz

UPDATE: As of October 23rd we were shipped (quickly!) a new French press. The company is a pleasure to work with and I'm updating to five stars! Didn't know the French press has a lifetime warranty against defects, awesome!Our family loves us some coffee. My kids have been known to steal sips whilst we try to make breakfast. In an effort to save money we started using a French press a couple years ago. I LOVE this press, it makes delicious coffee every time and super easy to clean. We have had this one for a little over a month and not a single issue until yesterday. I pushed slowly like always and didn't notice until late that there was a slight crack starting to form. This morning I looked at it in the bright light and it's much bigger than I realized. It seems the crack runs along a ridge in the porcelain? I'd like to get another press of this brand but I'm worried it's a mold form issue, can the seller please weigh in? Thank you! I give it a five star for coffee brewing but the overall two star because it's never been dropped/mishandled and has a crack that seems to have come from a design flaw

This is a really nice french press! It is not without some flaws, but overall, it's a nice design. Until my beloved Bunn single-cup brewer started having valve issues, I hadn't used a french press except while camping. That said, I do love the simplicity of a french press for making coffee -- it makes a wonderful cup! Prior to purchasing this press, I was using a glass one that had a plunger that could be disassembled for cleaning. If I could complain about anything with this press, it is the plunger assembly. Even coarse grinds work their way in between the mesh and the metal frame that the mesh filter is wrapped to. It takes some clever scrubbing with a brush to work these grinds out, but once I do, everything's fine. The plunger assembly is rather flimsy feeling, but so far after almost a week of use, it seems to be holding up better than expected. I have yet to find a grind of coffee in my cup. I press the plunger down very slowly, even if there isn't a lot of resistance along the way.I love the ceramic portion of this press. It's beautiful (white and all), and most importantly, it does a phenomenal job of keeping my coffee warmer than my glass press. I drink 2 small (10-12 ounce) cups of coffee every morning, and with my glass press, my second cup was always barely lukewarm. With this press, it's still nicely warm (not hot), which is perfect because I drink my coffee black.I wish the lid of this unit was something other than plastic, but it does the job. The rubber ring on the bottom of the press is a very nice, thoughtful touch (sometimes too nice -- it's hard to spin this thing around on the table without picking it up!).Pros: Ceramic holds heat really well, and makes for a thick, sturdy device that looks beautiful & functions well. Holds a nice amount of coffee (good for larger amounts and smaller).Cons: Plunger/filter assembly design needs some thought. It's hard to get all of the grinds that work their way in between the mesh & the metal frame on the bottom. Lid fit is loose, but still functions perfectly.All in all, I like this press a lot and am now using it daily!

I purchased this item earlier this year but finally got around to using it and am not all that impressed.The ceramic container is of excellent quality and holds the liquid cold or hot for a very long time. I really like this.However, the pressing instrument does not fit that well inside the ceramic, which does not build much pressure to press the coffee and lets quite a bit of grounds into the actually coffee. I'm not sure if I just have a bad one or what, but it is not that effective.

I prefer a French Coffee Press and have owned four or five of them over the years. I needed a new one and saw this one on Amazon on Cyber Monday. It claimed to be regularly $35 and was marked down to $12 as a special. I didn't quite believe the price difference was accurate, but I also didn't expect a coffee press that worked so poorly that it was worth less than $12. The plunger is very cheaply made with a poor quality screen and two poor fitting pieces of metal on either side of the screen. The lid also is poorly fitting. The ceramic has a good weight to it and this makes it sturdy. However, like others have mentioned, the two dimples on the inside, where the handle is attached, gives the coffee grounds an excellent place to escape into the brewed coffee. When pouring I have to strain the coffee through a tea strainer not to have coffee grounds filling my coffee cup. I never thought it would be worth $35, but I expected it to be worth at least $12.

I wanted so much to like this, but as I read in another comment, the two divots inside the cylinder caused by the attachment of the handle from the outside allow grounds to bypass the filter as you press the grounds down. I had the exact same experience. I'm not talking about fine grounds here, I'm talking grounds the size of an eighth of a coffee bean. I otherwise liked the design so much that I thought about putting ceramic filler to patch the divots and make this thing function correctly, but I didn't want to risk it breaking free or disintegrating into my coffee. A small tweak to the design would make this thing 5 stars, but a french press that doesn't filter is worthless.