Gourmia GKCP135 Manual Coffee Brewer - Single Serve Manual Hand French Press Coffee Maker - No Electricity -

What a cool unit. First off the good about it. It’s def nice and sturdy. Good materials used in the construction. It was easy to use. It’s not that complex to understand how it works lol. The seals were good and it performed like it should totally. The only thing I have to say is that when you use it. Def push very slowly on it. The faster you go, the less time the water has to go through the coffee pod. So it results in a weaker coffee. I bought the darker pods and go slowly. As you use it more, you get used to it. We used it already when there was a power outage and our Kruig powers unit was no good. Just boiled up water on the little butane burner and we were enjoying coffee thanks to this item. I thought the price was very reasonable as well. It’s larger than I thought. But because the top and bottom comes apart. It’s easy to dismantle and store in my camping gear. Read more

I was very surprised and pleased when I saw it. It's larger than I imagined but it's a perfect size I was afraid it was going to be tiny and fragile but it's very solid and well built. I especially like that I can keep 3 cups stored in the plunger ready to use. It's clean and easy to use, no mess. I recommend this product. Update: after two weeks of use it started to leak. The attached photos show where the leak is at by The Grommet at the base of the unit. Someone mentioned difficulty pressing the plunger down because of their weakness. If you wet the base of the plunger it'll slide really easy when pressing the on the plunger. Read more

I've owned several of these brewers of which most were from "Gourmia." Overall, this brewer consistently brewed the best K-cup coffee. Because it has beat every electric brewer I've ever owned, I only use manual-style brewers these days. With this brewer, you can ensure a full cup and a consistent thorough brew... ugh, when the electric brewer spat out a half cup of weak brew... However, it does have its own... characteristics. First off, the cracking. This is a thermal shock effect. I've learned to mitigate the thermal shock by just running hot water from the faucet (typically 120 degrees) onto and in the... um, let's call it the brew chamber... before brewing. Key word here is "mitigate." Eventually from day to day use, cracks will develop. Of course, one would need access to running hot water. The "loose" plunger. Just warm up the plunger to get it to expand ever so slightly... if the current plunger is "loose," I run hot faucet water on it as well. I remember when this brewer was only $20 or so. Now, $50+ and even $90 in other places. I just wish I could buy replacement brew chambers... For that to happen, I think a coop would have to be formed to buy a shipping container's worth from the manufacturer. Not a real issue, I have my Aeropress now and, if I have K-cups, I just cut'em open and dump it in... just as good, that is still better than any electric brewer. Read more

This was ordered to replace one of a different brand that had failed for me after about 18 months. This seems much better built. When heating the water, I suggest bringing the water to a boil, then turn off the heat and allow the water to stand for 2-3 minutes before pouring it into the reservoir, also in cold weather you may want to dip the bottom silicone end of the plunger into the hot water before starting it in the reservoir for a tighter seal. Read more

I am very pleased with this product. We purchased this coffee maker to use in our Class B Motorhome when we are camping without electrical hookups. Our K-Cup electric coffee maker draws a whopping 1,000 watts per hour! Making 4 cups of coffee uses about 200 watts of power which is okay if we are hooked up to shore power but when we are without electricity, I like to save the batteries. So, the Gourmia is great for making coffee with a K-Cup without electricity. It is light in weight and can accommodate several cup sizes. We are still experimenting with water volume and temperature but so far, it has been very easy to use. I heat the water with propane. No mess! No watts! We recycle the used K-Cups. Read more

Plunger does not have complete seal with tube. So the boiling hot water was threatening to spill over the sides the entire time we were trying to depress the plunger. It would be great if you don’t have electricity but we do and so are going to get a single cup Kcup maker. The flavor is whatever kcup you use. Clean up was very easy. Read more

I had purchased multiple other automatic drip/ K cup coffee makers and they all worked for a while, but eventually they all failed for one reason or the other. This unit since it is manual and has really no moving parts or electrical component will never fail. It brews coffee just like all of the others. I have an electric kettle to make my hot water, install the k cup and pour in the water. Couple things I did learn, don't push too hard as you can blow a hole through the internal filter in the k cup and then you have grounds in your coffee. Second things is to not pull the top plunger back while you are brewing, this also can draw the coffee grounds back into the water tube and foul the water in the tube. It really doesn't cause a problem with the coffee or any taste issues. It has worked very well. Cleanup is easy and fast. Read more

I love this press for camping or if our power goes out. I don’t have to go outside to start the generator to make coffee ;) Jen P Read more