Mixpresso Pour Over Coffee Maker Set Glass Carafe Borosilicate White Protective Silicone Sleeve Pour Over Coffee Dripper Brewer

This is a wonderful coffee maker and costs about 38% of the cost of a same-capacity Chemex. The unit is well-designed, is well-made, and the wooden collar is securely fastened in place with a leather thong & wooden ball. A #2 paper filter fits perfectly. Some of the reviewers call this a "one-cup" brewing system. Well, that depends on what a person means by "cup;" calling it a "one generous mugfull" brewing system would be more accurate. The unit will easily brew (the marking is on the side, in milliliters, up to 400 ml of coffee (= 13.5 ounces of coffee). Note that when brewing, one adds more water than the amount of coffee expected to be produced: e.g., for me, 300 ml. water makes about 250 ml. coffee). For me, one problem in brewing by the Pour Over method (compared to drip-coffee-machine or to French press) is that the pour-over coffee tends to lose a lot of heat in the brewing process. Not necessarily so with this unit. I use the same brewing procedure I used with my Chemex; I place the unit in a saucepan with about an inch of boiling water, turn the heat to lowest, and do my coffee brewing. He hot-water bath keeps the coffee quite hot. When the brewing is completed, I pour the coffee into an insulated container and pour my coffee into a cup from that. I drink my coffee black, but it I were to add milk or cream, I would do my mixing other than pouring the milk/cream into the Mixpresso. The unit is easy to clean out after coffee-only (a sudsy swirl, then rinse), but would not be so easy after milk/cream because using a brush would probably be advisable. I chose this brand, Mixpresso (as opposed to, say, a Bodum), because the user comments for other brands commented on the fragility of the unit. I have no reason to think that the Mixpresso unit is more fragile than the inherent fragility involved with any kitchen object made of glass. Stainless steel, it ain't, in other words. Read more

I bought this for two reasons, to replace my Mr. Coffee and to make small pots of coffee to minimize my coffee consumption. I'm recovering from a stroke, and dehydration can contribute to strokes, so Dr. Mama has had me off the joe for a year, but I recently found the last bag off my Abbey Roast french roast in the big freezer. This little fella checks the boxes. Nicely done, with one caveat: the rubber around the neck isn't enough for me to barehand the carafe' after brewing. YMMV. Adding to this review: be gentle with the filters. My wife broke one by holding the smooth metal lip of the filter basket and banging it on the edge of the composter bucket like you would a Mr. Coffee permanent filter basket. The lip separated from the basket. The next one she destroyed using a spoon to scrape the basket, pulling the inner filter screen layer loose. She's broken two carafes so far. If your kitchen is hi-speed/fast-paced, this little unit might not be for you. Read more

On the plus side this pot is about half the price of a Chemex and it still makes outstanding coffee, but there are a few nitpicky issues. Firstly it is small, maybe good for about 1-2 cups at most (at least the size of cups I drink :)) Secondly, it doesn't hold a Chemex filter very well the neck is just a bit too small and not quite the right shape. Thirdly, a wet filter and grinds seem to completely block the airflow. I found I need to stick a spoon or chopstick between the glass and the filter to allow some airflow otherwise the dripping stops halfway through. None of these are showstoppers by any means - in the end the coffee made in this is awesome and certainly indistinguishable from a Chemex. I do still use this as my second pot for when I travel as it's nice and small. It also looks great in my glass cabinet. My primary every-morning pot, however, is a real Chemex. Read more

This is an AWESOME little pour over! Got it in the mail today and I'm already in love with it. A few notes: Keep in mind, this pour over makes three VOLUMETRIC cups... not three coffee cups. It essentially makes one large mug of coffee. Other reviewers claimed the ones they received were plastic. Either they are mistaken or we got different products, which I doubt. The glass feels a little different (and the description does say it is a special kind of glass) but it is DEFINITELY not plastic. Overall, I am highly satisfied with the product and will be recommending it to my customers (I'm a barista) when they inquire about brewing coffee at home. It tastes substantially better than Keurig brewed coffee and doesn't take much more time to make (especially if you have a Keurig and just run it without a coffee pod in it to quickly make hot water 😉). The best part is the asthetics of this product... it's something you definitely won't mind leaving out in plain sight. Read more

It works alright. It's a bit small. I used it very gently & after a year of making coffee w/ it a few times a month a seam on the inside of the metal filter popped open, exposing jagged metal mesh that could easily break off/get in the coffee. I messaged the seller about my concerns that this broke so quickly(compared to coffee makers I've had in the past) & the exposed mesh. They sent me a few sentences saying my warranty is up tough luck. I'm quite disappointed as I'd hoped this would last a few years. Read more

This is a great product... looks exactly like a miniature version of the Chemex I had in the 70's! Holds 3 good-sized cups of coffee. You're pretty much limited to Chemex filters as neither basket filters nor the Melita kind work (water goes through too fast or they fall through). The down side of the Chemex half-moon FP-1 filters (and probably the square ones as well, is that the point goes way down into the beaker, so if you want to make more than a cup, the tip of the filter is in the coffee. I solved it by folding over the tab and then folding the bottom up again before I made the final fold (see picture.) Water takes a little longer to pass through, but you can get a full 3 cups without dunking the filter. Read more