Since Lemmy is into junk science fear…Here’s a peer-reviewed study showing stainless steel leeches nickel and chromium toxic metals into food.
Trials included three types of stainless steels and a stainless steel saucepan; cooking times of 2 to 20 hours
Thats a bit longer than I usually brew my coffee! I use a glass French press though.
having a choice between this and microplastics is what makes capitalism so great!
Clicked the link, it said “you’ve got 10% off!” and asked for my email, sure that’s fine, then asked for my phone number with this:
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Nope, fuck you.
Keep scrolling, you didn’t even get to the anal probing part yet.
The company that took over Aeropress is out of touch to say the least. It’s a shame they fucked up the product. I really like my old plastic one. Fuck the corpo shit stains who are only motivated by profit.
Big aeropress, glass aeropress, now metal aeropress! What’s next? Gotta diversify that product line for maximum profits!
(Disclaimer: long time plastic aeropress user here. 😊)
As much as I would like to set it on the floor and step on it for “ghettospresso,” that price is ridiculous.
Aeropress was never anything like expresso. it just makes a fast cup easily, and the best part is the way the puck pops out into the trash and there is minimal clean up and no pod waste.
Where’s my V60 gang? We take the aeropress camping, but I like the simplicity of the V60 at home
I’ve been thinking of switching from my usual French press method to a V60, seems simpler for one cup.
Have you looked into reusable filters at all or do you use the good ole paper cone?
AH man it’s a shame I gave up coffee two years ago cuz of shitty acid reflux!
Now you can aeropress that acid back where it belongs!
I exclusively use the plastic aeropress (3 years or so) and although upgrading to something stainless seems like a nice upgrade I’d want to revisit best brewing methods and make that decision again before spending $150+. I don’t drink coffee every week let alone every month, typically doing week long streaks before taking a break, so this is cool to see but nothing that makes me rush out and upgrade.
There seems to be some haters in the comments for the aeropress, I guess I’d like to know better alternatives for quickly brewing black coffee for one person.
If you have a source of brew-temperature water handy, such as a water boiler, there’s the quick cuccumella method, which is pretty much drip coffee: Fill the coffee filter of the cuccumella with grounds, fill the water container with hot water, invert the cuccumella, and it drips through in a couple of minutes.
It makes a nice tasting brew: More flavor than an aeropress, but not quite as strong as a moka pot.
French press? Or a freestanding thingy that you put a coffee filter in with a cup underneath for a one cup drip coffee.
I have had an original aeropress for over a decade, and I love it. The fact it’s plastic is my only complaint. I would sooner switch to French press or a pour-over cone than spend $150. Not a chance.
I guess I’d like to know better alternatives for quickly brewing black coffee for one person.
Pour over a paper filter. Cheap and fast.
“Pre-order ships in May”
An eye watering $169, but hey it’s finally here.
Slightly cheaper than the $199 stupidly breakable glass Premium.
Slightly larger 12oz capacity vs 10oz Aeropress original, but smaller than the 20oz XL
Thats silly money.
The charm of the AP is that it’s cheap and you can just lob it in your camping bag.
Speaking of packing for camping, the website doesn’t say how much this new stainless steel version weighs, although I can’t imagine it’s too much heavier than the original plastic.
Yeah I gave up on that idea - silicone pour over! Lightweight and crushable, no microplastics, works with standard paper filters and any method you want to generate hot water
I’m fine keeping my press at home
I think it will be substantially heavier!
No thermal insulation also a big minus in my eyes.Missed the vacuum insulation part…They need to vacuum insulate because heat conductive metal would be a stupid choice of material, as opposed to glass or plastic.
I’ve never used one, is the breakable nature of the glass version a result of heat cycles or just because it’ll crack if you knock it by accident?
it’s breakable compared to the $20 plastic original, which is basically nuke proof.
But it somehow makes microplastics no one can see but everyone believes in. Christianity is envious of microplastics.
what the fuck? the original aeropress is famously not BPA-free.
what the fuck? the original aeropress is famously not BPA-free.
oh right the other junk science scare from the early 2000s, based on ONE mouse study where they injected insane amounts of BPA in muscle tissue, then follow ups with more junk science.
Let’s learn something today: Bisphenol A was actually created by a german pharmacuetical lab trying to make a synthetic hormone. In 1891, and it was revisited many times until the 1930s and considered a failure. It never showed estrogenic properties. Eventually, it ended up as an additive to plastics. The amount shown to be estrogenic in a mouse muscle, after injection, would be impossible for a human to consume in 10 lifetimes. This plagues most of the estrogenic research published.
But selling fear sells media. So no, BPA will not give you tits.
Now Aeropresses contain “microplastics”, despite no evidence they actually do.
Another example of people believing bad science was the banning of DDT. One ecologists faked data about bird populations and linked it the use of DDT, so everyone banned it. Millions died of malaria as a result.
nice sources.
Just the glass
When I was more likely to have hangovers, my French presses had the habit of choosing that time to leap off the counter and shatter. The plastic Aeropress could survive a drop in just about any kitchen scenario and well beyond.
One of the big selling features of the original AP was its portability, i.e. you could throw it in your luggage, and durability.
The glass Premium cancelled those features and was panned for it.
I can imagine people using the inversion method, which would put the glass part teetering on top while full of hot water while brewing. That would easily tip over, shatter, and cause unhappy customers.
The inverted method is a bad idea with any version of the AP, the risk of shattering the fancy glass one could be a good deterrent to stop doing it ;D
The whole 👉 was a cheap easy coffee maker.
They are cashing in on the microplastics fad. Simps are so easy to sell to.
Way, wayyy too much for what it is. Just use a mocha pot
$170 (assuming USD). And their cookie prompt is broken, forcing you to accept their trackerware.
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Works fine for me.
I’d love to have one of these, but I can’t do it at that price. I’ll just keep getting microplastics in me, I suppose…
Mocha pot
Did someone test the aeropress and find lots of microplastics?
A few people mentioned it here.
If its a concern, aren’t (e.g.) tupperware and coffee flasks too?
Micro plastics are a concern with all plastic food containers, especially when you’re heating something in them.
It’s long been a recommendation to not reheat leftovers in plastic
If you instead use glass or stainless, you don’t have to worry about it. Or in theory they last longer
I think the idea is that adding boiling water to something made of plastic probably leaches chemicals.
As far as Tupperware and coffee flasks go, yes. This is also a concern.
There’s plenty more research to do about microplastics. I’m sure the plastic aeropress is still significantly better than using soft plastic disposable coffee pods. I’m not a scientist or doctor though so don’t take my word for it.
Yes, all plastic food service items are of concern.
*Though the studies on harder plastics have been focused on plasticizers leeching into the food or liquid.
Did someone test the aeropress and find lots of microplastics?
of course not. People read it on Reddit.
There are no ‘microplastics’ in aero press.
Oh, everyone is now scared of micro plastics that have been around for 70 years and no lab has yet to find a mechanism for toxicity. Meanwhile, we have been implanting plastic prosthetics, shunts, pacers, etc. for 70 years and there were no issues.
Americans love to be scared. BPA doesn’t give you tits either.
“We’ve been using lead in everything for ages, and everyone is fine!” – You
Science takes time, that’s how consensus works, but there have been eye-opening studies if you have been paying attention.
but there have been eye-opening studies if you have been paying attention.
You picked the wrong guy for this. Junk science in a second rate journal is not eye opening. Correlation is not causation.
"Compared to adjacent non-cancerous tissues, tumor tissues exhibited a greater variety and distribution of microplastics. "
Because cancerous tissue does not have the intact structure of normal tissues. They see all kinds of stuff in tumors that the lymphatic system clears out of healthy tissues. That paper does not show HOW plastic polymers could cause tumors, because no one can show this in 50 years of research.
Again, we have been implanting plastic stents and meshes and prosthetics for 60+ years. The experiment has been done.
Since this thread is looking for something to be afraid of, look at coffee brewing with and without paper filtration. Filtered brews yield caffeine and compounds healthy for liver functions. Unfiltered coffees contain diterpenes, cafestol and kahweol, which signficantly raise total and LDL cholesterol, which is bad. Actual science, not media driven hype fear.
Let’s assume you’re right (you’re not, but for the sake of argument)
There are no problems with microplastics. However they are near ubiquitous throughout the environment, across our food chains, in every part of our body. We’re long past the point of being able to clean them up And there are more and more every year.
Are you really so comfortable that they will never cause problems for ourselves, or any of the millions of types of life forms in our biosphere? That there’s no threshold that’s dangerous? Ever?
We’re being foolish and short-sighted with our impact on the environment, turning what may not be a problem into if it is, we will have created a worldwide disaster that we can’t do anything about
You picked the wrong guy for this.
This makes so much more sense than that ridiculous glass version.
I’m guessing that Aeropress has lost a ton of market share to the Oxo Rapid Brewer (which appears to be superior to the Aeropress in everyway). Aeropress is now scrambling with any and all ideas to try to recall market share.
The aeropress never made coffee well because it used pressure. It excelled at being a faster cafetière/french press with a paper filter and easier clean up. Outside of large metal lever brewers steams they only way to get pressure that will impact a brew significantly. The oxo rapid brew is more mechanically complex, harder to clean and can only brew a limited set of ways the aeropress can. I don’t think it will out compete the aeropress.
Espresso machines use pressure.
what? no downvotes?
Well now we won’t have microplastics to add body to our brews.
There are better options available for under $170 USD.
I am open to suggestions!
How do I use the numbers on the outside?
They address this in the FAQ:
The number markings are a recognizable part of the AeroPress design and, by including them on Steel, we’re protecting our trademark. To help with fill guidance, the inside of the chamber includes a laser-etched mark at the 5 level that can be seen from above.
“Protecting trademark”
Ok this is really funny. 😂
Wow that’s the stupidest thing I’ve read in a while. Also very American (no offense intended)
I’m open to change my mind, but at a glance the plastic one seems better in many ways.
I don’t use the numbers at all. I do inverted, and pull the plunger until it’s barely in the cylinder, and fill it from there.
That makes just enough coffee for a standard 10oz mug.
