I drink a lot of coffee. Consequently, I have amassed, over the years, a glut of apparatus and many different methods to make said lot of coffee. One of those methods is the Bodum Columbia Coffee Maker. Observe its resplendent glory below:
It has two features that set it apart from your run-of-the-mill cafetière: firstly, it’s double walled, so it keeps the coffee hotter for longer; and secondly, the plunger rim is silicone, meaning it hugs the inner wall of the pot when plunging to create quite an effective seal, keeping all the grounds firmly in place at the bottom of the jug. Less sediment, better coffee.
I went for the 1 litre version, but it’s also available in smaller sizes. In retrospect, I suspect the 0.35 litre, or even the 0.5 litre, jug would have been more suitable – if I make the full litre jug up, I generally get about three cups of coffee out of it, and the last one is definitely at a less-than-optimal temperature. Obviously, this isn’t a problem if you’re making a batch of coffee for a group of people, but, y’know, I don’t like to share.
Buy it from Amazon here: Bodum Columbia 1.0 litre Coffee Maker.
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