AeroPress Coffee
AeroPress Original Coffee Maker
A press brewer with a polypropylene chamber and plunger and a food-grade silicone seal. AeroPress says it is BPA-free. It packs light, which is why we list it for travel.
Good to know: This is a plastic brewer. Hot water spends about a minute in a polypropylene chamber, so at home we point to the glass and steel brewers on the coffee-maker page.
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Why we picked it
AeroPress makes the Original's chamber and plunger from polypropylene and fits a food-grade silicone seal, and it states the brewer is BPA-free. That still makes it a plastic brewer, so this pick carries an asterisk. We list it because it weighs almost nothing and survives a backpack, and the brew sits in the chamber for about a minute. At home, the glass and steel brewers on our coffee-maker page keep hot water off plastic entirely.
What it’s made of
Polypropylene (BPA-free), silicone seal. Chosen for what it’s made of, not what it’s wrapped in.
- Silicone
- Food-grade and durable, a stable swap for single-use plastic.
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