Bodum Coffee Solo Personal 10-Ounce Drip Brewer Set with Cup and Filter

Surpasses all other mug-top plastic gadgets
For a long time now, I've been hooked on single-cup brewing with a certain plastic cone-shaped mug-top device, but this little guy took me by surprise. My favorite thing about it is the plastic-inside-plastic design of the top, which all photos advertising this thing anywhere completely fail to demonstrate.

Coffee grinds go into the black container, the bottom of which is a flat metal mesh filter. A second plastic container slides tightly inside, without pressing down on the coffee, with an evenly perforated bottom. When you pour in the hot water, it drips through, distributes evenly through the grinds (no floating!), then filters to the included mug (or any mug).

With NO need for specialty paper filters or hand-washing (like more popular single-brew gadgets these days), and a price at or below ten bucks (if you can find it--if Amazon doesn't bring it back, check your favorite kitchen store or outlet), this is yet another nail in the coffin of electric auto-drip...

Quick and Easy to Clean, Melitta-style!
This is an excellent alternative to using a french press (press pot). This is the pour-over style of brewing, sometimes called Melitta-style.

The mesh is fine and can work with drip-ground beans. It produces a fine cup of coffee quickly.

Most importantly for me--it's easy to clean! I hate cleaning press pots, and this gives me an excellent alternative.

perfect for one cup of coffee
I only drink one cup of coffee a day and just in the morning. And the scoop-in coffee or single bags were not cutting it for me. Tired of wasting coffee in my big machine, I gave this a try. It's awesome. The coffee is as good or better than what's brewed in a coffeemaker in my opinion. I've used several over the years, two Braun, two Krups, a Philips, etc. It's easy to rinse off for the next day and in pieces is very compact. You can use any mug that the dripper fits into. It comes with a screen filter, so you don't have to buy anything extra. The down side is that you'll have to boil or microwave your water. I use a tea kettle myself. After you pour it in, the coffee is ready in about 30 seconds-2 minutes depending on how fine the coffee is ground and how clean the holes are where the water pours through.

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