Cafejo My French-Press Single Cup Brewer, Plus Coffee Samples

I love this thing. It makes coffee with your K-Cups easily and quickly. We use ours for camping. We'll like to rough it when we camp, but giving up our coffee is too much to ask! However, bringing a Keurig is not possible, so I found this great French Press and thought we would try it.For camping it's great1. It's light and takes up very little space2. Just boil water and press3. No messy coffee grounds or waiting for a pot percolate4. Clean up is quick and easyWe also use it when we go to my parents since they don't have a Keurig. This is a handy, easy to use way to make great coffee at home or on the go. I highly recommend.

I'm currently sitting in a nondescript suburban motel drinking a Pretty Good(tm) cup of coffee made with the Cafejo and my trusty Cafe Cup instead of a commercial one-time-use K-Cup. It's not the world's best cup of joe, but it's several quantum levels above what I could get in the lobby this morning. Consider me a happy customer.The operation is fairly simple: insert a K-Cup or equivalent in the bottom K-Cup holder, insert holder into bottom of reservoir column, twist to secure, secure reservoir onto bottom cup, pour 6-10 oz. of hot water into column, and then insert plunger and push SLOWLY. What results is reasonable coffee if a little mild by my taste. The valve at the bottom of the reservoir is a little leaky, but the few seconds I take to insert the plunger essentially pre-moistens the grounds until I can set the rate of drip. So no big deal.In terms of competition, it produces coffee that's lower in quality than the Aeropress, but it requires less counterspace, especially if you prefer the upside-down Aeropress method (which I do). It's a worthy competitor in terms of convenience.I suspect that the (silicon?) valve is the most vulnerable part of the brewer, and I hope that the manufacturer would be willing to sell replacement valves and instructions for replacement. That would make the Cafejo a durable little travel assistant.

PACKAGE WAS INCOMPLETE. MISSING WERE THE ADAPTORS FOR GROUND COFFEE AND PODS. THE ASSEMBLY WAS FILTHY. UPS DELIVERED IT LATE (ABOUT 7:30 PM) AND THE BOX WAS DRENCHED IN THE RAIN. THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE TORN, I WONDER IF THE ITEM WAS USED AND RETURNED. I WOULD LIKE A NEW, COMPLETE PACKAGE AND A RETURN LABEL FOR THIS ONE. I MAY DISPUTE THE CREDIT CARD CHARGE AS IS.

It showed up on time and seems to work well. tried it once so far. but it was missing the ground coffee adapter, I'm debating on sending it back.

I love my Keurig Elite coffee maker and the convenience of K-cups, to the point where coffee has become an important part of my morning routine. As any die hard morning coffee drinker knows, traveling presents a challenge. If you absolutely, positively have to have your morning cup, you generally have to either scope out the nearest coffee place and probably pay dearly for close proximity or suck it up and use the in-room coffee maker, if there is one. Who knows the last time that thing was descaled and how old the coffee pouches are? You could be totally out of luck if you're staying with a non-coffee-drinking friend or relative. Enter the Cafejo My French-Press. It pays for itself in cost savings from about 20 tall drip coffees, and it doesn't take up a lot of space in a suitcase. If you have one of these, a K-cup, and access to hot water, you have coffee. GOOD coffee. Probably better than that tall drip. I bought this for myself as an early Christmas present and traveled with it over the holidays. I was quite the happy, caffeinated camper! I still use my trusty Keurig Elite at home, but never again will I be so desperate as to choke down stale, watery, gross, in-room, hotel coffee-maker coffee. Life is too short for that.

The design and construction are good. Although it requires a bit more patience than pressing a button on the Keurig, it works well once you get the hang of it. Good idea for traveling or a backup when the Keurig stops. But, CAUTION: If you don't do this you will get several terrible cups of coffee. When you get it, you need to practically boil then scrub repeatedly the main cylinder and plunger in soapy detergent. I added some alcohol hand sanitizer to mine. Reason is, the 'O' ring is lubricated for the plunger to function smoothly. Don't know if mine was old stock, but the oil that was used at the factory was horribly RANCID and was like glue. It took about six runs of hot soapy water and hard scrubbing to get it out. It was like the glue they use on price labels. Particularly, remove the silicone o-ring and scrub then soak for half an hour in hot water. Apparently the silicone has an affinity for that rancidity chemical. Once that was done it was much better, though with still a tiny lingering rancid scent which I'm sure will go away over time. I will use a low rancidity oil such as coconut to lubricate the o-ring and wash it off after use. I recommend you leave the press disassembled when not in use and lubricate a little just before each use. Not as bad as it sounds if you can avoid the unpleasant surprise at the beginning. Enjoy!

Packaging was great but was missing the pod adapter and the ground coffee adapter. Those parts were pictured on the website. I dont use the K cups so I couldn't use it!