What This French Press Is

The Cafe Du Chateau is a traditional glass-and-steel French press: a heat-resistant borosilicate beaker in a stainless frame, with a stainless plunger and a layered mesh filter system that keeps grounds out of the pour. Add coarse grounds, add hot water, steep four minutes, press.

What Touches the Water

The steeping happens against borosilicate glass, and the plunger and filter screens that move through the brew are stainless steel. Those are the wetted parts that matter. We could not verify the material of every trim piece on the lid assembly, so we note that rather than claim perfection; the beaker and filter path themselves are glass and steel.

The Plastic-Free Verdict: Plastic-Free Brew Path

Glass and steel where the coffee lives, at a fraction of the cost of premium presses. The tradeoff against the all-steel Frieling is durability and heat retention: glass cools faster and can break. As a first plastic-free brewer, this is one of the cheapest ways in.

Who It’s For

• First-time French press buyers
• Anyone who likes watching the brew as it steeps
• Budget-minded switchers from plastic-lidded presses

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