The Kona French Press seems to be well-constructed but my question is - My borosilicate glass carafe sounds like plastic, not like glass at all. Why?
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Is your carafe the Kona French Press carafe? I can assure you, it is glass. If you have something other than this particular French press, I cannot answer your question without seeing the actual product. This French press IS glass.
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Hit or miss. The first one my parents bought was great after a few rinses. Bought another for myself and never lost the plastic taste and tried everything. Had them send me a replacement and still a plastic taste. I now brew coffee by French press. :)
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No, only the outside is stainless steel. The water resevoir and everything else inside is plastic. I know what you mean. I was looking for something that's all stainless steel on the inside to try and avoid that "plastic taste" you often get from some coffee makers. Eventually I gave up as I couldn't find anything like that! BUT, somehow this coffee maker does NOT give you the plastic taste in the coffee. This is now my second time owning this model, and I'm quite pleased.Yehuda K.
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Well, every part is plastic, and is in touch with the brewing coffee the whole time. IMO, this does not affect the flavor and/or quality of the coffee.
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Good question. It is glass but I know of no replacement for it. It's a standard 10 cup carafe and I would think it wouldn't be that difficult to find one. By the way, I really enjoy this coffee maker, and would never go back to a percolator.
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The coffee maker's main body is a thin glass. Metal touching water, the plunger and base of the plunger touches water (I hope this is what you are referring to?) Underside of the lid is metal. It is a decent French-Press. Jon... is correct.. handle is plastic.
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I have not noticed any metal taste or scratching sounds. Have used it daily since I bought it. Prior presses I owned were glass and broke...no more broken glass with this press which is why I purchased it.
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there is a plastic filter that is covered by cloth, and the spring that holds the filter in place is metal. It makes good coffee though. The trick would be to find an old glass filter from the 50s or 60s when they made them out of glass and use that one. Maybe at a garage sale or ebay.
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I'm no scientist, so I'm not sure what this particular plastic is. It isn't a soft plastic like a silicone type, it's hard and as of yet hasn't stained the red cone. It's used every day (sometimes more than once) and it seems fine. If you are that unsure as to whether or not to buy a cheap little plastic cone that makes coffee I would tell you absolutely do not buy it. As for me and my husband, it works perfectly and and all you have to do is heat the water. We love it.
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It does pass through plastic parts, and the permanent coffee filter which is a wire type mesh ( I like this better than paper) but, it brews the coffee very quickly, and I have never noticed any " plasticky " taste.I enjoy my fresh ground organic coffee every morning and this coffee maker does a great job.I only paid $80 though for mine.....don't know why the price is so high now....
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There is no plastic! I love this french press, it plunges so easily and keeps your coffee hot for a long time!
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It's glass and I love this coffee maker. There is only one issue if your in a hurry to pour the water using the carafe it tends to run down the side. If I pour it slowly it's fine. Helps me slow down and smell the coffee. I recommend this to all my coffee loving friends & family.
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I don't think any of it is exactly "plastic." Bakelite maybe? I've been using mine for almost two years, on a daily basis. This is actually my everyday coffee maker, so it's on for about 10-12 hours a day (I'm at home full time) and I LOVE this machine!
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I recommend checking out items in stores before you buy them online whenever possible.... All of the bands of French press coffee pots that I have checked out in stores have Cup valued much smaller than a cooking measurement of a cup. I would like to have a second one of these Stainless steel Bodum pots as they are the best I have yet to find. Great insulation and hard to break....
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No, the carafe is some type of plastic. It has no plastic smell to it, however.
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Yes but not vastly so! I dare say the coffee tastes better as there are no plastic components anywhere..the coffee is delicious out of it! And as a bonus it looks great on the counter..hope this helped!
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I understand your concern about the plastic as that was one of our concerns but upon arrival discovered it was possible to raise the lid at the time of pouring the coffee so it didn't come in contact with the actual plastic. Its a wonderful French press.