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The AeroPress Premium Review

2025-05-12 Entertainment
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James Hoffmann
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We're taking a look at a recent AeroPress brewer: The AeroPress Premium. For an audio version with no slurping, click on Settings - Audio track - English (United States) 0:00 Why Make This Video? 2:01 What Is It Like? UX & UI 4:52 Brewing Temperature 6:21 Pressing & Materials 6:57 A Step Down AeroPress 7:57 The End Of A Brew & How It Tastes 9:29 Unintended Consequences Of The Premium 12:01 Brewing/Tasting Comparison With Other AeroPress Models 15:03 On Microplastics 19:16 Closing Thoughts We bought a unit in November 2024 priced at $149.95 and the price is currently $179.95 as of May 2025. https://aeropress.com/products/aeropress-coffee-maker-premium Our AeroPress exploration video from 2021: https://youtu.be/jBXm8fCWdo8 My Ultimate AeroPress Technique from 2021: https://youtu.be/j6VlT_jUVPc My Weird Coffee Person sweater & our Coffee Joy print in the background: https://geni.us/THT-Joy Our Fresh Coffee print that's in the background: https://geni.us/THT-FreshCoffee Other Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jameshoffmann Limited Edition Merch: https://geni.us/TensHundredsThousands Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimseven Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jimseven My Books: How to Make The Best Coffee At Home*: https://geni.us/howtomakethebestcoffee The World Atlas of Coffee*: http://geni.us/atlasofcoffee The World Atlas of Coffee Audiobook*: https://bit.ly/worldatlasofcoffeeaudio The Best of Jimseven*: https://geni.us/bestofjimseven Things I use and like: My old glasses: http://bit.ly/boldlondon My new glasses (Sept 2024 onwards): https://bit.ly/thenewglasses My hair product of choice*: https://geni.us/forthehair (*Affiliate links which may earn us a commission)

Top Comments (10)

@pinaz993 2025-05-12

Editor Person: You editing out the posters to make a clean background for text is noticed and appreciated.

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@alexwood020589 2025-05-12

"they're all definitely coffee" This is the kind of deep insight we're all here for!

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@rhidiandavies1991 2025-05-12

James explaining the staggering number of aeropresses that have been sold, while standing in front of a shelf with five aeropresses and reviewing a 6th - I believe you James.

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@SpencerWarner 2025-05-12

"Least disappointing brewers of all time" is the greatest compliment and perfect description of Aeropress.

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@JacobGoodman 2025-05-13

James, don't forget about your third audience type: people who have no intention to buy an anything, and just want to see you talk about various coffee-related things.

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@Ryees9 2025-05-12

"That's not an extraordinary feat of tasting," he says, exactly grouping three pairs of cups brewed by his own obsessive coffee team—ensuring their precise consistency—that are no doubt within a half-percent of each other. Nah, guy, you're fuckin' brilliant, and i love how giddy you got when you nailed it. That was wild.

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@Sharkyktc001 2025-05-13

One thing I will say about microplastics - Metal objects *also* leach into liquids, so its a case of picking your poison. I work in a trace metals testing lab and we have to be immensely careful about the tools we use and the conditions we're in. Something as simple as touching a doorhandle will get nickel in the samples. Having the air con on gets aluminium in the samples (aluminium is DREADFUL for getting EVERYWHERE). Sometimes we can't use borosilicate glass because boron.

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@AlsHackShack 2025-05-21

The fact you've got a separate audio track for reasons like that is above and beyond. Considerate, empathetic, sensitive and intelligent. Thank you sir, if only 1% of content creators put in 1% of that effort the world would be so much more bearable. Thank you for your service. Also coffee.

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@MidNS 2025-05-16

The fact that he could tell the difference was wild.

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@ScottGingerysty 2026-03-04

Full steel version now! Would love to see the same video as this but add in the steel!

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