79% of 238 verified owners recommend the AeroPress Original, based on real owner verdicts aggregated from Reddit, enthusiast forums, and YouTube.
Affiliate blogs here say 100% recommend, while the owner-based score is 79%. They earn a commission on every sale — so we show them for transparency but never let them move the score.
The headline score reflects owners (Reddit, enthusiast forums), independent lab tests, blogs with no affiliate links, and YouTube owner-comments when they line up with owners. Affiliate blogs is shown for perspective but kept out here — hover the i for why.
Synthesized from what AeroPress Original owners say — not a spec sheet.
Retailers' own star averages, for comparison — separate from our vetted owner-verdict score above.
“Thanks for liberating me from my Keurig!”
“Somehow, this is more labor intensive than a French press & a hand ground latte”
“Honesty. The aereopress is a genius design. The simplicity of the function is great. But!”
“taken Alan's brilliantly simple design, and now it has a cult following”
“making a stronger coffee and diluting it afterwards never tastes the same to me. way watery”
“the aerpress would be perfect if it wasn't made of plastic.”
“While the AeroPress doesn't quite live up to the reviews, it does make a decent cup. It's not going to replace my French press and espresso machine, but it's an addition to my collection of coffee-making devices.”
“both of them stained brown, all the printing wore off and the plastic started like "bubbling" on the inside after a year or two”
“for the past three days I've been making GREAT coffee using your AeroPress”
“that is exactly and precisely what the aero press is doing-nothing more”
“I seem to be in a rare group, reusing a steel mesh filter for years on end.”
“I like its results but the lure of the convenience of my K pods or even my moka pot often win out”
“just what the world needs”
“Nice”
“first time i tried it didn't seem to come out very well. but I am re-inspired”
“I have been a little bummed that it brewed a very small cup of coffee.”
“Honestly no different from just getting a chemex style with less work”
“Without a doubt, my best cuppa yet! Nice and silky, smooth and sweet”
“the "easiest way", but you have to take the (very) long way around.”
“Your invention changed my life, no exaggeration”
“still not sure why we need a press”
“I simply ordered the Aeropress original. Without flow cap the taste is no good. There is no time for the flavors to be extracted as the water flows down too fast.”
“it does brew a great cup”
“found it was my favorite, even if it isnt as strong as i like”