Thanks for looking but I'm not in the market for one. I mostly prefer coffee that is metal filtered (or unfiltered). And while I wish plastics were not so prevalent in our world today I don't lose sleep over it. I was just curious if I could actually make one. After six months of learning about ceramics I'm somewhere between beginner and intermediate and my skills are pretty basic. But it made me wonder about it. The male and female cone shapes would have to be very precisely matched. If I can figure out a reasonable approach I might try it just for the fun of it.

That company also sells an interesting accessory, an insert they call the "Bullet". It both diverts the kettle water stream and also acts as a non-paper filter.

It's a brew-a-trois!

Here's an Instagram video showing the making of a porcelain filter cone.

Yes, of course. "Handmade" can mean many things including pouring liquid clay into a mold. I believe that's how the Purion products are made. The guy who started it all used a wheel at first but that doesn't scale very well. And consistency is difficult. A lot of handmade pottery includes the use of molds or forms.

If I were to try I would be doing just one on a wheel and trimming later with tools once it had firmed up. It's not hard to make a pour over cone that way but to make one very precisely is another matter. I'd probably have to spend time sanding the fired clay by hand to get the fit just right.

It's almost always easier to just buy things.

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jpender wrote:That's a pretty cool technique, assuming it works reliably.

But the water would still be in contact with whatever material the press seal is made from.

If you get inclined to do the coffee chronicler route, the Freiling French press is all stainless steel. Not a single plastic piece.

It's been working well for me.

StoicDude wrote:If you get inclined to do the coffee chronicler route, the Freiling French press is all stainless steel. Not a single plastic piece.

Probably you meant to quote the person who started this thread.

While I appreciated the cleverness of the Freiling method I enjoy French press in part because of the undissolved solids in the cup. The last thing I would do is add a paper filter.

And while I'm sorry our world is drowning in plastic I'm not personally worried about it from a health perspective. Pretty much everything I eat or drink comes in contact with polymers. The coffee I'm drinking right now: the beans came in a lined bag, my grinder has a silicone cover and a plastic catch cup, my water kettle has polypropylene parts, and my espresso machine has a silicone gasket. The biscotti I just ate came sealed in plastic.

jpender wrote:Probably you meant to quote the person who started this thread.

While I appreciated the cleverness of the Freiling method I enjoy French press in part because of the undissolved solids in the cup. The last thing I would do is add a paper filter.

I meant it for the person who started the post.

I'm with you on the French press. I like the solids and the heavier body.

Great thread! I am looking for precisely the same thing.

I am frequently traveling and, after trying a lot of alternatives and a lot of broken glass, I finally gave in and bought an aeropress and reluctantly began using it, because te sad reality is that the aeropress is the best (maybe only?) convenient option for someone who is always traveling.

Then I had a better idea: I bought a pure stainless steel French press. For awhile I used that exclusively. I didn't think the coffee it made tasted quite as a good as aeropress cofee, but the real problem was I thoughtlessly bought one which was much too big and it was just too bulky to travel with, so I ended up having to leave it home.

So here I am traveling again, with the aeropress.

I think aeropress coffee tastes best using the inverted method, but that means even longer contact with plastic parts. So what I have started doing since the aeropress is all I have at the moment is brewing the coffee itself in a glass jar for 3 minutes, then pouring into the aeropress to extract it. So basically I'm just using the aeropress as a plunger and filter. This has the advantage that the liquid is in contact with plastic for a much briefer period of time, but of course it is not plastic free.

I am currently looking into getting another French press via mail order and just using it until the glass breaks, which I know inevitably it will. The only issue there is I'm pretty sure most french presses do have some plastic parts in the plunger, unless you get a pure stainless steel one (like the giant one I left at home). So that means you are still going to have a few seconds of contact with the plastic. But the way I see it right now this is preferable to what I'm currently doing and probably going to the best option given my situation.

I think the best option of all is actually just cold brewing your coffee in a giant glass pitcher. That's how I make all my coffee now when I'm home. The problem when traveling is dealing with big glass pitcher. But if you have the luxury of being in your own kitchen, I'd just use the cold brewing method for all your coffee. Cold brewed coffee is the most delicious coffee there is in my opinion, and is also less acidic. Before I began traveling again, I was exclusively brewing by that method.

Department of FWIW: I asked the Australian seller about buying a Purion 360 ... by the time it would get here, to Seattle, what with shipping and the exchange rate, it looks like being around US $150.
Maybe when my ship comes in.

I sometimes order stuff from Austrailia. It's not inexpensive but I'm surprised it's as much as you said. I'm not sure what product you asked about or which seller for that matter. But I just added the Purion 360 brewer to my cart at https://thecoffeegoods.com.au and it listed the shipping to Seattle as $19.66 for a total price of $91.10 USD.