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So what's the benefit of an aero press over a French press? I've used the French press for years and I always see people loving aero press. I'm curious what the differences are.
Main difference is the fact that the aeropress uses a paper filter which filters out sediment and oils giving the coffee a "cleaner" taste. From my research before I bought it, I remember it also being slightly healthier because, again, you filter out those oils.
So if you pour French press through paper filter it’s same thing?
Not quite. I said that was the main difference, but if we go into details, the physics of the thing, it's a bit more complicated. The guy who invented the aeropress, afaik, tried to make a handmade espresso replacement. He didn't succeed, but the way the aeropress works is a hybrid of immersion, percolation and pressure brewer, whereas the french press is all about immersion and that it's. It has the plunger, but that's for filtering, nothing else.
If anything, I think the aeropress is closer to a moka pot than anything. But it's its own thing, honestly.