
This makes really smooth/clean-tasting cup of coffee, no coffee residue in your mug. Bit of cleaning-up involved, but fun to use.
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I bought a Bodum Santos for my husband for our anniversary recently. We’ve been using it for 2 months now and it’s the best coffee maker we’ve ever tried (and we have quite a few!) I like how the coffee is brewed in glass, so you don’t have to worry about boiling water in contact with plastic. And it is truly amazing to watch the vacuum process. Our daughter loves to watch it and our guests are always asking where we bought it from. It’s really easy to clean, we usually handwash it but about once a week it goes in the dishwasher. And the best part is that the coffee made with the Santos tastes really great!
I don’t think it gets any better than this!
I agree with the other poster who suggests getting the Yama filter. I didn’t even bother trying the included filter since I already had the filter apparatus from my broken Yama vacpot (also a good choice if you never, ever need to make large quantities of coffee–I was quite happy with it but wanted to be able to share the vacpot goodness with more people, so I replaced the broken one with this. Yama doesn’t make large vacpots as far as I know).
If you follow the basic instructions in this video: [...] you can join me in coffee heaven. This is how they do it at Intelligentsia, which is by far the most perfectionist coffee shop I’ve ever seen. They built their own roasting machines, brew every cup to order, and are extremely precise about every detail, including dealing directly with the growers.
Also remember to get a heat diffuser plate if you have a gas stove.
This is not for the impatient, but if you love coffee, it’s worth the time and extra effort to brew it this way, and to learn how to do it precisely.
Don’t waste your money. I received this as a gift. Within a week the spring broke. I ordered a new part and within the next week the bottom carafe cracked and broke even after I kept my eye on it. It’s unreliable. I contacted the manufacturer and received no reply. It’s too bad because it makes a great cup of coffee. Save your money!
I love all things coffee. I have spent close to $1000 in the quest for the perfect cup of coffee with no hassle. This item is at my top for what it does. It is very fragile, even with its tempered glass. During its lifetime it accepted several overheatings (gas range, top reservoir boiled over…. you cant leave this thing unattended) and gave me several years of good use. Storage for it was a bit of a problem as the stem is long it definitely needs its own space away from hard objects. I am a chemistry freak. It took some experimentation with the right amount of beans to get the desired cup. Once ‘dialed’ in it is exceptional. The show that it puts on, when the flame is shut, and the top reservoir reaches the appropriate temperature, the coffee rushes from the top in a creamy brown froth to the bottom reservoir. It is truly spectacular from my perspective. And the taste! Full bodied, not acidic. The best I have had. Clean up is pretty easy, you just have to be CAREFUL. It died with a cracked stem (my fault: collision with a rogue coffee cup). I guess I would call it “high maintenance”. Beautiful and tasteful, it needs lots of attention. Not for the faint of heart.