The Best French Press

The Espro P7 was the press our sources reached for when they wanted the best possible cup. Its signature double micro-filter is why America's Test Kitchen rates it best for a cleaner cup and Reviewed calls it the smoothest coffee across nearly 200 cups of testing, with far less of the grit that plagues ordinary presses. The double-wall vacuum-insulated stainless carafe then keeps that coffee hot long after brewing, which earned it Wirecutter's upgrade pick, and the steel body survives knocks that would shatter a glass carafe. It costs three times a classic press, but for the cleanest, hottest cup that lasts, nothing else we studied matched it.

The Espro P3 is the rare value pick that is also the most-awarded product in the category. It took Wirecutter's top pick and Reviewed's best overall, and it does it with the exact same double micro-filter as the premium P7, so the grit-free cup Espro is known for costs a third as much. The trade is the carafe: glass instead of insulated steel, so coffee cools faster and you drink it sooner. For most people that is an easy trade at $49.95, and the see-through carafe lets you watch the brew, which the P7 cannot.