blake murphy wrote:
>
> so, how many people here use a french press? am i correct in thinking
> there are no paper filters involved? are they difficult to keep clean?

I used to have one. They are a fast way to make
good coffee. There will usually be a little
sediment at the bottom of the cup, but that's
okay.

I no longer use it because I broke the glass,
but even if I hadn't, I would avoid it. Coffee
contains the diterpenes cafestol and kahweol, which
raise LDL (bad cholesterol), but paper filters
absorb nearly all of these diterpenes.

Here's a link to an article in the British Medical
Journal on the subject:

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/313/7069/1362

I believe the term "cafetiere coffee" means the
same thing as French press.