Espro P7 (double-filter press)

A vacuum-insulated press with two stacked micro-filters. Cuts sediment to near-paper levels, holds temperature, and lets you grind finer than any other press.

Roast	Grind	Coffee	Water	Time
light	medium-coarse	14 g	200 ml	5:00
medium	medium-coarse	14 g	200 ml	4:30
dark	medium	13 g	200 ml	4:00

Per 200 ml cup. Makes 2–6 at a time.

What goes wrong

Grinding coarse as for a mesh press (wastes the double filter, under-extracted), leaving brew in the insulated body (it stays hot and keeps extracting, bitter), skipping the inner filter clean (stiff plunge, brew bypasses the seal)

Care schedule

1 task for this machine.

Deep-clean the press

Monthly

The plunger is three or four separate discs that trap grounds and oil between them. Rinsing the beaker does nothing about that, and the trapped oil is what makes an old press taste rancid.

What you need

Washing-up liquid, or a scoop of oxygenated cleaner for a soak. A bottle brush. A tea towel.

What goes wrong

Rinsing the beaker and never taking the plunger apart. Reassembling wet. Forcing a distorted mesh back into service and blaming the grinder for the sediment. Putting an insulated steel press through a dishwasher.

The procedure

Unscrew the plunger knob and take the assembly apart. The cross plate, the mesh screen and the spiral plate all come off as separate pieces.

5 more steps

The full procedure is in the app, along with a reminder when this is next due. Add the P7 French Press to your shelf and it keeps track.

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