$10 vs $100 French Press: Fellow Clara vs Ikea French Press: Why Spend More?
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- Is the Fellow Clara French Press worth it over a $10 Ikea Press?
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RECIPE:
30g of medium fine coffee (2 on the ode)
Water heater to boil
Add 500g of water to French press with coffee.
Stir and soak all grounds well.
Sit for 4 minutes and slowly press
Pour into a server or glass.
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Here’s a game: Take a shot of espresso every time I say “French Press.” Good luck. ALSO - use code “KYLE10” at fellow for 10% off anything including the Clara. So then it’s a $90 French press 🤷🏻♂️😂
*heart starts beating way too fast*
might be time to get some more Atmos canisters. I just wish you had published the code before I bought the stag kettle.
Pretty sure my heart would explode. Let’s do this. 😎
Jordan can you please take out the trash when you get home as it's starting to smell thank you
He was definitely referring to IKEA’s CHÖNKY BØI when he said there’s a better french press in the market
Ha!
Watching while drinking French press coffee from a 20 year old $10 press. ☕️ 🔥 💰
💯
Well, $10 from 20 years ago actually worth 16.5 bucks today, lol
Lovely B-Roll, like always. Keep going, your energy is your best attribute!
Thanks friend!
Cinematographically, this is one of your best videos: the transitions, the framing, the pacing-fantastic!
Ah thanks! Appreciate the kind comment!
Loved your edits in this video!
Thanks!
Honesty is a completely underrated trade in the TH-cam coffee scene.. highly appreciated 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Kyle, the video editing keeps getting better. Nicely done.
Much appreciated!
Love the honesty! You da man Kyle! 🤙🏼
I appreciate that!
Fun and informative video, superbly done
Thanks!
I recognize that Ikea!!! Love the channel dude!! Always nice to discover a fellow O-Towner 😜
I add a paper filter (the cheap ones made for coffee machines) to my cheap french press and it does a really good job filtering all the fines. Makes the seal around the plunger tighter while adding a layer of filtration. Boom Immersion/filter coffee hybrid!
Thanks for sharing!
Exactly, it is not rocket science. Just brew the coffee for 4 minutes in whatever medium you have then filter it using whatever filtration you have.
@@hatem0or get a good grinder and that'll never happen again. The problem with the grinders is that the cheap ones don't grind them evenly and so you'll end up with dregs.
It's always a good day when you see coffee in your notifications! Thanks, Kyle! Never disappointed!
Thanks friend! Much appreciated.
@@KyleRowsell I actually have a recipe question for you (as I finish making french press coffee); what do you think of James Hoffmann's French Press technique?
Fellow is kind of the Apple of the coffee world, they do things good, more expensive then other brands and not necessarily better… but at the end you wanna buy it x)
I like this analogy. I’d even go so far as to say there products are always very good. Paying the premium gets you a very good experience with products that look good and look good together. Can you find something better? Maybe. Can you find something as good for less money? Probably. But if you’re comfortable spending the money, you can be confident that you are going to enjoy it.
Yeah much of the appeal comes in the build quality and polished experience. All their products are good even though very few of them are actually good value.
I actually disagree that what they do is that high quality. Most of their products are marginal improvements over competitors with look and feel improvements; love or hate apple, they really change the game with their tech.
All french presses can brew exactly the same as long as you just use the Hoffman method. This is just an over designed gimmick that is really cementing fellow as the Apple of coffee
Great video. I know the French Press is something of a niche product among the specialty coffee crowd, but I'd love to see the Clara compared to other supposedly high-end French presses, like the 80+ dollar Hario, the stainless steel bodum, or options from Espro and Frieling (SP?) that I've seen in the 100+ dollar range.
Great suggestion!
Loved the vlog style intro! Also a great comparison! I'm curious to know if the cup produced by the Clara has less sediment in the bottom than the Ikea ones?
I had filmed a portion comparing this! But cut it for length. They were surprisingly similar. But I didn’t sift or filter them so hard to say.
Nice video, appreciated the quality and brevity as well as honestly about the sponsor / promotional press.
I am considering a press for personal 1-3 times a week use as primarily a tea drinker that wants to improve my coffee options over nescafe instant (which i know coffee people turn their nose to instants i also drink with cream and sugar so it’s been ok for me)
all that being said i will watch out for double walled glass, as temperature even for my tea right from the boiled kettle is something that matters to me and clearly there is a big drop off there to single glass.
the next thing is a grinder but i may justify that later anyways for spices etc. If you have a good value suggestion or best way to make 500ml coffee at a time i would definitely check it out. (commenters or otherwise) congrats belatedly on the child, as a fellow father.
LOVE this!
Love to see you here supporting your husband!
You're honesty is great, the appeal to try and gain favor from large companies by giving favorable reviews, it is an excellent example that many reviewers should follow. You're duty is with your viewers and their trust in you and not the companies and their goals, and this is why your subscribers will grow. Thank you for an honest review and helping us all.
Thanks for recognizing this!
Huge props to you (and massive increase of respect ✊🏼) for being honest.
Thanks friend.
You need to teach me how to go to Ikea and only buy one thing...I leave there with 4 carts and a maxed-out credit card.
It’s an art.
Love your vids man - thank you.
I have the bodum pour over with mesh filter and bodum French press. I prefer dirty oily coffee so I don’t mind sh*t passing through the respective filters.
The issue is the initial temperature drop with the Fellow. Not a bad thing for dark roasts(who drinks those😂). So while it's hotter coming out, it's starting it's early extraction at a lower temperature
I actually use that French press from ikea (in the smaller size) for breakfast brews on weekdays. Hey, no complaints, it works… makes great coffee!
Just get the 10$ one and spend the remaining 90 bucks on good coffee beans!
Yes! 😊
Great and underated comment here. It should've been pinned! 👏 that's my kind of thought too.
I find it mind blowing that making it feel and look premium and keeping it hot is the only thing Fellow put effort in. I really want to see this go up against the p7 french press
I’d love to do this too…
I'd rather put an extra $100 into a grinder that allows the big grinds with fewer fines necessary for a French Press.
Fair enough!
French press is easiest brew method , but it demands a premium burr grinder…..if you grind with blade grinder with ton of fines expect a muddy brew …so yeah invest in good grinder and a vacuum insulated brewer ….I actually use a vacuum insulated travel mug and filter afterwards without pressing….best cup you can make …
@@itellsriwhat do you use and how do you use it
@@matthew7972 I am happy with 1zpresso JX model for pour over and French press. I don’t do espresso
I’ve always preferred Espro presses. They seem to be a little cleaner in my experience.
Ikea Ottawa? It's been a few years but that shot from beside the 417/Woodroffe gave it away!
Good eye!
Great quick comparison. I would love to see how the fellow one compares to something like the espro p7.
I would too!
Good comparison. I like the honesty. What about comparing the Clara to the plastic Bodum one (they also made one for Starbucks). It has a different mesh. I wonder if the mesh is the same?
Thanks for the comment! I’ll likely leave that one for someone else, but not a bad comparison!
Maybe re-do using the Hoffmann (no)press technique ?
This is quality coffee content.
This is a quality comment 🙂
Honestly, despite the loss in terms of thermal mass, I’d probably stick with the Oxo French press, for the ease of cleaning. Runs about $40, but the grounds lifter is lovely.
Right on! Thanks for sharing!
@@KyleRowsell for sure! Anything that helps us all brew better coffee, even if it’s just making the cleanup easier.
I know that an easier cleanup makes me more likely to do the rest of the work, after all.
Morgan Drinks Coffee compared the two in her video here th-cam.com/video/VWG-wDxFkOc/w-d-xo.html
What about the "ESPRO" coffee ☕ filter ! I would love, you doing a review of it since it is a Canadian product.
Agreed with your take. It's definitely sleek.
Thanks for the comment!
It's the same opinion for when I got double walled glass coffee mugs, I wouldn't go out of my way to buy it but if I received it as a gift I would be very happy. Great review!
Came for the coffee content, stayed for the GTI content. 😁
Ha! Good eye.
the editing on this is tiiiiiiight 🤙🏼
Thanks!
What would the grind size for the recipe in the description be for a gen 2 ode with SSP burrs?
You should review the 100 dollar espro French press!
I should!
And it comes in that nice Matte Black if you're worried about aesthetics and/or matching your Fellow gear. =P
Just bought Chemex and it's too much doing for a limited hotish cup of coffee and the 2nd cup is blehhh. Gotta find something else. Been looking at the French Presses. Still concerned that I can't get a cup hot enough. (My Cuisinart hit the bucket and even then I put in microwave for 1.20 seconds to keep hot enough in my porceline 10 oz mug. I'm thinking the Clara might be a good choice just to get a decent cup of hot coffe with great taste. I want to start grinding good organic coffees. Do you think the Clara if not keeping hot enough would be ok to put in the microwave to reheat. The Chemex I bought was a no go. Geez...all too complicated. Can't afford a Breville or? Just go back to a Cuisinart?? Help?
I would use my Espro Ultralight with paper filter , by far the best french press
Lol.
Can you retain heat with a cheap, knitted tea cozy?
Must admit that Clara looks really nice, I wish it was better than anything else, but looks like it’s not, I’ll keep my bodum but I am saddened 😢 thanks for the video Kyle 👍✌️
Hey, you may love it! Thanks for the comment!
Where did you get your 1:16 LED light?
I've got a $100+ French press, an ESPRO P7 (dual wall, stainless steel, dual filter), which I love: there's hardly any silt in the cup, and I just have to press down gently, no need to watch out for hitting the coffee bed, so it's very easy.
But looking at the Clara, that single filter would have to be a *lot* better to be worth it, and that seems doubtful to me?
Maybe time for a $100+ French press shootout? 😛
I’d love to do that!
So, what *is* your favorite french press?
bodum is nice
Honestly I got a cheap cheap French press from Chinese Amazon home of unorthodox labor temu and it filters everything perfectly out u just gotta do it super super slow no added filter or anything
Am I the only one more interested in your thought on the red Cafelat Robot on the shelf behind you? Looks like you tricked it out with all the upgrades...
That video is soon friend 🙂
@@KyleRowsell Nice, I've been using mine every day for almost two years now. I love it and feel like if the whole "manual process" doesn't bother you the quality of espresso is exceptional at the price point.
This is on sale for 83.00 the fellow at surlatable Black Friday sale.
I think even compared to the Bodin brand, which is not cheap tho but cheaper than fellow, it won’t makes any difference, BUT they hit it good with this. I know myself as a coffe enthusiast i always wanna go for the best looking and best quality equipment as long as i can afford it. And Fellow is typically a brand for coffee enthusiasts in compare to Bodum or IKEA, and 100 dollars on the coffee “professional” equipment world isn’t that much. I have my Bodum, i am happy with i won’t change until i break the glass again lol But i might go for it if i had to change, French press is a very good tool as brewing method after diner with friends or family for exemple, i typically use it for that, if i had to make 5 expressos with my Flair it will take ages, the preparation for the french press at the end of a dinner is perfect, fast and just let it sit at the table for 5min while talking to each other, and the double wall is great for a french press because after you have served people you usually end with coffee left in the french press which is to cold to drink after 5/10min… so perfect for it !
Thanks for this comment!!!
I got mine for 50 at home goods i said F it due to it being half off lol its just nice to look at it was the wood one too 😊
Only a minute into the video, but just wanted to say that I super appreciate that it isn't all espresso all the time. Not that that isn't interesting, but espresso is definitely not an at-home thing for me.
Glad to hear it!
What french press do you recommend?
Also with French Presses with too much fines escaping...what does that do to your body/gut?
Did you grind your coffee for this on the niche? If so, what’s your approximate starting point for French press grind on the niche?
I used the ode actually. But the niche would be around a 40
Does grind size matters when brewing? I prefer the glass French press
Absolutely! I used a medium fine or “2” on the fellow ODE
Despite all the criticism I read on TH-cam. I decided to fork out 100 bucks on this French press. The overall sleek design and the double wall temperature retain is what sold me. I canceled my Stanley 48oz French press and opted for this one. It will be my first Fellow product and it’s coming to me by tomorrow!
How is it after 1 year?
Don't we all have a pile of unused insulated mugs in the cupboards already? So, basically, With Hoffman's recipe (no need to plunge), we can achieve the same effect for free?
o am thiinking of getting a french press but, not for makking coffee; well of course I am going to be drinking coffee out of the french press; I am going to try to try to froth my milk for lattle art since I dont have a esspresso machine to do so.
I've had over a dozen french presses over the years, and I STILL think that most of these newfangled "reinvent the wheel" french presses are mostly hype. A classic stainless steel doubled walled French Press from Secura/Bayka/Coffee Gator/Mueller where you double up on the filters (2 instead of 1) are THE best value for french presses bar non. $25 and they will make EVERY BIT as good offee as the Fellow. I tried the fellow press and laughed myself silly that they were charging $100 for this. I could see $60 tops for it with the aesthetic, but $100 is just plain pants on head ret@rded.
I use a french press every single day (I'm European, we HAVE to use a french press or we'd lose our status as European) and have tried $10 ones, and $100 ones (including the stag)...I will always go back to a sstainless steel french press and buy extras filters so I can double up on them (which also insures a tight fit against the carafe walls) and focus on beans and technique
6 minutes of “CAN THIS $10 FRENCH PRESS WORK AS GOOD AS THIS $100 FRENCH PRESS”
Even at the two minute mark it's clear that Tigger is back!
I’m not sure I like this name, but I’ll allow it 🤣
@@KyleRowsell its meant in the most affectionate way! He is my fav from the hundreds acre wood. But if you are the slightest bit offended I will cease and desist!
Nah it’s okay! I love the fun spirit in it!
Corporate would like you to identify the differences in these two pictures. ME: There the same picture.
😂
I think you missed one important part of using a French press: cleaning. 🤔😉
I’m sure there are many things I could of added! But again, this was a simple quick comparison. Nothing as in depth as some of my videos
@@KyleRowsell for sure! And it was great! I just hate to clean my Bodum. 😂
You could've talked about the taste more or the differences among the 3 in detail but great video nonetheless.
Still bouncy an ever. cheers! ☕
You’re right! But truly not the intent of this video. Thanks for the comment!
I also love Fellow's product but their new glass carafe and this are both overpriced and didnt offer much for the price but visual. ESPRO in my opinion makes the best french press cup, but the Oxo one that you can lift the grounds out is the easiest cleanup one.
Thanks for this comment 🙂
You mentioned that another French press makes better coffee, and you don't mention it? 😯
👀
Don't give it away yet! You should compare it to the original classic Bodum Chambord.
I’ll likely purchase another one at some point 🙂 but gotta give back to my patrons!
I love my Bodum and they are not really expensive either...
Also realize folks that a French press does not filter out triglycerides.. high levels of triglycerides will eventually cause a stroke.. I’ve used a French press for 10+ years and my triglyceride levels went up into the 400s which is borderlining a stroke.. be careful friends
Clara. Somehow having to put cold coffee in the microwave seems counterproductive. I want two cups of coffee in the morning and am guilt ridden over using K cups!
Wahhh....I just want 2--10 oz cups of premium freshly ground coffee . The first 10 oz cup after brew and then another maybe 30 minutes later and HOT. Do I need to make 2 pots??? New to this.
Im so glad they have an IKIA in the U.S cause I love European products European products are the best .
Most likely choosing something in between.
Fair enough!
Bodum?
Black cat or white cat, they all do the same job. My French Press is only a CAD18 basic Bodum. It makes perfectly "sweet" black coffee. I think the only difference is the person behind it.
I pour my french press through a V60.
The real question is how did you go into IKEA and only buy two French presses and nothing else
It’s an art
Why would anyone wanna drink off nonstick coating?
I’m posting this in a pause from the vid. I’m saying for me I need to be convinced that the Clara can be worth $100. There I said it lol
I’m not sure I’m going to do much convincing today haha
And…. Confirmation on my thoughts were made 😎
@@KyleRowsell yah, I wasn’t really coming looking to be convinced because of my preconceived notions. However, you know I’m here for the like, comment and full watch time. 😉. This thing is a beauty but that’s a simply absurd price for marginal increases, and to me… brewing a one cup French press, I’m ok with the cooling down. 🤷🏼♂️.
You'll want the Clara if you have the whole Fellow shebang. If you want quality french press, you'll get Espro.
90% of Clara sales are TH-camrs reviewing the Clara.
I’m not so sure about that. Most youtubers aren’t praising the Clara’s price/results.
I think my French press is from a thrift store for $3 🤷🏼♂️
So the question is.... What french press would you buy ?
I would never leave coffee in a French Press, whether it's insulated or not. Who wants coffee that's been steeping in coffee grounds for 2 hours. That is why I own an insulated carafe.
This is totally fair!
Love your reviews! Honestly I prefer your takes as they're insightful without being super snobby 😅 (*cough* James Hoffman *cough*)
Should have compared it to the #ChonkyBoy ifyouknowyouknow
They ruined it putting a plastic/rubber gasket on it. I don’t like plastics in contact with hot liquids. My pet peeve.
I feel like sprometheus had already summed this up pretty nicely, not much added here.
I feel like you could try and modify a cheap French press (aeropress papers, v60 cut outs) test the results and compare it to the fello. Seeing the same video twice isn't much fun. Sorry kyle
Wait… I’m confused. The internet is a big place. I haven’t watched that video. But I’m not sure why coffee youtubers aren’t allowed to cross paths? Seems odd to me when there are a million and one iPhone reviews. While I appreciate your thoughts here, I do have to respectfully disagree.
It should be at most 70 dollars
Why are toy wearing sunglasses at night in your car in the idea parking lot?
Hyper caffination planned??
Casey Neistat vibes
Thanks, I guess?
@@KyleRowsell Just the glasses, the wide lens, the mannerisms on camera. Reminded me of his old vlogs. Just an observation, not criticism. He made great content.
@@banboosy cool, well thanks for the comment 🙂
Answer is : both are trash.
You don't need plastic in a french press, brands like Pylano have french presses made 100% from glass and stainless steel, and for pretty cheap too.
Always pre-heat the french press also.
Garbage vs overpriced garbage... Just get the bodum geez
Originality?
I’m not sure what you’re asking here.
@@KyleRowsell just pondering if u take longer to make videos due to superb quality, or u copying others ideas. Not that that's a sin but just thinking out loud
@@ekkuju not sure who you’re referring to here? No ones copying anyone. 🙂