Customer Reviews

Bodum Assam 17-Ounce Glass Tea Press with Stainless-Steel Filter

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3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
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My husband first bought the larger, 34 cup Bodum Assam teapress several years ago and we loved it so much we got this smaller one. I just love it and use it a lot more than the larger one, simply because I usually only need two, not four cups of tea. While the first, 34 ounce one is still fine, as other people have mentioned, on the smaller one the filter fit SO TIGHTLY into the teapress I had to really wrestle it out and it would invariably bang against the front side of the glass teapot on its way out. Of course that didn't last too long, despite all my careful attempts to pry out the filter it eventually broke the glass. I figured the tight fit was an anomoly, and found one locally where I could try out the fit of the filter before buying, and sure enough, it fit fine and was easily removed without my banging it against the tender teapot.

However, the teapot is still awfully tender, and my 2nd one has eventually broken too, just from being jostled in the cupboard. It was cracked for a while and finally broke a couple of days ago.

I Love these teapots, especially the smaller sized one, and can't live without it. I use it several times a week, if not daily.

This time I did some on-line investigation, and purchased the Bodum Kenya 17 ounce teapot. It arrived just fine shipped from Amazon, no breaks, and I think the plastic handle and little loopy decorative platic dishy thing on the Kenya might provide a little protection against the world. The filter is all plastic, but incidentally the two other metal filter sections that I have left over from my previous Assam teapots also fit in if I decide for some reason that's better.

I loved this teapot, but if my larger Assam ever breaks, I'll probably replace that with a Kenya too.

When I first got the teapot I was in love with it. It was the best teapot I ever had. I used for all kinds of teas and almost everyday. It's a good size for 1-2 people. Then one day I was trying to remove the filter. The filter hit the side of the pot. It broke! Just that simple. I had it for only 2 months. Not worth my money. I wish I didn't break it otherwise I would give it 5 stars.

Wow. I had no idea so many people had so much trouble with this pot. I love mine, have had it for years, and it has never broken. I used to have the one with the plastic basket, but the basket tended to get tea stained and unsightly requiring periodic bleaching, so I switched to the metal basket which can just be scrubbed clean. I love it, and would recommend it to the less clumsy. Also, go buy it in a store, so it is not broken during shipping. Five stars.

Plunger seal is a bad design. It will not hold up. After 2 months use,the plunger wants to keep moving up and will not stop brewing process.I think a back up seal should have been supplied with unit.You must also be very careful with this unit.It is fragile.

I love this tea pot. It looks great and it can stop the brewing process with the tea in it. But the down side to it is that it is very fragile. I lightly touched it against a bowl while removing it from the dish rack and it broke. I wish bodum makes another tea pot like this with metal reinforcement like the coffee pot they make.

I have one of these at work and one at home and they are great for convenient tea making. Leaves are pressed and hidden in the basket while you are drinking tea, and then can easily be reused. Well made and easy to clean.

Got this for Christmas, now it's Dec 26 and it's in shards. Beautiful on the shelf, but don't use it if you want to keep it in one piece. Or better yet, just don't buy this and admire it when you are in the shop....

Bought this for my wife. She loves the way the tea tastes but it's a pain in the butt to clean the tea leaves out of the container after each use

I love my tea press. I haven't found it to be any more fragile than my coffee press. It works great; I use it for tea bags as well as loose tea. I highly recommend it.

I have had it since christmas and used it a dozen or so times. Not bad? Cleaning the infuser is a bit time consuming but the glass is ideal for brewing loose green tea.