45 Month Aeropress Go Review: I've Used It Thousands of Times

I have used this coffee maker that's meant as just a travel coffee maker thousands of times

and I'm going to tell you everything that I like about it and the things that I don't to help you

understand if this is the right coffee maker for you. So back in early 2020, I reached out to

AeroPress and asked them if they'd be willing to send me this AeroPress Go to check out

and they were willing to. Of course, they didn't require me to review anything or anything like

that and I did write an article however I have continued to use this coffee maker so much and I

really wanted to create an updated review and a video which I did not do at that time because

this is fantastic and I want you guys to hear about it. So let's start this off by talking a

little bit about what the AeroPress Go is and first we have to talk about what the AeroPress

is. So an AeroPress is an immersion style coffee brewer. Most people that are used to an automatic

coffee maker you are probably more used to a pour over coffee maker which essentially pours water

over top of grounds and then funnels it down into your cup. The difference here is that coffee grounds

are actually mixed with water in here for a period of time and then this tube right here pushes down

on it and then it pushes coffee through a paper filter on the bottom here and through this and

what that tends to do is give a little bit more of a full body cup of coffee. However because it's

this being pushed through a paper filter, it results in an extremely clean cup of coffee

and it also means that this uses no electricity whatsoever, making it a great coffee maker for

on-the-go. The AeroPress Go, which is what this is, actually builds on that by making it even more

travel-friendly. It makes this part right here ever so slightly smaller, and then it also comes

with other accessories like this cup that has a little top, a little stirrer, and that kind of

stuff. I just can't seem to find those accessories at the moment of the time of this filming. However

that said, I have used the travel portion of this and I have taken this on the go with me

and used it in like short-term rentals and that kind of stuff because you can never really quite

trust what coffee those hotels and that kind of stuff have. So having something like this is really

nice and I have used it and it's actually worked really, really well. So now that you understand a

little bit more about what the AeroPress Go is, I'm gonna go into what I do like and then after

that what I don't like and kind of give you guys my final verdict and who this is exactly for

But that said, let's talk about what I do like about this coffee maker

First up is the quality of the coffee. I have never been more impressed with how good coffee tastes from a coffee maker than this right here

I think I really like the full-bodied taste of an immersion brew. However, I don't really like all the kind of particles and that kind of stuff that comes with that

Another kind of immersion brewer that you might be familiar with is a French press coffee maker

and French press basically just uses a little kind of metal filter that pushes it out so it

means that has a lot more particles in there however because it is pushed through a paper

filter on the bottom here it cuts out a lot of that extra what I would call mud and so it gives

you a much cleaner cup of coffee but you still get a lot more flavor out of it because of that

immersion brew and that results in one of my favorite cups of coffee I used so many different coffee makers over the years and testing them out for this site and for this YouTube channel and so far this is the one that comes out on top for me just in flavor So the number two thing that I like so much about this coffee maker comes down to the cleaning process I hate cleaning coffee makers like I really really hate it like that is actually something that is a make or break for me when it comes to coffee makers is having to clean them up Coffee grounds get everywhere it a pain I really really hate it

it and there's a lot of coffee makers that just have such a cleaning process that it just isn't

even worth it for me and this is not that. Let me say for all those people that are saying an

automatic coffee maker doesn't have a cleaning process, it does. It just is kind of on the back

end. Automatic coffee makers require things like descaling, which I don't know if you know that

when you're a coffee maker. You have to run a process every so often that is a cleaning cycle

and it has to have like solutions and all that kind of stuff to make sure that all the different

tubes and all the different areas inside of the coffee maker are completely clean of just buildup

that happens over time from your water. And this doesn't have that because you can literally just

throw it in the dishwasher whenever you want to get it clean. And then the actual cleanup process

after every brew is essentially just rinsing it off in the sink after you push the puck of coffee

into the garbage can. So really quick to talk a little bit more about the cleaning process

I have to talk about how this all works. So basically you push, you're pushing this plunger

down like we talked about a little bit earlier and when it gets to the end here you're done with

the brew process because all of it has left the bottom of the coffee maker but then what you do

for the cleaning process is you just push a little bit harder to kind of compact what I call a puck

of coffee in the bottom and then you unscrew this cap and then there will be a paper filter in the

bottom there and so then what you do I'm gonna go I drop that I'm gonna push this all the way

It's a little bit harder because it's not wet. But basically, you kind of heard that, that little pop

So that little pop, it kind of kicks the puck of coffee out into the garbage can

And then all you do is you just rinse this off, and it's ready to go for your next cup of coffee

So moving on to number three, the third reason that I really like this coffee maker

is due to how quickly you can make a cup of coffee

A lot of coffee makers, especially things like mocha pots and stuff like that, can take a little while to brew the coffee

And that just isn't the case here. So essentially you're just going to boil some water in a normal kettle

And then you're going to pour coffee into the grounds. And the actual brew process, once you have boiled the water, it generally takes about a minute

So all you're doing is you're pouring it into with the coffee. You're letting it sit for about a minute. And then you're just pushing it all out

And that's the brew process. Like it's super easy. It generally takes about a minute

and then you can boil the water while you're doing other stuff. So it's extremely quick and it's not really labor intensive

Now the number four reason I like this coffee maker. Yes, there's actually quite a few reasons I like this coffee maker

It comes down to portability. The AeroPress Go is amazing for portability

It all collapses down into basically this cup that we were talking about earlier

So it is about this size. So you can actually throw it into your bag. You can throw it into your suitcase or anything like that to take along with you

And so it extremely portable that something you can do with an automatic coffee maker that not something that you can do even with like a French press because French presses tend to be glass You can do that with a mocha pot because they metal

And this can just be knocked around. It's literally made of ABS plastic

It can be dinged. It can be thrown around. It can be thrown into the floorboards of your car

And you just really don't have to worry about it because it's made of thick plastic and it's not going to break on you

And then the last thing that I really like about this coffee maker is its versatility

So the standard way that you make coffee with one of these is that you set this on top of another cup kind of like this right here

And then you're going to make the brew and then you're going to take this plunger and push down

So that is kind of your standard brew process. However, if you're somebody that likes a little bit, I'd say a little bit more extracted brew like I do

you can actually flip it up on top of itself. So you actually start the brew process with this cap off

And this is actually called the inverted method. So basically you have it sitting like this on your counter

you put the coffee grounds in like that. You have the plunger on the bottom here. So after you put

the grounds in the top there, you then kind of make your brew and this plunger is sitting here

And then once you're done with the brew, you put your paper filter inside of here and then you just

screw it on like that. And you let it sit for a minute. You can let it sit for two. You can have

it over extracted and extracted however much you want. And then what you do is let's bring that cup

back. You take this cup, you flip it over like that, and then you just push downwards. And it's

a really easy way to do it. So there's two different methods that you can make here and it's

really really versatile to be able to allow you kind of get the taste that you want and I can tell

you you can really get different tastes out of this. In fact there's a whole competition dedicated

to making the best cup of coffee for AeroPress itself. So that gives you kind of a good idea of

why I like this coffee maker and obviously why it has become my daily driver. A quick note there was

a period of time there where I did use an automatic coffee maker just to kind of mix things up. I

It was somewhere in between like six months to a year where I was using an automatic coffee maker just because, yeah, I wanted to mix things up

However, that said, I have used this thousands of times over the past 42 months

But that leads me into my next section, which is talking about the things that I don't like about this coffee maker

The number one thing that I don't like about this coffee maker comes down to its size

So the original AeroPress and a lot of the other AeroPresses actually have a wider base right here

So this little plastic portion, let's see if I can get it to zoom in there or to focus there

So this little plastic piece is a little bit wider. And because of the AeroPress Go and it needs to fit into that cup, they've kind of shortened it a little bit

And what that's actually done is making it so the platform actually doesn't fit on every coffee mug

For example, you can see here, this is my Starbucks Reserve mug

It fits perfectly on there and you can kind of see it sits there. and then you just push down into the coffee mug

and you have your brew. However, when you get things like this

Clean Canteen Rise mug, it fits inside of the mug. And the original Aeropress doesn't do that

It sits on top because it has that wider base, but because it the go it a little bit more compact but makes it so it doesn actually work in all my coffee mugs So when I want to use a mug like this I have to go over and I use this coffee mug that came with it

and I use this as kind of a temporary cup and I have to brew into that and then I pour

from there into another coffee mug and that's a bit annoying because I'm kind of you know messing

up more dishes than I have to and it just adds an extra process that I'm not a big fan of. But that

said it's not a detractor enough for me to stop using it it's just a mild annoyance. And then the

last thing that I don't super like about this AeroPress really comes down to its capacity. So

because it is AeroPress Go, again, it's a little bit more of a compact unit. It doesn't make a large

cup of coffee. I generally like my cups of coffee in kind of the 12 ounce area, and this doesn't

quite do that. I have to add a little bit more hot water at the end to kind of give it a cup of

coffee that I prefer in when it comes to capacity. I probably would prefer to have a larger AeroPress

at this point, just because I primarily do use this at home instead of on travel. And so I

probably would opt for the standard one and forgo that travel portion of it and maybe just throw this

into a plastic bag and keep it safe that way. But outside of that, that really is the primary reasons

that I don't like this coffee maker. And obviously I have been using this thing for years now and

months and months and months and thousands of times. And I got to say, it's it's an amazing

coffee maker and by far is my favorite. But that doesn't necessarily mean it is for everyone. So who

is this coffee maker for? It is for somebody that actually likes the manual process of making coffee

but may not want to go through all the extra effort of doing things like pour over which is a little

bit more labor intensive or mocha pot which you're dealing with tons of pressure there or doing

things like an espresso which has a little bit more skill around it. This is kind of a fail-proof

coffee maker that just kind of overall makes a fantastic cup of coffee but if you're somebody

that wants to be a little bit more technical in your coffee brew I probably wouldn't recommend

this and if you're somebody that doesn't want any form of work in your coffee an automatic coffee

maker obviously is the one that you need to get however if you're somebody that wants to kind of

dabble in making a manual coffee this is a fantastic option for that and I kind of fits in

my sweet spot that I really really really like it and it makes a better cup of coffee than I would

get from an automatic and it's on par with much more expensive units so honestly if you're just

somebody that sounds like you're like me, an AeroPress might be what you want to get. And if

you want the travel function, the AeroPress Go is awesome. So with that said, that is everything

that you need to know about the AeroPress Go. And over the 42 months of me owning this, everything

that I've learned and wanted to share with you, I of course do have a full article about this one

I'll leave the link down in the description. So and I and I like to keep those articles updated as

I learn more and think about more. I can easily update those. So if you're reading this a little

while down the road, that article might be a great resource to see if I've added anything to it

that might be helpful to make a choice for you. I do also have paid links down in the description

as well as the top comment. So if you are wanting to buy this and use that link, I do make a small

commission if you use my link and make the purchase there. But that said, what do you guys think

Leave your thoughts down in the comments. I'd love to hear what you have to say