Easy. Heat the milk in the micro or in a pan on the stove. Pour into press. Plunge the plunger up and down rapidly. Foam ensues. There are frothers on the market based on this concept; we just happened to have an extra press, so use that instead.
A quick cleaning can be accomplished by putting a little dish soap in the pot (after dumping the grounds), add some hot water, and plunge up and down rapidly (like making frothy milk above). Rinse. Cleans the pot and the plunger.
Ah, double-walled insulating hot-coffee goodness
That’s a 12-cup/48oz press linked to above. How big are your servings?
I love my FP, esp. for traveling. As long as you have hot water and coffee you can get a brew on and it absolutely tastes better than from a machine. At home, we got an automatic brewer because we are chronic over sleepers and can set the timer.
I agree cleaning is easy, rinse the grounds out and wash once a week. For those worried about breakage, REI sells a plastic carafe model great for the coffee snob on the go.
You know, my sister called me after she got her french press and asked how I got the used coffee grounds out of the press. She was used to throwing her old coffee grounds, encased in the filter from her auto-drip coffee maker, into the trash can. She was amazed that I told her that I was just rinsing them down the drain. I’ve never had a problem putting my used coffee grounds (grinds?) down the drain. Otherwise it’s painfully easy to clean. I just rinse it. About once a week or so it goes in the dishwasher.
Lemur Catta When I first purchased my Chemex I did not purchase Chemex filters. I thought I could use regular cone shaped filters. The regular cone filters immediately broke open and dumped hot water and wet coffee grounds into my morning brew. :mad: Learned that lesson the hard way.
Holy sweet Jesus, and I thought I had a coffee thing. I bow to the master. How do you manage to do anything all day but urinate?
I’m probably going to get bombed for this, but I’ve heard there are two things you should never clean: drip coffee makers and beer steins. I don’t have a beer stein, but I wash my pint glasses the next morning.
Depends on what you call servings. That Columbia Bodum listing that says 48oz=12 servings is just a big fat lie. Nobody but elves drink 4 oz cups of coffee. I typically drink a 16 oz cup in the morning (and it’s just a regular old ceramic coffee cup, not one of those pencil holder-looking things). That’s 4 servings? Pffft.
FWIW, I generally make myself two cups (mugs) of coffee in my FP, but it will make about 3-4 cups if filled to the brim.
Noted and appreciated, as my own initial supply diminishes and I have to think about getting more. I had thought there was some discussion of using Melitta or other filters in the Chemex pots which mentioned a serious risk of breakage, but not a certainty.
Interesting that you hear that, Pygmy. Perhaps that’s the case, but as for me, I don’t think I want a sticky beer glass any more than I want a funky coffee maker.
On the other hand, maybe my old boss had heard this. The glass carafe for the drip pot in the office was well on its way to becoming completely opaque. :eek:
Heh. Yeah, I drink a lot of coffee, and of course what goes in must come out. My routine at the office is to get a cuppa and take a leak every 45 minutes or so. :eek: But on the bright side it gets me up and out of my seat (I’m in IT). 
I’ve posted about my copious coffee consumption in another thread - I average about two pots a day.
On weekends, I’ll make myself a pot of extra-Navy strength coffee (3 cups), down the whole thing, and then curl back up in bed for a snooze.
I say extra-Navy strength because one weekend my bf (used to be stationed on a sub) was over, I wanted to be considerate and made it weaker than I normally would. He took one sip of the resulting mix and complained about heart palpitations. This is a guy who LIVES on Pepsi.
BZZZZZT! Old coffee is rancid. Hell, coffee that’s two hours old is undrinkable. The gunk that builds up in uncleaned coffee pots translates itself to the fresh brew. Very nasty, and there could be mold growth.