Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

When I moved to Oakland five years ago and didn't drink coffee, I thought all these coffee snobs were just giant douches. I mean, it's *just* a cup of coffee. Well, I popped out another kid and coffee is now my morning life blood. Bay Area culture seeps into your taste buds and elevates your palate to whole new levels, thus creating more douchery for which I now ironicly carry a badge. I currently own your standard auto drip coffee maker from my cheaper-than-Foldgers days, one of those Italian stove stop espresso makers, and I've broken not one but TWO Bodum french presses. Oh yes, and I have equipment for pour overs (DCHE: +3EXP). OH WAIT! And I own an Aeropress (my badge now flashes neon lights in a hypnotic, swirling pattern - a beacon of absolute coffee douchitude). I need two cups of coffee to be a decent human being, and when you're trying to get three kids out the door, fussing with the Aeropress is no bueno - especially if your partner wants a cup of coffee too. Enter the need for a french press. Except we have three kids and I'm hella clumsy so that hasn't worked out so well for us. Act II: The Coffee Gator gracefully waltzes onto the stage I call "my counter". I ordered it because it won't shatter, isn't shiny and prone to fingerprints, plus it promises to keep my coffee warmer by 32 minutes. I really didn't order it expecting a better cup of coffee than my standard french press but OMFG - it delivers. For real, even the hubs agrees that this morning we ended up with the best cup of coffee ever tasted in this house. I can't follow the directions to a tee every time (scrap foam after 4 min then let it set a few more minutes - uh, not when you've got three kids who leave the house at different times and you need to put a bra on before the landlord comes over to fix your bathtub at 9am). So if you do not follow the directions perfectly, you'll still get a great strong AF cup of joe in the morning that will make other people think you're a little too enthusiastic about ...everything... but if you can actually follow the directions (like, on a leisurely Saturday morning), your palate will be enchanted with the smooth deliciousness that is the product of Coffee Gator. Also, I have no idea what the point of the little glass jar is - it looks like it could handle at most 4 T. of coffee and seems better suited to store your marijuana (that is, if you live in California, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, or any other state with legal weed). But, hey - who am I look a gift stash jar in the bottle?