AGOGO Pour Over Coffeemaker Set Classic Series with Filter 10 Cups

Someone is going to have to explain to me exactly how a Chemex can be worth twice the price. Admittedly, a tiny piece of me still wants a Chemex for reasons borne of pure vanity, but this carafe and it's filter cone are both of great quality. A lot of imitations on the market are downright ugly in my opinion, but this one has the sleek, sexy hourglass shape. To be completely honest, I probably would have spent the extra money for Chemex if it weren't for that. Afterall, what more is this than a glass jar, of not an aesthetic table piece? It sets the mood. The filter cone has a very fine mesh screen on the inside. I've been known to grind a little too fine, and no grit comes through whatsoever. Also, coffee granules never get stuck in the filter. Not a single one. I simply dump and rinse when I'm done with it. I was concerned about the squared pour spout, but my fears were unfounded. It actually makes for a nice-and-easy pour, not too fast so you don't accidentally blast your wife's favorite robe with piping hot liquid in a morning stupor. I do have one small critique; the wooden collar feels... dry, if that makes sense. I think they just splashed it with such a thick heavy coat of polyurethane, that it makes it feel almost brittle like it's going to chip possibly. I'm afraid to wash it. Maybe it's just cheap wood or something, I dunno I can't really put my finger on it, but if it does fall apart, I'll just get like a nice looking piece of leather or something to wrap around it. I think customizing it that way could actually be a cool personal touch. Come to think of it, I might actually do that!

Was going back and fourth between this one and the chemex, ended up going with this one since we are a bigger family, I went ahead and got the 10 cup and was worried about it being big enough since the cups capacity says it goes by 5oz cups, but when it got here, it was bigger then I thought and perfect size for just a cup or 2 or for us all to have a cup! The screen strainer works perfect by itself, I've had no grounds go into the coffee at all and it is made very well! I was worried about the glass because some reviews were saying they broke theirs but actually The glass is thicker than most other brands. This thing is well made. Now one thing I do think is, finer grounds of coffee would probably make a stronger coffee as well as hotter water then what i used my girst try which is a given so this isnt a issue with this coffee maker it was me rushing because i wanted to use it and i just warmed water in the microwave for a minute and used a coarser ground coffee (my first time making coffee in it was right out of the box because I was excited lol) but even doing this the first time, the coffee was still excellent! And with fine ground coffee or medium ground, it still will not leak grounds into the coffee. With hotter water, it will brew even smoother, stronger, and better. I'm so glad I went with this brand instead of the more expensive one! It is literally the exact same thing and very well made I love it

Update: pot is actually 40oz! Go figure - the markings on the pot are wrong! As a scientist I notice these things like when my tea kettle measurements don't match the coffee pot. So I dragged out my graduated cylinder and poured in 1L to which the pot read 900ml. Then I added 0.18L more and now at 1000ml on the pot. 1.18L=40oz, unless you are in the UK This was my original review: This is not a 40 oz carafe it is a 32 oz carafe. As it is in ml let me convert a 40 oz carafe would be 1.2L or 1200ml. A 32oz carafe is 1L or 1000ml. See picture. The two pot picture is my travel pot for comparison. This is 600ml. The pictures are also misleading, they make this appear bigger/taller and more like the Chemex, which is about 1-2 inches taller. It is not even close. I wish I hadn't tossed my broken Chemex to show the difference but see comparison to 600 ml travel. And for all this it takes 2 weeks to get this item delivered. The only pluses are that it is slightly thicker borosilicate glass and about 17$ cheaper.

Aside from the "cool" factor and nod to the one my mother had in the 1950s, this is impractical. It's hard to wash, and hard for old arthritic hands to pour. The spout does pour evenly though. Sadly, I had to return it.

This has been in daily use since I bought it, and it’s really great. You can easily put a #4 filter into the metal filter that comes with it, or put grinds straight into the metal basket if you like.