French press

This article is about the coffee brewing device. For other uses, see French press (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with French drip.
"Cafetière" redirects here. For the food service location also called canteen, see Cafeteria.

A French press, also known as a cafetière, cafetière à piston, caffettiera a stantuffo, press pot, coffee press, or coffee plunger, is a coffee brewing device, although it can also be used for other tasks.

In 1812, Benjamin Thompson invented a drip-press coffee brewing device In 1852, Jacques-Victor Delforge and Henri-Otto Mayer patented a device in France.

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