The Espro Press

A project in Boston, MA by Bruce Constantine
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A precision coffee brewer with a patent pending two-stage micro-filter that lets in all the flavors and keeps the grit out of your cup!
Backers: 714
Average Pledge Per Backer: $117

Funded: $83,693 of $15,000
Dates: Nov 25th -> Jan 24th (60 days)
Project By: Bruce Constantine
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Latest News

Espro Press Maker Files Infringement Claim Against Simpli Press Maker

July 26th - via: dailycoffeenews.com
The lawsuit filed in a New York district court claims that Simpli Press is violating a patent held by Espro for its French Press-style brewer. (Read More)

Kickstarter enters Canada with a bang

September 9th - via: mobilesyrup.com
Kickstarter has finally arrived in Canada. More specifically, Canadians can now start projects, which will prevent disasters like Ottawa’s Chameleon Launcher’s initial misfire from happening again. (Read More)

Final Post?!?

April 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
NEVER SAY NEVER… Hello all! This may be our final post for this campaign. Never say never, but it could be time to move the party over to our new campaign for the Medium 18 oz Espro® Press… TWO (MICHELIN) STAR COFFEE Recently, we heard some... (Read More)

New MEDIUM ESPRO™ Press on Kickstarter today

February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
A few hours ago we announced the newest ESPRO product right here on Kickstarter - the MEDIUM ESPRO™ Press! It is EASILY the most asked-for product in our history - making 2 Cups (18 oz) of perfect ESPRO™ Press coffee. With your help, we launched... (Read More)

Espro Press, bientôt une nouvelle taille!

February 14th - via: bloguedegeek.net
Nous vous avions déjà parlé de l’Espro Press alors que ce n’était encore qu’un tout jeune produit. Nous l’avons testé pour vous et ensuite, l’équipe de Vancouver au Canada a utilisé la plateforme Kickstarter pour lancer un nouveau modèle plus grand avec une capacité de quatre tasses de café. (Read More)

Shipping Complete & Feedback!

April 28th - via: kickstarter.com
SHIPPING COMPLETE! Your Espro Presses have been shipped! The last big batch went out April 20. This is the most important milestone of the project – other than you receiving them! This marks the end of many months of hard work by everyone on the... (Read More)

Shipping / Making Coffee with Your Espro Press

April 7th - via: kickstarter.com
SHIPPING BEGAN MARCH 29/12, ENDING APRIL 20/12 Presses head out to Kickstarter backers almost every day! We have shipped out 162 already, and our plan is to ship the rest by April 20. We appreciate your patience, as we work hard to get these presses... (Read More)

Popular Science / Wrapping up Production / Surveys!

March 25th - via: kickstarter.com
POPULAR SCIENCE We are incredible excited to be featured in the April issue of Popular Science! We were interviewed a few months ago, and we have been waiting (very impatiently) for the magazine to come out. Pick one up and check out pages 12 and... (Read More)

Seals / Competing with the Espro Press

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
A PRIMER ON THE SEALS IN YOUR ESPRO PRESS Common French Presses allow coffee grinds through in two ways: through the filter mesh (which has holes many times greater than the Espro), and along the walls (metal against glass makes a relatively poor... (Read More)

Milestone - All Purchase Orders Issued

February 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello all - We wanted to provide a quick status update, to let you know how production is going! All week we ran countless tests to optimize filtration, and drank phenomenal coffee using the pre-production prototypes. We have also gone back and forth... (Read More)

The End of the Beginning

January 24th - via: kickstarter.com
As we look back over the campaign, there are two words that come to mind: excited and humbled. We are excited at the opportunity to bring this product to market. We truly believe in it, and we think you will love serving coffee from your Espro Press... (Read More)

Almost Home!

January 19th - via: kickstarter.com
5 DAYS LEFT! Thanks to each of you for your support! Together we are turning an idea into reality - a truly creative act - and hopefully inspiring others in the community to do the same! THE FILTER PERFORMANCE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF We have been testing... (Read More)

The Espro Handle

January 12th - via: kickstarter.com
THANKS! We are excited and humbled by the amazing response over the last week - 340% funded! Thank you very much. The message of press coffee without the grit is definitely resonating with people who love coffee! A big thanks to Kristen Philipkoski... (Read More)

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