Simpli Press French Press, Borosilicate Glass and Stainless Steel
Simpli Press
Simpli Press French Press, 34 oz
A thoughtfully engineered press in glass, steel, and silicone from a bootstrapped inventor. The silicone wiper that makes cleanup easy also rides the hot brew path, and the brand does not state the silicone grade, which is what separates it from a perfect score.
A patented French press with a lift out coffee basket, built from borosilicate glass, stainless steel, and silicone. The brand states No Plastics, and its replacement parts pages back up which parts are silicone.
How this score breaks down
Strengths
- Glass, steel, and silicone only; the brand plainly states No Plastics
- Lift out basket solves the worst part of French press ownership, the sludge cleanup
- Replacement carafe, seal, and base have been sold as parts
- Woman founded, patent holding small business that funds women in coffee
Trade-offs
- The silicone wiper seal contacts the hot brew on every plunge and the silicone grade is not stated
- Lid and plunger parts are not itemized individually by the brand
- No third party certifications
- Costs more than the classic glass presses it competes with
Scored on our durable-goods method (durables-v1, 2026-08-16). How we rank →
What's inside
Declared materials are stainless steel, silicone, and borosilicate glass. The carafe is borosilicate glass, the double filter and lift out coffee basket are stainless steel, the filter wiper seal is silicone, and the base foot is silicone. The brand states No Plastics.
| Part | Material |
|---|---|
| Carafe | Borosilicate glass |
| Double filter and coffee basket | Stainless steel |
| Filter wiper seal | Silicone, rides the brew path |
| Base foot | Silicone, exterior |
| Lid, rod, handle | Within the declared glass, steel, and silicone; not itemized by the brand |
Free of Plastic (brand stated), PFAS, PTFE, BPA
- Packaging
- Not stated by the brand.
- Microplastics
- Silicone is not a petroleum plastic and is not a microplastic source the way plastic is, though as a polymer it can release trace particles or siloxanes, more so with heat and age. Whether silicone forms microplastics is still an open question.
Attributes
What this product is, at a glance.
Certifications
None listed. We only show independent third-party certifications we can verify with the issuing body, and this product does not currently hold any.
About Simpli Press
Simpli Press started with Jenni Morse, an inventor in Southern California who sketched her first French press design in Microsoft Word in 2014 and filed a provisional patent on it. Born in the Philippines and brought to the US as a child, she credits her father, an inventor himself, whose death pushed her to finally build the business. She launched on Kickstarter in 2016, where more than 1,500 backers funded the project six times over. The press brews in borosilicate glass and stainless steel with a silicone wiper seal, and the brand states it contains no plastic. The company states it gives 10% of net profit back to women and children in the coffee industry. It is a small company with one flagship product, priced above the big French press names.
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