[dangson]

Aeropress will be releasing a premium version made out of glass later this year.

https://coffeechronicler.com/aeropress-xl-premium/

[falsenapkin]

Terrifying honestly, my aeropress experiences have always concerned me with if the mug can support the force. I know there isn't supposed to be a lot of force but I've used a few of these brewers and my experience is they're not super consistent! Hopefully glass is easier. I knew a barista who had a mug explode while using an aeropress, now imagine the brewer is itself glass as well during an event like that.

[hinkley]

I helped a guy pick out cycling gloves one time when I was a mechanic. The palm of one of his hands was a wreck. I don't know if I pried or he volunteered it:

Slashed the hell out of his hand trying to push a stopper into lab glass. It broke and momentum carried his hand into the glass.

You might get lucky if a cylinder of glass breaks across the diameter in your hand. You will not get lucky if it breaks lengthwise under your hand.

[grecy]

I've broken a few coffee mugs by pushing too hard on an aeropress while it's on the kitchen bench

[elif]

Glass may impart more force upon the mug but it is certainly not likely to break itself. You would have to imagine they will use thick pyrex which you could use to drive a nail.

[christophilus]

Swank. This is what I've been waiting for. The plastic is my only beef with the Aeropress.

[nsbk]

Same here! I only drink from stainless steel food safe bottles and store/heat food in glass containers. The Aeropress is the only food-related plastic thing I can't get rid of, until now.

I'll take the risk.

[criddell]

I was thinking you could probably machine metal to fine enough tolerances to make an all metal Aeropress but I don't know how you can do this with glass. How do you get a good seal around a glass plunger?

[tornadron]

It will be made out of Tritan -- a type of plastic, not glass.

[mikestew]

The Aeropress Clear is made out of Tritan. The Premium (from the link) "will feature a construction of glass, stainless steel, and aluminum instead of the usual plastic."