Originally Posted by Mike Rivers

This must be the Hilton 2-cup brewer that you're talking about.



I haven't encountered one of those yet, but I found some discussion about it on a (of course there's one) "Single-serve coffee brewers" forum. While Cuisinart makes this model exclusively for Hilton, they have a consumer model, though oddly it's not on the Cuisinart web site. It comes in a single and double (like the Hilton version) model and uses the same "loose" pod that the Hilton machine uses. The people in that forum seem to love it, except for one.

Amazon is good about taking returns, so I suppose I could buy an Aeropress from them, try it at home, and if it's too much bother I could send it back. But I'd prefer seeing things before I buy them. I'm not concerned about complexity in setup and operation, I'm more concerned with cleanup. I have a certain streak of sympathy for hotel housekeeping staff and I cringe a bit when when there's no liner in the trash can and I have to dump the grounds directly into the can. And I've been in enough hotel rooms with slow-running sinks that I don't want to wash the grounds down the drain.