BodumChambord French Press, 34oz.

Bodum Chambord, 34oz, against our numbers

Bodum’s own product page would not return usable spec content on fetch this run, so this dossier leans on two retailer listings instead: Sweet Maria’s, a specialist coffee-gear retailer, and Target, whose full spec table adds dimensions, weight, and care details. Both agree on the headline figure: 8 cup, 34 oz. The Amazon listing tied to this product’s B00008XEWG reference confirms the same model, High-Heat Borosilicate Glass and Polished Stainless Steel, made in Portugal.

Our French press guide lists a “French press, 3 to 8 cup size” as required gear and brews its two-cup example at 45 g of coffee to 800 g of water in a single kettle fill. This press sits at the top of that range, and 800 g of water is well clear of its 34 oz rated capacity. The near-boiling, 96C water our guide calls for is inside what a high-heat borosilicate carafe is built to take.

The two failed checks are both about how “8 cup” reads. Our own cup scaler, 22.5 g of coffee to 400 g of water per 12 oz cup, puts this vessel’s real yield closer to 2.8 of our cups, not eight; the marketed count uses a smaller, roughly 4 oz cup convention. And our cold brew guide steeps a full batch at 125 g of coffee to 1000 g, 1 litre, of water, which runs tight against a 34 oz (about 1005 ml) capacity once the coarse grounds themselves take up room, with no max-fill line published below that figure on either retailer’s page.

FAQ

Does this press hold our French press guide’s two-cup recipe?

Yes. The guide’s two-cup example uses 45 g of coffee to 800 g of water in one kettle fill. Sweet Maria’s and Target both list this press at 8 cup, 34 oz, comfortably clear of that 800 g pour.

Is the “8 cup” rating the same as our guide’s cup count?

No. Our French press guide’s own scaler defines one cup as a 12 oz serving, 22.5 g of coffee to 400 g of water. Target’s listing puts the whole vessel at 34 ounces across 8 marketed cups, which works out to roughly 4 oz per cup, closer to 2.8 of our 12 oz cups in total, not 8.

Can I run a full cold brew batch from our guide in this press?

It is tight. Our cold brew guide’s own recipe steeps 125 g of coffee in 1000 g (1 litre) of water. This press is rated at 34 oz, about 1005 ml, and neither Sweet Maria’s nor Target publishes a separate max-fill line below that figure, so a full 1 litre pour plus coarse grounds runs close to the top of the vessel.

What is the carafe made of, and is it dishwasher safe?

Target lists the material as borosilicate glass, plastic, and stainless steel, and marks the listing “Dishwasher-Safe.” That matches our cold brew guide’s prep step, which calls for cleaning the jar or brewer thoroughly before every steep since cold brew never sees heat to kill bacteria.

Where is it made?

The Amazon listing tied to this product states “Made in Portugal,” which Target’s listing corroborates more generally as “Imported.”