<P> A French press, also known as a cafetière, cafetière à piston, Cafeteria, press pot, coffee press, or coffee plunger, is a coffee brewing device patented by Italian designer Attilio Calimani in 1929 . </P> <P> The French press goes by various names around the world . In Italy the press is known as a caffettiera a stantuffo . In New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa the apparatus is known as a coffee plunger, and coffee brewed in it as plunger coffee . Its French name is cafetière à piston, though French speakers also use genericized trademarks, notably Melior or Bodum . In the UK and the Netherlands the device is known as a cafetière, the French word for coffee maker or pot . In the United States and Canada, it is known as a French press or coffee press . </P>

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