Bodum has recalled 5.9 million French press coffee makers sold in the United States.
The remedy on offer is a plastic stirring spoon and a warning label, with no refund and no replacement carafe.
The recall notice, published by the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Oct. 29, says the glass carafe can break during use if it is already damaged or cracked, including by stirring the coffee with a metal spoon. Bodum USA has counted 70 reports of carafes breaking in use and 48 reports of burns.
Which coffee makers are covered
The recall takes in 8-cup and 12-cup models with replaceable glass carafes: Bistro, Brazil, Caffettiera, Chambord, Crema, Java, Jesper and Kenya. The Bodum name appears on the frame and the inner lid of most of them, and it is engraved on the carafe along with the product warnings. If the model name has worn off the frame, the notice points to the recall website, where Bodum has posted additional photos and model-identifying information.
| Detail | What the notice says |
|---|---|
| Units | 5.9 million |
| Sold | Target, Walmart, coffee and home goods stores, and online at Bodum.com, Amazon, Target.com and Walmart.com |
| Sold from | 1974 through October 2026 |
| Price | About $15 to $65 |
| Made in | Portugal and Thailand |
| Recall number | 27-055 |
A press bought decades ago sits inside this recall, which is how the count reaches 5.9 million, and it also fits the hazard the notice describes, since a carafe that has been in a cupboard since the 1970s has had far longer to pick up the kind of chip or crack that ends in a break.
What you get, and what you do not
Bodum's remedy is a repair, in the regulatory sense. Owners are told to stop stirring with metal utensils right away and to contact the company for a free plastic Bodum stirring spoon and a warning label. The label repeats two rules: do not use a cracked or damaged carafe, and do not stir the contents with metal.
No refund appears in the notice, and no replacement carafe either. Bodum and other sellers list replacement glass for these models separately, which is the route left for anyone whose carafe is already chipped and who wants to keep using the press at all.
To order the kit, Bodum USA takes calls at 888-879-8213 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern on weekdays, email at [email protected], and registrations at bodumfrenchpressrecall.expertinquiry.com. The company also lists the recall on its own recall information page.
The habit the recall is about
A French press invites stirring. The grounds clump at the top after the water goes in, and the obvious tool within reach in most kitchens is a metal spoon. Steel against glass leaves marks that are easy to miss. The notice sets out what follows: the carafe is damaged or cracked first, and then it breaks during use, with hot coffee inside.
The importer, Bodum USA, is based in New York, and the presses are made in Portugal and Thailand. All 5.9 million fall under the same remedy.
