Reddit reviews BonJour 53392 Hugo 3-Cup Unbreakable French Press, Black

Here's my suggestion:

• Buy something that can boil water. In a dorm or office, I'd get an electric kettle which is also good for dorm cooking. When making coffee, you want the temperature to be between 195 and 205 F. So, not quite boiling. You can bring the water to a boil then let it set for 30 seconds.
  
  
• Get a french press. Here's one for $13. Personally I like the 3 cup models because it allows me to fill my bigass coffee mugs as well as make a cup for a friend/girlfriend/wife as needed.
  
  
• Get good coffee. I buy loose beans at Whole Foods or Fresh Market. For what I keep in my office (where I drink the most coffee), I get enough to last me a week or two and seal it in a ziploc bag. I grind it at the store since I have no grinder here on the coarsest setting. That prevents grounds from getting stuck in the french press filter. If you want to grind yourself, get a burr grinder that can grind very coarse. They can get expensive, though.
  
  
• I bought this mug because it keeps the coffee hot for a really long time. If you're always just sitting down, having a cup, and able to drink it quickly enough so that it doesn't get cold half-way through, then whatever cup will work.
  
  NOTE: French pressing coffee will cause some fine grounds to end up at the bottom of your cup. I just leave the last quarter inch of liquid.
  
  Procedure: Bring your water to temperature. Put two heaping teaspoons of grounds into the french press per cup you are making. Pour in the water and stir grounds+water with something non-metal (so you don't break your press). Cover with french press top and let sit for 2-4 minutes. Press the coffee slowly. It should take a good 20 seconds to complete the press. Pour into your mug and drink. Black.
  
  Don't get too hung up on cleaning the press with soap. I dump my grounds, rinse everything out, push the filter through some clean water a couple times to clear any stuck grounds, then dry with a paper towel. Once a month or less you can take it apart and run it through a dish washer or wash by hand.

so sorry to the mods for the link...
but this one looks pretty sweet. also it says its unbreakable. (and great for dorms!) also caffeine is good for you!
http://www.amazon.com/BonJour-3-Cup-Unbreakable-French-Press/dp/B0001K1878/ref=sr_1_12?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1409790215&sr=1-12&keywords=french+press+camping

The two inexpensive ones on Amazon I see are this one for $5.85 and one for $12.90. They're both glass, but the second one is "unbreakable". Might be worth a shot.

Ok. Any time you think coffee tastes like dirt it means that you are drinking shitty coffee. Don't feel bad. Almost everyone does it. You're going to learn to stop.

This is how you drink black coffee.

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First: prices. Done right, coffee costs $10-15/bag and you can easily get 18-25 cups out of that bag. If you are spending less than that then you are ruining yourself. Homemade coffee is cheap, far cheaper than otherwise.

Go buy a french press and a grinder. Real buffs will tell you that you need a burr grinder. They're right, but one of those whirlyblade ones will do for now. The press will last forever.

Go find the most hip coffee house in the area and ask them where they got their beans. If you live on the US east coast, there's good chance it's Counter Culture. This is good. If it's a local roast, this might be better. In either case, ask for the roasting date. Don't buy a bag that's more than 10 days past roast and spend at least $10 on whatever you do buy. If they don't know when it was roasted with certainty, assume it was more than a year ago. This is incredibly important and the primary reason why most coffee sucks.

Don't buy anything espresso. Or "french". Or "dark". These are for later, being both sweet and acidic. You want a light roast, maybe Colombian, maybe Ethiopian.

Go home and put a kettle on until the water boils. Do not use the boiling water! Add some extra water to dilute the boiling stuff by about 1 to 5. The goal is to get your water at 190 degrees, but don't sweat it. If it's appreciably cooler than boiling you'll be safe.

Put about 2 tablespoons of coffee beans into your grinder and tap the grind button 4-8 times. The goal is to smash the beans into grains like rough sand, not like powder. Error on the side of too big.

Now open up that french press. Put the grinds in first then add a mug's worth of water. Mix! If you don't, you'll get super weak disgusting stuff. Leave the plunger up for about 3 minutes then slowly plunge it down. Pour it into your mug slowly and watch the graininess. When you can see grains in the flow of coffee, stop pouring.

Now go and get yourself a cup of the coldest ice water you can make. Drink a sip of water and then a sip of coffee without a dollop of cream or a touch of sugar.

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This is how you drink black coffee.