I got this as a gift, and it's a nice idea, but it can't fit 3 cups of coffee in it. My mamma says 1 cup of coffee is 6 oz, not 8 oz as I thought, but it still only holds 12 oz. It makes enough for my morning mug of tea or coffee, but that's it.Other than size issues, it has worked fairly well for me for the 4 times I've used it. I place my tea leaves or coffee into the press first. Then I boil water in a pyrex measuring cup in the microwave and then pour it into the press while it's still boiling. It hasn't cracked yet as the other reviewer suggested it might. The press itself works pretty well in that it prevents even superfine ground coffee from getting into my cup. It comes with a dinky little coaster too.I'm going to try to return this one and get a bigger one, and maybe check out the Bodum brand suggested by the other reviewer.