This is a great french press, the only problem is that it isn't 5-6 cups. it makes about 16 ounces of coffee when filled to the brim (due to the volume of coffee in the pot, you can't put more than about 16 ounces of water in the pot with the coffee grounds). That's two 8 ounce cups of coffee. It won't make two 12 ounce cups of coffee, which is what two Small coffees at Coffee Bean or StarBucks would be. 8 ounces is perfect for a regular sized coffee mug, but it still isn't much coffee. Buy the larger one if you and your SO are big coffee drinkers or if you want to make coffee for when you have groups over.