A piston-type coffee maker is disclosed having a cylindric container, a lid, a piston with piston rod and a handle, where the piston is made as a filter for the ground coffee. The piston coffee maker is adapted for making a single cup of coffee and for keeping the temperature of the infusion fluid at a suitable level during preparation of the coffee. The piston coffee maker is also adapted to be manufactured at low cost. The walls, lid and bottom of cylindrical container are made heat isolating. An upper rim of the cylindrical container has a locking member that cooperatively engages a corresponding locking member on the lid.