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French Press

Easy, rich, and bold. Don’t want to fiddle around with filters and slow pours required by other manual brew methods? The French press delivers a rich cup due to the full immersion method with a metal mesh filter that allows more fines and oils to come through in the cup. 

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Step

1

In this guide we are using an 8 cup, 34 oz French Press. 

  • Get your water boiling. When it does boil, let it sit off boil for 1-2mins. 
  • Weigh out 60g of coffee. A level tablespoon is roughly 6g, so 10 tablespoons should do the trick. 
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Step

2

Grind medium or medium/fine. Grinding coarse for French Press leads to under extracted, sour tasting, weak coffee. 

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Step

3

When your water is ready add it to the coffee and fill the cylinder, start a timer. 

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Step

4

  • Once the grounds settle to the top give it a good stir to sink the grounds. Don’t break the glass! 
  • Apply plunger to trap the heat. 
Image of hand on French Press plunger.

Step

5

At 4 minutes slowly press the plunger down, pour and enjoy!

Image of French Press pouring into coffee mug.

Step

7

Transfer all coffee from press to carafe or mug to stop the extraction process. You don’t want your 2nd cup to be bitter and over-extracted!