French Press

RECIPE : 

Dose - 33g

Water Weight - 600g

Total brew time - 8min

Grind - Coarse


0:00 - Pour 600g water, place in plunger to just below surface

4:00 - Slightly move plunger, but leave plunger at top

8:00 - Pour into mugs

Single Origin Freshly Brewed French Press Coffee

I love a French Press! Its how my Mum always drinks coffee and usually how I brew when I go to visit her (Yes, Mum will make me brew the coffee!)

The French Press or Cafetiere is an immersion brew method similar to an Aeropress, which means we don’t need to to a pre-wet or bloom like a pour over. We can just fill it up and leave it to do its thing.

Pouring water into a French Press with Freda a local UK Coffee Roaster

Due to the mesh filter being quite coarse, you will get undissolved particles of coffee coming through into your mug which can be a little un-pleasant. So to avoid this I recommend doing as little as possible to agitate the brew!

Ready to plunge coffee from a local UK coffee subscription

Pour all your water in, in one go, and put the plunger in with filter just below the surface so all the ground coffee is fully submerged.

Filter Coffee Beans in a French Press Cafetière

After 4 mins, give the plunger a little jiggle so the floating coffee at the top is disturbed and starts drifting to the bottom of the brewer.

French Press is the easiest coffee for home brewing

Then finally at around 8mins most of the undissolved coffee will be settled at the bottom, so you can gently pour the coffee into the mug. If you press the plunger down you have a chance of disturbing the ground coffee at the bottom which can come in to the mug.