How To Make The Best French Press Coffee

French Press Coffee is the most wonderful taste in coffee ever!!!

This Coffee is rich, smooth, and also very easy going. This is the taste of France in a cup of coffee. This is one of the most remarkable methods of making one of the most tasty mug of coffee ever. The French press is the coffee aficionado’s favored approach of making the best cup of coffee.

When matching this style of coffee with some crepes suzette, a fresh made croissant or on its own. You will find yourself in a French coffee culture wonderland. If you never have had a cup of coffee prepared with a French press then you’ve never had the best cup of coffee.

What is a French Press Coffee Maker?

The initial French Press was created by an Italian designer named Attilio Calimani in 1929. This very very first press that was probably made in France was simple. Yet it produced such a unique cup of coffee that was loved by so many that it was improved upon with many style changes over the years. In the original French Press, which brewers would simply press a metal or cheesecloth fitted screen and pole right into a pot of coffee grounds and nearly boiling water.

Now the French Press is a cylindrical slim beaker made from glass, steel or clear plastic. It comes equipped with a plastic or metal lid and also plunger that is snugly fitted in the cyndrical tube. The filter is nylon mesh or stainless-steel wire.

How to make the finest pressed coffee?

The first thing to accomplish is to find your favorite whole coffee beans. While you will not use whole beans in the press, you will find that grinding the coffee beans yourself will retain the original flavor meant to be delivered by the professional coffee manufacturers. use whole coffee beans that is your favorite or the best brand possible. Grinding the coffee beans, yourself before brewing will make an excellent cup of full-flavored coffee. If you’re new to grinding coffee beans, do some research and learn the proper equipment and method to grind the coffee beans.

If you desire every delicious drop of oil from the ground coffee beans, let them steep in hot water before straining. Ther is some practice involved with mastering the process to brew the ideal cup of coffee utilizing the French Press however, it is well worth the wait.

1. Using fresh roasted coffee beans, coarsely grind your coffeefor the best taste.
2. Use one tablespoon of your ground coffee per serving. Add grounds to the French Press.
3. In a kettle or pot, boil the water and then allow it to cool to 205 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. Pour about half of the water into the French Press
5. Allow the coffee to sit for one minute. This allows the grounds to bloom and release their flavor.
6. Add the remaining hot water.
7. Allow the heavenly mixture to sit and steep for three minutes. This is the time to make the coffee your own strength. If stronger coffee is desired let it steep longer.
8. Grasp the plunger and press gently with just the weight of your hand. Press as far as the plunger will go.
9. Now serve immediately and enjoy the best cup of French Pressed coffee.

How to make Iced coffee with a French press?

If you desire iced coffee from your French press, follow the same procedure detailed above to make French Pressed Coffee. Then you simply need to chill the coffee in the refrigerator. Once chilled, pour the coffee over ice and serve. We do not recommend pouring the hot coffee over ice to chill it. While it will cool down the coffee, it tends to water down the mix too much. While using chilled coffee, the ice will make it cold without totally melting. This means you will still have your regular strength coffee without watering it down.

Coffee grind size?

When making coffee utilizing the French Press, you set up your grinder to grind the coffee beans into a coarse size. The course size is what is required to properly use the press to make the best cup of coffee. To buy some of the best coffee beans on the planet go take a look at our favorite coffee beans.

How Much Coffee to put in a press?

While it is important to use the correct amount of coffee grounds, the correct amount actually depends on your tastes in coffee. The basic rule of thumb is simply to use a heaping tablespoon (7-8 grams) of coffee grounds to a pot containing a cup of water. Most use 3 tablespoons of coffee per one cup of water, however, you will want to experiment to find your desired taste for the best-flavored cup of French Pressed coffee.

How Long to let French press coffee steep?

The most common and recommended approach when using a French Pressed coffee is too steep for a total of 4 minutes.  One minute with half of the desired water followed by an additional 3 minutes after adding the rest of the water. This will produce a very robust brew. When learning to use the Press you will want to experiment with different roasts of coffee grounds. Every bean has a different flavor based on how long it is roasted originally as well as how long you allow the grounds from those beans to steep. To find the taste using your press some roasts of coffee will need to be steeped slightly shorter or longer for producing the best tastes.

How do you use a press?

Firstly, you must use a course grind on the coffee beans. This allows the press to operate correctly. A finer grind when immersed in water it will require excessive force to lower the plunger.

The finer grinds will also find their way through or around the press filter and into the coffee leaving it tasting and feeling gritty. Finer grinds will usually over-extract and make the coffee taste bitter. So, when using the French Press always use a coarse grind of coffee.