French press coffee

[complain jane]

for the first time this morning.

I never knew coffee could taste like this.

:hug:

[Inchworm]

1. If you like coffee

it sure lets you taste it. From rich coffee to subtle favorings... yum!

:9

[youthere]

2. Isn't it wonderful?

[Hand]

3. Obviously you hate America.

Everyone knows it's FREEDOM Press. Here's yer one-way ticket to Gitmo! :rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

4. I loves me some french press coffee.

You can use the french press with loose tea too.

[conscious evolution]

5. Coffe presses rock

Be sure to set your bean grinder to a rough grind.Fine grinds like one would use in an expresso machine do not come out as good and will allow grounds to pass through the screen into the cup.
I like to drink my coffee not eat it.

[Duncan Grant]

6. And it saves so much counter space, too.

Win/win! :D

[LostinVA]

7. It's almost all the wife will drink

We have like three different Frech presses at home.

My Dad is addicted to it now, too.

I drink tea, so I get it: losse tea steeped just right is heaven!

[youthere]

9. My husband never liked coffee until I bought a press..

now it's all he'll drink too. It really extracts the oils and makes the coffee so robust.

[deepthought42]

13. My dad used to call my best friend

Snow white and the seven sugars :rofl: until I bought her a french press for her birthday a couple years ago. Now she drinks it black! Muahahaaaa! :evilgrin:

[complain jane]

15. Well this was my first time using one this morning

and holy shit I need to use more water, less brew time or find a lighter roast because while it tasted delicious, I went to work and I thought I was tripping for the first half of the day.

[deepthought42]

18. lmao...

Yeah...the longer you let it brew, the stronger the taste. Of course you can always add more water after you make it.

[applegrove]

8. Isn't it wonderful.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. If it weren't such a pain in the ass, that's what I'd use all the time.

I love French Pressed coffee.

[grace0418]

11. It's really great when you're camping and you get up on a chilly morning, start the

fire, and get the french press going while you cook breakfast. YUH-UM!

[deepthought42]

12. *perks up* Where? WHERE????

:donut: *drool*

I love my little french press, though usually i'm too lazy to use it first thing in the morning, lol...

[complain jane]

14. :: hands mug of freshly made coffee over to deepthought42 ::

[deepthought42]

17. Oh you are my new favorite person!

:hug: :loveya:

[woofless]

16. Google "Aeropress" and check it out.

I bought one over a year ago and have used nothing else since. Smooth coffee, tons of flavor and no bitterness at all. I use Costco dark roast fine grind and it tastes wonderful.

Woof

[mike_c]

19. I've been using my aeropress a lot lately...

...mostly because it's easier in the early morning to make a thermos full with the aero. I do have to load it with more coffee than I normally use in a french press-- ground much finer, of course-- and I find that the coffee is more robust if I fit the plunger into the tube so the coffee won't drip through quite so fast and let it steep for several minutes rather than the recommended 10 seconds or whatever. I also think it makes better coffee when I roast the beans lighter than my usual full city roast for the press (depends on the bean, too). I like the aero. It sure makes a clean, flavorful cup.

I do think the french press preserves some of the flavors better than the aero does-- I'd like to try it with a gold filter instead of paper filters, although that would make cleaning it a chore. I really love how easy it is to clean and maintain. Still, some compounds extracted from the beans apparently cling to the polar cellulose molecules in the filter and don't make it into the cup.