Brew Guides
French Press
Brew time: 5 minutes | Produces: 2 small cups
- French press
- Kettle (360g freshly boiled water)
- Digital scales
- Spoons
- 30g coarsely ground coffee
Grind your coffee - French Press works best with a coarse, even grind, the ratio in which we find works best is 1:12 coffee to water ratio, so for our example we are using 30g of ground coffee.
Begin by bringing 360g of water to the boil.
Place your French Press on a scale, begin by adding 30g of coffee to your vessel & start timer, we will now add 60g of boiling water allowing it to steep for 30 seconds. (Double the weight of the coffee)
Gently break the crust using a spoon or stirring device.
Pour the remaining amount of water onto the top of the grounds, add lid to the top but make sure not to plunge just yet.
Allow the coffee to steep for 4 minutes.
After 4 minutes, remove French Press from the scale & place it on an even surface, press the filter downwards.
At this stage you will experience resistance - too much resistance will mean your coffee may be too fine & too little would mean too coarse, we are aiming for the resistance to be medium to firm to ensure a good extraction.
Once you have finished these steps, Serve the coffee immediately, if coffee is left for too long in the press it will continue to brew & will over extract.
- French press
- Kettle (360g freshly boiled water)
- Digital scales
- Spoons
- 30g coarsely ground coffee
Grind your coffee - French Press works best with a coarse, even grind, the ratio in which we find works best is 1:12 coffee to water ratio, so for our example we are using 30g of ground coffee.
Begin by bringing 360g of water to the boil.
Place your French Press on a scale, begin by adding 30g of coffee to your vessel & start timer, we will now add 60g of boiling water allowing it to steep for 30 seconds. (Double the weight of the coffee)
Gently break the crust using a spoon or stirring device.
Pour the remaining amount of water onto the top of the grounds, add lid to the top but make sure not to plunge just yet.
Allow the coffee to steep for 4 minutes.
After 4 minutes, remove French Press from the scale & place it on an even surface, press the filter downwards.
At this stage you will experience resistance - too much resistance will mean your coffee may be too fine & too little would mean too coarse, we are aiming for the resistance to be medium to firm to ensure a good extraction.
Once you have finished these steps, Serve the coffee immediately, if coffee is left for too long in the press it will continue to brew & will over extract.
