How To Brew Perfect French Press Coffee : Two Different Methods!

you may think that this is just a basic no-frills coffeemaker that you find in your grandmother's pantry just waiting to see the light of day but today I'm here to show you using not just one but two brew methods that you can make a delicious cup of coffee with the French press so let's get brewing good morning coffee friends my name is Stephen home and I am with home grounds where our mission is to help you brew and enjoy better quality coffee from the comforts of your own home the French press has a reputation for being a bit of a one-trick pony brewer only capable of brewing coffees that are strong heavy bodied and low in acidity and if you like coffees like that then great the French press is an awesome option for you it's simple and I'll be walking through how I personally brew coffees like this however if you're like me and you like cleaner tasting blood your body coffee then stick around because I know that that can be achieved with this Ruhr if you've seen our other brew tutorial videos the equipment is fairly the same a brewer scale quality burr grinder kettle and some coffee is all you need the French press is nice because you do not need a gooseneck kettle a normal spout kettle will work fine because you're pouring all the coffee at once and don't need that control and you also do not need paper filters thanks to the French presses mesh filter built in before we get brewing let's talk coffee and water amounts for the French press I'd recommend sticking with a 1 to 15 ratio meaning one part coffee to 15 parts water by weight if you are not sure of your maximum capacity of your Brewer what I'll usually do is take it tear it on the scale and pour water to just below the spout remember that it does still have to hold coffee and you want to give it a little bit of room okay so I like 900 so if I was to brew this to its maximum capacity I would just divide 900 by 15 and that's the amount of coffee you should use for today's example I will just be using 30 grams of coffee - 500 grams of water I like that amount because it brews about two cups enough for me in the morning like I mentioned earlier I'll be walking through two different methods of brewing with the French press the first is your typical way that is simple quick and requires little to no effort well it requires some effort the second takes a little bit more time requires a little bit more effort but makes your coffee taste so much better and it's still so easy so I'd recommend sticking around for that so let's get started with method number one or I like to call it the lazy weekday I just want hot liquid recipe as always we've heated up our water to 195 to 205 degrees Fahrenheit and I would highly recommend preheating the French press before you get started we want to lose as little heat as possible while this is brewing so starting with the hot brewer will help us with that like I said I'll be using 30 grams of coffee for this example and we'll be grinding on a medium course setting we'll talk about later about how to dial this in but you're looking for something similar to the texture of breadcrumbs once that's ground pour out your preheating water tear your scale don't forget a timer and we can get started we're gonna be pouring all 500 grams of water at once do your best to saturate all the coffee evenly but we will be stirring this right away so it doesn't matter a whole lot nobody's perfect grab a spoon and give it a quick stir now the easy part is set on the top and we wait for four minutes during your four minutes I'd recommend doing something productive like the dishes or making breakfast but you can also do what I do and just sit and watch so we're coming up on four minutes so grab your mug and all we are going to do remove your French press from the scale and just plunge while you are plunging you can get a sense of how your grind setting was if it's way too difficult to press it down it means you want to fine so just make it to your next grind a little bit coarser if it was super easy and the plunger just flew down it means you're grinding too coarse so go a little bit finer next time and that's it just pour and enjoy making quality coffee at home could not be easier it only takes four minutes and requires little effort on your ends however there are a couple issues that this method leaves first is quite a heavy body in the coffee which some people like and some may not second it leaves a lot of sludge at the bottom of your cup what I'm gonna say most people do not like so let's take a look at our second method of what will address both of these issues so for the second method first I'm going to be upgrading the actual French press this is one made by s pro and not only does it look nicer but it also has two fine mesh filters on the inside and they do a great job at filtering out all those fine particles that make up all that sludge and heavy body this recipe starts off exactly the same preheating our Brewer weighing out 30 grams of coffee however this time we're gonna go back to a medium setting and our grinder you do not need to go as coarse for this one dump out your rinse water and once again we're gonna be pointing all 500 grams of water right away give it a stir and once again let it sit for four minutes with the lid on to help insulate some of that while this is sitting I will say that I did not invent this recipe the first I've heard of it was from James Hoffman who was a great coffee professional and has his own YouTube channel so if you'd like to see that recipe check it out right up here well that's waiting give your dog a hug after four minutes give the coffee a quick stir and for this method we're actually going to use two spoons and just use them to skim off the foam that is sitting on the top of your brewer and now the hardest part of this recipe you're going to put this back on here and wait at least another 6 minutes for a total of a 10 minute brew time let's talk about why this recipe works you see those two issues from our previous route the heavy body and the sludge those come from something called fines we'll try these little coffee particles that float around in the French press and end up in your cup typically those are filtered out with paper filters and other brew methods which is why you don't have those issues with say a hari o v60 so how do we decrease the amount of funds that end up in our cup first off we skim the top of this brew and that's just gonna remove all those funds they're sitting at the top along with the foam second comes into play when you actually finish brewing once we hit at least 10 minutes we are not going to plunge that's right you are not going to use a plunger in the French press the reason for this is as this coffee has been sitting for longer and longer all these fines have gradually been floating down to the bottom of the brewer and you do not want to disturb the brew or else all those fines will come floating back up so when we go to pour this out in your mug you're just going to leave the filter at the top so you still filter out anything that comes up and you're just going to pour very slowly so as not disturbed about it all right we've hit 10 minutes so I repeat I am NOT going to plunge I'm gonna grab my mug and I'm just gonna pour right into there nice and slow and that is one of the best cups of French press that you are ever going to have thank you so much for watching and do not forget to subscribe so you're notified when we release new videos just like this happy brewing

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Id: 5C7LaMDjC5U

Length: 10min 14sec (614 seconds)

Published: Thu Jan 16 2020