Description
Learn How to Use a French Press coffee maker in this step-by-step tutorial that only takes a few minutes! The best morning coffee!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups water
- 5–7 tablespoons freshly ground coffee (coarse grind)
Instructions
- Boil Water: Add water to small pot and bring to a boil.
- Grind Coffee Beans: Put whole coffee beans in a coffee grinder and set to medium grind. If you are using a manual coffee grinder, pulse until the grounds are in the middle of a coarse grind and super-fine. If the grounds are too fine, the particles will clog the french press mesh filter, if they are too course the flavor won’t be as good.
- Cool Slightly: Remove boiling water from heat and let sit approx. 60 seconds (this allows the water to cool slightly so it doesn’t burn the coffee).
- French Press: Remove the plunger from the french press, add in the coffee grounds and then pour the hot water in. Give the water a stir to ensure all the grounds are mixed in. Place the lid on and let sit for 3-5 minutes (3 minutes for slightly weaker coffee, 5 minutes for stronger coffee, 4 minutes for medium). Slowly push the plunger down to the bottom.
- Serve: Pour coffee into mugs and drink black or with your favorite coffee add-ins (we love homemade almond milk or homemade oat milk).
Notes
- Weighing Coffee: while some french press coffee recipes call for weighing your coffee grounds, we like to make our recipes as accessible as possible and weighing coffee grounds isn’t always an option for everyone. For that reason, we are sticking with measuring spoons in this recipe. If you want more info on measuring check out this tutorial.
- 4 Servings: 3/4 cup beans + 4 cups water should result in 4 cups coffee (medium strength).
- Strength: everyone has their own personal preference when it comes to the taste and strength of their coffee, so it may take a few experiments to get your own ratio and timing perfected.
- Coffee Beans: I highly recommend using whole coffee beans and freshly grinding them the morning of making your coffee.
- Water Temperature: you are looking for 195-205 degrees F.
- Storage: don’t let unused French Press coffee continue to sit .. it will only continue to brew and become bitter. Pour any leftovers out into a carafe or beaker and store, covered, in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8oz
- Calories: 1
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 10.4 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 0 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 0.1 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg