French press

Name: French press, after Counter Culture
Yield: 800 g
Ingredients: 45 g coffee; 800 g water

after Counter Culture

Coffee : water

1:17.8

45 to 800 gThe steps stand below, without a clock.

What it brings out

Body ours

Brewsign in to brew it

Roast

Light
Medium
Dark

Light to medium. Our reading; the source names no roast.

Provenance

Counter Culture's French press for two: one stir, a long six-minute steep.

Source

Counter Culture Coffee: Quick + Easy French Press (opens in a new tab)

Tips draw on (6)

What we changed: Nothing. Every value as published, in our words.

Values per Counter Culture, unless marked "ours".

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Steps

0:00 to 0:30
Add water800 g
Start the timer and add 800 g of hot water.
after
Stir
At 0:30, stir with a spoon and put the lid on.
after
Steep
Let it brew until the clock reads 6:00.
after
Plunge
Press slowly to the bottom.

Values as published; the times are for this amount.Adapt as a copy

Four sides of the cup

Body: Weight and texture in the mouth. Our reading: Metal mesh or no filter lets oils and fine particles into the cup.

Our tips

For your next brew: try it and taste.

Grind

Medium-coarse

Like coarse salt

Sour or weak: grind finer or steep longer. Bitter: coarser or shorter.
moves extraction

Coffee : water

Water

96 °C

Hotter water extracts more: stay hot for light roasts, go cooler for darker ones.
moves extraction

Decant right after pressing so it stops brewing.
at the brewer

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