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French press

Name: French press, after Intelligentsia
Yield: 300 g
Ingredients: 19 g coffee; 300 g water

after Intelligentsia

Coffee : water

1:15.8

19 to 300 g4:00 to 6:00 in total.

What it brings out

Body

Brewsign in to brew it

Roast

Light
Medium
Dark

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

Provenance

Intelligentsia's French press: a one-minute bloom, regular stirring, you choose four to six minutes.

Source

Intelligentsia: French press (opens in a new tab)

Tips draw on (4)

James Hoffmann: The Ultimate French Press Technique (opens in a new tab)
Tim Wendelboe: How to brew French press coffee (opens in a new tab)
Blue Bottle Coffee Lab: The Blue Bottle No-Press French Press Brewing Guide (opens in a new tab)archived copy, 2026-01-07
Scott Rao: How to approach brewing different coffees (opens in a new tab)

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

Values per Intelligentsia, unless marked "ours".

Recipes credited to people or brands are our retelling of what they published. Bunchum is not affiliated with them, and they have not reviewed or endorsed this app. Names and trademarks belong to their owners.

Steps

before
Preheat
Preheat the press with boiling water, then use it to warm the mugs. Add the coffee.
0:00 to 1:00
Add water300 g
Start the timer as you pour 300 g. Let the crust sit until 1:00.
after
Stir
Break the crust with a downward stroke, then stir every 10 to 30 seconds.
after · for 60 s
Settle
One minute before your chosen end (4 to 6 minutes), stop stirring and let the grounds settle.
after
Plunge
Press slowly and stop about a centimetre above the grounds.

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. Named by the source

Our tips

For your next brew: try it and taste.

Grind

Medium-coarse ours

The page gives only its own grinder setting.

Coffee : water

Water

100 °C

Something tastes off although the brew ran to time? Try slightly cooler water.
moves extraction

Steep toward 4 minutes for a brighter cup, toward 6 for a sweeter one.
at the brewer
Skim the foam and let it settle before pouring: the cup gets cleaner.
at the brewer

Not hotter: the water is already at the boil.
left alone on purpose

MAKE IT YOURS

Brew this at your batch size.

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Immersion

French press

after Intelligentsia

Coffee : water

1:15.8

19 to 300 g4:00 to 6:00 in total.

What it brings out

Body

Brewsign in to brew it

Roast

Light
Medium
Dark

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

Provenance

Intelligentsia's French press: a one-minute bloom, regular stirring, you choose four to six minutes.

Source

Intelligentsia: French press (opens in a new tab)

Tips draw on (4)

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

Values per Intelligentsia, unless marked "ours".

Steps

before
Preheat
Preheat the press with boiling water, then use it to warm the mugs. Add the coffee.
0:00 to 1:00
Add water300 g
Start the timer as you pour 300 g. Let the crust sit until 1:00.
after
Stir
Break the crust with a downward stroke, then stir every 10 to 30 seconds.
after · for 60 s
Settle
One minute before your chosen end (4 to 6 minutes), stop stirring and let the grounds settle.
after
Plunge
Press slowly and stop about a centimetre above the grounds.

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. Named by the source

Our tips

For your next brew: try it and taste.

Grind

Medium-coarse ours

The page gives only its own grinder setting.

Coffee : water

Water

100 °C

Something tastes off although the brew ran to time? Try slightly cooler water.
moves extraction

Steep toward 4 minutes for a brighter cup, toward 6 for a sweeter one.
at the brewer
Skim the foam and let it settle before pouring: the cup gets cleaner.
at the brewer

Not hotter: the water is already at the boil.
left alone on purpose

MAKE IT YOURS

Brew this at your batch size.

Save recipes
Track every brew
Scale to any batch

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