HOW TO BREW
FRENCH PRESS

EQUIPMENT:


Kettle

French press

Grinder 

or 

Ground coffee


TIPS: If you cannot plunge the french press gently, stop immediately. Some glass vessels can crack and break under high pressure. This is normally a sign that your grind is too fine and needs to be coarser.

If you are after a stronger brew, try adding more coffee (like 22g instead of 20g) until you find a sweet spot that suits your tastes.

French press (or ‘plunger’ as it has long been known in Australia) is a wonderful and very easy way of making coffee at home. The french press, due it being a full immersion brewing method with a long steeping time, produces a thick and full-bodied cup which many drinkers find more pleasant under milk than other pour- over style filter brewers.



INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Boil fresh water in an electric or stove top kettle.

2. Prepare and grind 20g of filter coffee to a coarse setting. The texture should be similar to flakes of rock salt.

3. Add the ground coffee to your empty french press.

4. Add coarse coffee grounds (about 1:15 coffee to water ratio, e.g., 20g coffee for 300ml water).

5. Quickly but carefully add 300g of boiling water to the French press (it will be almost completely full).

6. Stir gently and place the lid on, but do not press the plunger yet.

7. Let it steep for about 4 minutes then slowly press the plunger down.





French press (or ‘plunger’ as it has long been known in Australia) is a wonderful and very easy way of making coffee at home. The french press, due it being a full immersion brewing method with a long steeping time, produces a thick and full-bodied cup which many drinkers find more pleasant under milk than other pour- over style filter brewers.











EQUIPMENT:


Kettle

French press

Grinder 

or 

Ground coffee


TIPS: If you cannot plunge the french press gently, stop immediately. Some glass vessels can crack and break under high pressure. This is normally a sign that your grind is too fine and needs to be coarser.


If you are after a stronger brew, try adding more coffee (like 22g instead of 20g) until you find a sweet spot that suits your tastes.

French press (or ‘plunger’ as it has long been known in Australia) is a wonderful and very easy way of making coffee at home. The french press, due it being a full immersion brewing method with a long steeping time, produces a thick and full-bodied cup which many drinkers find more pleasant under milk than other pour- over style filter brewers.




INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Boil fresh water in an electric or stove top kettle.

2. Prepare and grind 20g of filter coffee to a coarse setting. The texture should be similar to flakes of rock salt.

3. Add the ground coffee to your empty french press.

4. Add coarse coffee grounds (about 1:15 coffee to water ratio, e.g., 20g coffee for 300ml water).

5. Quickly but carefully add 300g of boiling water to the French press (it will be almost completely full).

6. Stir gently and place the lid on, but do not press the plunger yet.

7. Let it steep for about 4 minutes then slowly press the plunger down.

TIPS: If you cannot plunge the french press gently, stop immediately. Some glass vessels can crack and break under high pressure. This is normally a sign that your grind is too fine and needs to be coarser. If you are after a stronger brew, try adding more coffee (like 22g instead of 20g)until you find a sweet spot that suits your tastes.