Coffee: Press

Have you ever tried to bake a cake when you didn't have all the ingredients? Or maybe you had to guess how much flour/water to add to the mix? Well, if your baking skills are anything like mine - the end result of your cake was pretty unsavoury!
So, what has baking got to do with coffee? Well, attempting to make a good cup of coffee requires the same level of discipline as it does with baking. If you're guessing at weights and measures and using the wrong type of ingredients, the result will be a bad tasting cup. I promise this isn't coffee snobbery, it's just coffee basics!
So If you follow these simple steps, you'll be making delicious coffee at home in no time! (well, 4 minutes to be precise).
Ready?
Step 1. Boil the kettle and use a little of the hot water to heat the Cafetière. Now put the kettle to one side to cool slightly.
Step 2. Try to buy your coffee beans 'fresh roasted'. Going online is a great place to buy. Good coffee roasters will have the roast date on the packet. Only use the pre-ground supermarket packets as a last resort.
Step 3. If you have your own grinder (well done), grind the beans to a coarse, 'chunky grit' like consistency. If it's too fine the particles will flow through the filter into your cup.
Step 4. Pour away the hot water from the Cafetière and replace it with the fresh ground coffee. Use approx 1 heaped dessert spoon for each mug of coffee. Use a little more for a stronger cup (I will let you experiment here).
Step 5. Now that the kettle has cooled slightly (boiling water will burn the coffee), add a little of the hot water to the coffee, just enough to cover all the coffee grounds. If you have a stopwatch handy, start it now.
Step 6. Leave for 30 seconds, then stir the grounds and pour in the remaining water. Replace the lid and leave to brew until the timer reaches 4 minutes. An extraction time of less than 4 minutes will make a weaker cup, longer than 4 minutes will create a bolder, more bitter cup.
Step 7. Remove the lid from the Cafetière and remove any coffee 'crust' from the top of the liquid.
Step 8. Slowly and carefully, push down the plunger. Pour and enjoy.
Get it right and your friends will mysteriously keep appearing for a catch up over coffee! (Just make sure you get them to do the washing up part!).

There's no denying that we are all different and that we all prefer different methods for preparing coffee but the French presses is one of the most popular ways of preparing a good cup of coffee nowadays. I've tried many different methods and the French coffee press is second to none because of many different reasons. Let's have a look at some of the reasons why the coffee press is a lot more beneficial than any of the other coffee brewing methods on offer.
Advantages of using a French press
If you have never tried a coffee prepared with a French presses, it's time to change things a little bit. You need to see how wonderful it is to taste a cup of coffee prepared on a French press coffee makers, which many people are not aware of because they think that only coffee makers are good.
It's important to say that if you are going to use a French coffee press, you will have to get coffee beans to press at home but you will need to ensure that the grind you use gives you a coarse result. Once you have the freshly ground coffee, everything will be easier to get that unique cup of coffee. Remember that when you use the typical electric coffee maker, the device decides which is the best temperature for the coffee.
However, when you use the coffee press you will have to decide which is the right temperature for your coffee. It would be important not to use boiling water since you might end up with burnt coffee. Apart from giving you the chance to choose the best temperature, a French press coffee maker also allows you to decide how long you will leave the coffee brewing for. For the majority of these kinds of presses, you should leave the coffee for no longer than four minutes but if you like it lighter you can leave it for two minutes. Another great feature of these presses is that you don't really need to make use of a filter, which means that your coffee will have a lot more aromatic oils that are responsible for making your coffee robust and a lot more unique.
If you want to prepare the best coffee, you need to ensure that the water is really hot in order to pour it over the freshly ground coffee in your French presses. Once you add the hot water, you have to stir a little bit to distribute all the beans and then simply put the lid of the press to let the coffee give all its flavour away. Once you are comfortable with the time, you will have to plunge the coffee in a very careful way so as to avoid having little bits of beans in your cup.
Disadvantages of using a French press
Even when this is one of the best methods for preparing coffee, it does have some disadvantages, especially at the moment of cleaning the cups that can contain some grounds. Having a French press might seem like it's a lot of work but in fact it's not as much as you think it is compared to the amazing coffee you will be able to prepare. If you want to reduce the amount of grounds you get on your coffee, you will need to use a conical grinder and go for a coarse grind.
Don't forget that having a cup of coffee has to be according to what you like. Having a French press coffee maker will allow you to control several aspects of your coffee so that the result is unique.

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