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week days. Just brewed a pot to test out grind, coffee/water ratio, and steep time. It's a pretty good cup of coffee--not a million billion times better than the Solo K3 refillable with fresh ground in the Keurig, but it's better, for sure. You get thicker, richer coffee because you get some of the particulate in it. I did 5 minutes, and this is a strong enough cup, but you could always up the ratio of coffee, or steep longer, and get stronger coffee if you wanted it.

The only drawbacks are that you pretty much need to pour and drink what you make immediately. The pot I have, anyway, isn't supposed to sit on a burner, so whatever's left will get cold, and will continue to steep, neither of which you really want happening.

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Once you get it right. . . . .much better

Jun 30, 2015, 1:53 PM

there are a lot of factors that go into brewing a good cup of joe. . .

#1 Start with good water. Filtered tap water works pretty good. If you have funky water you will have funky coffee

#2 Whole beans freshly roasted and ground just before brewing. The closer to the roast date the better the coffee will be, I try to use up my coffee within 2 weeks of the roast date. Once the beans are ground they start to quickly lose quality so if you can always but fresh roasted coffee whole bean and grind before use.

#3 Grind size especially for a french press is important, you need a coarse grind to prevent too much sludge and fines getting in your coffee. Its not a big deal and its part of the appeal of french press but still something to consider.

#4 Extraction time. you want the water about 200 degrees when it hits the coffee (prehating the french press with hot water prior will also help prevent excessive temperature drop during brewing) and let it sit for about 4 minutes before you plunge. When you plunge don't just slam the plunger down. If you apply a lot of pressure that increases the extraction of the beans which are already at the limit of extraction, slow gentle pressure or you could wind up with really bitter coffee.

#5 If you aren't going to drink all the coffee at once, don't let the coffee just sit in the french press with the grounds at the bottom or the coffee will continue to extract and the stuff you drink later will taste terrible, transfer any unpoured coffee to another vessel.

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Would be cool if the press was in the shape of a penus head

Those things make very weak coffee

While French coffee is horrible...

frahnch roast is NOT horrible....

Coffee is gross. I don't drink it.***

^^^Chugs him a Mello Yello on the way to work***

If He wants me to have energy in the morning, He will

If He wants me to pound a Mello Yello and a honeybun

What does Christ think of 5 Hour Energy?

Mountain Dew***

Surge***

I love mine.

That's what this is going to be. The Keurig works fine for

too much work

Used to do French press. Now do Chemex.

Its called mouthfeel

It's called mouthful of coffee mud at the bottom of the cup***

Heard good things about Chemex.

I plan on getting a chemex as well

Once you get it right. . . . .much better

I forgot the coffee to water ratio

TIL AdamD021 is Jaun Valdez***

I have used a French P for years but just got a pour-thru

Do you use a paper filter with it?

I just use the mesh, no paper.

Yeah all manual coffee brewing takes some adjustments

Use a paper filter with that one? I had a friend this wknd

^^^What I'm talkin bout.***

I have only one cup a day now so I can sleep.

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