Brewing with the
FRENCH PRESS
INTELLIGENTSIA COFFEE TRAINING SERIES: BREWING
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The
PRACTICE
1. Remove the plunger and closely inspect that no old coffee oils or
grounds are present on any plunger pieces, the lid, or cylinder. Be
sure to rebuild before brewing.
8 oz
290g of water
5 min
18g of coffee
12 oz
5 min
415g of water
16 oz
525g of water
26g of coffee
5 min
33g of coffee
24 oz
5 min
800g of water
50g of coffee
1.
2.
2. Put a kettle of water on to boil. You will use this for brewing as well
as preheating your French press.
3.
3. Weigh out your coffee (See charts above). Set the grinder to the
appropriate setting (coarse).
4. Once the kettle boils, preheat the French press and decanting
vessels (carafes or mugs, etc.) with some water.
5. Pour out the preheating water. Place the French press on the scale
and tare it to zero.
4.
6.
6. Grind your coffee and add it to the French press. Check to see that
the coffee weight hasn’t changed, then tare to zero again.
7. Start the timer (set for 5 minutes) as you begin to pour the freshly
boiled hot water.
8.
8. Completely saturate the grounds as you pour. Pour slowly to
ensure you can monitor the scale display accurately and achieve
the correct coffee to water ratio.
9.
10.
9. After a minute give the brew six back-and-forth stirs and place
the filter lid on top without plunging.
10. After 5 minutes, press the plunger down slowly and carefully.
Pressing too quickly or forcefully may lead to hot coffee
spurting.
11.
11. Once the plunger filter pushes the grounds to the bottom,
immediately decant the brew into a thermal carafe for serving.
enjoy.