Home Brew Press

Instructions

1. 1. Use two tablespoons of coffee per 8 oz (1 cup)
2. of water. The average press is 32 oz (4 cups).
4. 2. Heat a little more water than needed.
6. 3. Grind the coffee. The ground coffee should be of the
7. consistency of coarse black pepper. Grind should be
8. fairly coarse compared to a filter or espresso grind -
9. a good general rule is the longer the extraction time,
10. the coarser the coffee should be. If your coffee is
11. pre-ground for drip or just a finer grind, just use a
12. little more coffee and shorter extraction time. Just
13. remember that the finer grind will pass through the
14. mesh in the press and ultimately land in your cup -
15. not necessarily a bad thing!
17. 4. Bring water to a normal boil (212°F). Then let water
18. either set in the pot for 20 seconds or pour water
19. into the measuring cup - lowering the temperature to
20. around 200°F (the proper extraction temperature).
22. 5. Add ground coffee to the press, and pour water
23. slowly over the coffee. With any sized press, you
24. want the maximum level of the slew to be around
25. an inch from the top of the press. You need room
26. for the plunger to get in there.
28. 6. Gently stir the coffee.
30. 7. Place the plunger on the press with the plunger
31. slightly above the slew of coffee and hot water. The
32. cover will trap in heat that would otherwise escape.
34. 8. Wait four minutes for the coffee to steep.
36. 9. Gently push the grounds down to the bottom of the
37. pot. It should take around 10 seconds with minimal
38. force to get to the bottom. If the plunger goes down
39. too quickly, you probably used too coarse of a grind.
40. Too slowly - too fine of a grind. **Be careful here!
41. It's easy to push so hard, the slew of hot water and
42. coffee come spewing out.
44. 10. When you have pushed the plunger as far down as it
45. will go, the coffee is ready to be served. If you need to
46. let it sit, displace coffee into a thermos. Even pressed
47. all the way down - the coffee will continue to extract
48. in the hot water.