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1. Use two tablespoons of coffee per 8 oz (1 cup)
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of water. The average press is 32 oz (4 cups).
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2. Heat a little more water than needed.
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3. Grind the coffee. The ground coffee should be of the
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consistency of coarse black pepper. Grind should be
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fairly coarse compared to a filter or espresso grind -
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a good general rule is the longer the extraction time,
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the coarser the coffee should be. If your coffee is
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pre-ground for drip or just a finer grind, just use a
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little more coffee and shorter extraction time. Just
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remember that the finer grind will pass through the
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mesh in the press and ultimately land in your cup -
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not necessarily a bad thing!
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4. Bring water to a normal boil (212u00b0F). Then let water
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either set in the pot for 20 seconds or pour water
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into the measuring cup - lowering the temperature to
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around 200u00b0F (the proper extraction temperature).
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5. Add ground coffee to the press, and pour water
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slowly over the coffee. With any sized press, you
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want the maximum level of the slew to be around
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an inch from the top of the press. You need room
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for the plunger to get in there.
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6. Gently stir the coffee.
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7. Place the plunger on the press with the plunger
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slightly above the slew of coffee and hot water. The
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cover will trap in heat that would otherwise escape.
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8. Wait four minutes for the coffee to steep.
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9. Gently push the grounds down to the bottom of the
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pot. It should take around 10 seconds with minimal
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force to get to the bottom. If the plunger goes down
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too quickly, you probably used too coarse of a grind.
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Too slowly - too fine of a grind. **Be careful here!
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It's easy to push so hard, the slew of hot water and
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coffee come spewing out.
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10. When you have pushed the plunger as far down as it
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will go, the coffee is ready to be served. If you need to
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let it sit, displace coffee into a thermos. Even pressed
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all the way down - the coffee will continue to extract
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in the hot water.
