If you are a coffee lover, you should make sure you have a good French press (a good one to consider is
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">The Bodum Brazil French Press Coffee Maker!), as this will give you some of the best-tasting coffee you can find, all with very little effort; but of course, making coffee in a French press is a bit different from making coffee in a regular coffee maker, and because of this, it will be important that you know what you are doing when you go to “brew” a few cups.
Firstly, you need to realize that you will not want the coffee grounds to be too fine, as this will cause them to come up through the filter and make your coffee grainy; if you are having the beans ground for you at the place where you are purchasing them, tell them you would like them ground for a French press – and if you are grinding the coffee beans on your own, make sure you make them more coarse than you normally would.
It may take you a few tries before you can get the taste of the coffee right for you, but most people find that about two tablespoons per six-ounce cup of coffee is a good ratio; after you have put the ground beans in the bottom of your French press, bring water to a point where it is not-quite-boiling (you can use a teapot to get your water to the right temperature, or can even run water through your old coffee pot to get it to the right “coffee temperature). Once the water is ready, pour it over the beans and stir with a plastic spoon (make sure the spoon is plastic, as a metal spoon can scratch the French press!), then allow the mixture to steep for about four minutes.
After you have waited four minutes, you will be ready for the final step: push the plunger down on your French press so that the grounds go to the bottom and the coffee stays on top – pushing slowly so that you do not cause hot liquid to spurt out. And now, you can pour, prepare, and enjoy!
