Best Homemade Coffee
I've been using Folgers 100% Colombian in a Mr. Coffee machine, for years now --- OK but not great ---- wife hates it, drinks tea. I got some sourdough starter and they sent me a packet of Starbucks ...
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Any French Press I've ever used does NOT "press" the grounds. All they do is shove them down out of the way for when you pour. So exactly how does a FP produce better coffee than just soaking your grounds in hot water Cowboy Style.
I would love to do a double blind test of this.
(And by the way, we use Peets ground coffee on the road.)
I think the French Press is all about (1) the ground (2) the amount of time the water surrounds the grounds and (3) the temp of the water.
As far as I know there's nothing magical about the FP.
Use a good bean, grind it correctly.
Use the right amount of bean to hot water and voila - good coffee.
