Small coffee shop in Alba, Italy
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I let my French press simmer for 20 minutes, as recommended by James Hoffman, but only when I bought properly grinded coffee.
Edit: I just saw the video again and he said 4 + 5 to 8 minutes for a 30gm of coffee and 500gm of water. I usually do the double and maybe for that I was also doubling the time? Lmao, have been so many years doing it like this that I was sure was the way he said it should be done.
Steep, surely? Simmering for 20mins would ANNIHILATE much of the flavor.
Coffee grinded for French press is really big, it needs a lot of time to extract the flavors, and after 20 minutes the temperature is just right.
Simmering means you're probably putting it on a stove top trying to keep it just below boiling temp for 20 minutes.
Is that what you're really doing? Or are you steeping?
Oh thank you. English is not my first language, sometimes make errors like that.
What I mean is that I put the coffee on the press, put the boiling water and let it there for 20 minutes.
Woah wait, 20 minutes? I thought his was like... 10 minutes total afterwards. Although he did also say "you can let it go longer if you'd like" or something I think.
Is there a big difference in flavor here? I grind my own beans fairly coarsely then brew for 4-5 minutes at 200°F and that seems pretty ideal.
I'd worry it wouldn't be quite hot enough after waiting 10-20 minutes and the coffee tastes quite flavorful the way I do it, but I'd give it a try! What do you feel is properly grounded coffee for French Press?
"Please grind for French press" at the Starbucks barista lmao.