Trivial Stuff: I just bought a French Press Coffee Maker

Posted by Eudaimonia 9 years ago to Entertainment
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So, Joan and I threw a dinner party on Friday Night.

The night before, we realized that we got rid of our coffee maker before we left The PRC, and then we never replaced it.

Knowing that she would probably pick up a standard coffee maker, I beat her to the punch.

I can't stand appliances which permanently take up counter space.
So I picked up an 8 cup (espresso cup) French Press.

It provided coffee for the dinner party, you can put it in a cabinet when not in use, and what an amazing cup of coffee it makes.

So, for you coffee fans in the Gulch, trust me on this and get a French Press.


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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 9 years ago
    I have a old style range top percolator I use daily. I've been tempted by the French press. How does its coffee compare to a percolator?
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    • Posted by 9 years ago
      It's been so long that I've had perc'd coffee, that I really couldn't say.

      I do know that you can go to a Daz Bog coffee and ask for your coffee made in a French Press.
      A kind of trial run and taste test.
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      • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 9 years ago
        I consume about a pot a day or so, 9 cup percolator. Its a writers curse. I can make a pot to perfection (I made it, perfect for me to tolerate) before I'm fully awake. :)

        I may try the French Press.
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        • Posted by 9 years ago
          Right now I'm drinking their (Dazbog's) Ethiopian bean blend.
          The sales girl said it had a hint of "floral" to it.

          I didn't know what she meant, but I decided to try it anyway.
          It has a faint note of licorice... very nice.
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          • Posted by BradHarrington 9 years ago
            As a few of us here in Cheyenne know, Eudaimonia actually pried a few George Washingtons out of his wallet a few days ago and bought a French Press from Dazbog's - and had it ready to fire up for dinner Friday night.

            *I* sure liked the product! Or maybe it was just the ground up flowers that was in the blend. LOL

            Brad
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    • Posted by CTYankee 9 years ago
      A percolator is without a doubt the *best* device to extract caffeine & bitter oils from cheap coffee grounds. In other words a lousy cup of coffee.

      The french press is the 2nd best way to transform perfectly roasted arabica beans into the delectable brew. The professional espresso machine being the #1 device whose drawbacks include it's cost, space & plumbing requirements. :^)
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  • Posted by IronMan 8 years, 12 months ago
    One word for the perfect one cup maker - AeroPress! There is an infinite amount of info online. I won't bore with the details. Check it out.

    1 ounce freshly ground fine. Use inverted method with175F water yields the BEST pseudo double espresso shot you can make at home without breaking the bank.

    This completely changed my coffee habit - err addiction!
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  • Posted by jmassman 9 years ago
    I've used Chemex maker for 40+ years -- touted to be almost as goog as French Press. Also critical is choice of beans. I've obtained mine from Panniken in Encinitas, CA, where they roast beans on site (they will deliver via UPS). I'm now on 1 st name basis as is Blue my Basset. However you do your brew ---.savor it!
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years ago
    Been using them for decades. Bodum brand. Use Italian Dark Roast for best flavor. A breakfast blend for most caffeine. The rest are for in between tastes
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  • Posted by Non_mooching_artist 9 years ago
    I love coffee made in a French press! Mmmmm!!! I have been eyeballing one.... The other is a small stove top percolator. I used one in Italy and I have never had a better cuppa. And I do LOVE coffee... It makes me a very happy and contented person.
    And did you know, a yawn is a silent scream for coffee?? Swear!
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 12 months ago
    Back to grounds down the sink.

    Mine are ground the same as for a Mr. Coffee. The espresso grind is to fine especially for down the drain.

    I also live on a boat but have done the same in a house or apartment. The trick is plenty of running water. Boat or not my drain pipe is half the diameter of a standard household system.

    Thought I should clarify that. An alternate method is soaking the grounds in water and creating an instant coffee mixture. then pour through a filter and keep refridgerated. It's a Peruvian method. then then all the grounds can be dumped at one time.
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    • Posted by 8 years, 12 months ago
      I took a large plastic container and bored small holes into the bottom.

      I put the container in the sink and pour the grounds and rinse water into the container.

      The water eventually drains and you have the grounds left over for whatever you would like to do with them.
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  • Posted by nicktheitguy 9 years ago
    I picked one up for the office when they put in a coffee vending machine ($.99 a cup) and would not let us bring in our own coffee makers ("for insurance reasons"). It has saved me a ton of money and makes great coffee.
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  • Posted by $ Stormi 9 years ago
    I had not considered a French Press, until i was reading reviews of the retail marketed McD's coffee. People were saying it did not taste like the retail version. Then, one blog explained the method used to commercially make coffee, and that if you wanted the most from retail coffee, use a French Press. It is easy to use and works nicely.
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  • Posted by Turfprint 9 years ago
    They are good but it is a pain to get rid of the grounds.
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    • Posted by freedomforall 9 years ago
      Compost. Good complement to egg shells and grass clippings. Add earthworms and its much faster to ready for the garden.
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      • Posted by Turfprint 9 years ago
        That is what I do unless it's subzero outside. I have kept them in a jar for far too long and that's nasty.
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        • Posted by $ winterwind 9 years ago
          Y'know, if one is merely scanning down the sidebar to see what's going on, this post is tnough to stop ANYONE in her tracks!
          I had to look, just to see how nasty it really was, and then it wasn't. whew! nastiness averted!
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          • Posted by Turfprint 9 years ago
            Who knew they would spend this amount of time contemplating the woes of the French Press. Just when I thought I finally had it worked out. But, the roots of my sins run deep.
            Where I live there are long winters meaning my grounds sit around a really long time using up counter space. Because of that I keep them in a jar like an old pickle jar set off in the corner. (never truly out of sight.) It's tough to get grounds out of the press without water and having determined rinsing down the drain is bad for the plumbing, I end up between digging by hand and slush rinsing and dig/pouring dregs into said jar. With that combination of grounds and water it takes a lot of jars. That in turn means a lot of trips into my back yard, which I put off when it's cold. Thus the jars pile up in the corner of my kitchen counter getting riper and riper all the while I avoid looking more and more. Eventually I work up the courage to deal with it and trek it out to the back yard. But it won't all come out of the jars. I slush it around and slush/pour but the jars still have grounds in the bottom. That requires bringing extra water for rinsing and cleaning. In the meantime this whole is process being closely scrutinized by my neighbor. Who sees me dumping what he likely perceives to be a toxic sludge in my back yard. I know he is just standing there with his finger right on the quick dial for EPA.
            But... my sins run very deep. I have a daughter away in college. She came along late in my life and is my darling. But when she asked me for a coffee pot. Now when I visit her at school in her little 8x10 dorm room and do a dads discreet visual, tucked away in a corner or window ledge I find a French Press invariably with old grounds in the bottom.

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            • Posted by freedomforall 9 years ago
              Having avoided cold climates for many years, I hadn't even considered the trials and stress that you elaborate in such an entertaining way;^)
              Is your daughter managing to avoid the commie brainwashing and retain more than coffee common sense?
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              • Posted by Turfprint 9 years ago
                No Unfortunately. The liberal education system has really done a job on her. She's smart so I am hoping she will unlearn a lot. By the time she was ready to plan for her own education I was out of that loop. Just pay and be quiet.
                Liberty is seriously under attack by the educational institutions.
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