How To: French Press - this is how you prepare coffee

The French press is one of the most popular coffee brewing methods. And it's no wonder: It requires little equipment, is relatively easy to prepare, and the coffee has a wonderfully full body. Plus, you can brew up to a liter of coffee with the French press.
So that you can score points with excellent coffee at the next coffee party, we will share with you our basic recipe and tricks for the perfect preparation with the French press.
Preparation is everything
Let's start with a tip that's often underestimated: warming up your brewing method and cups. You can easily do this by filling the cups and Frech Press pot with hot water and only pouring it out when you start preparing or serving the coffee. The advantage of preheated containers: the coffee tastes less bitter.
The right equipment for French Press preparation
As mentioned at the beginning, very little equipment is required for French press brewing. You'll definitely need a French press , also known as a plunger. You'll also need a kettle (ideally with a gooseneck spout and a temperature gauge), a scale for measuring the coffee quantity, a grinder , and a spoon.
The basic recipe for coffee from the French press
Coffee recipes can be very individual, depending on your preferences and the coffee you use. Here we'll show you a popular basic recipe.
Of course, you are welcome to experiment with the amount of coffee and extraction time and vary them slightly to see how your coffee tastes best to you.
- Is your French press preheated? Great, then it's time to grind the coffee. For one liter of coffee, you need 60 grams of coarsely ground coffee. The grind should be coarser than for a household filter coffee machine.
By the way: If you have a small French press with, say, only 300 ml, that's no problem. Just calculate 6 grams of ground coffee per 100 ml. - Heat all the required water, in our case 1 liter, to 96 degrees Celsius. If your kettle doesn't have a temperature indicator, bring the water to a boil and wait about 3 minutes, then it should reach the desired temperature.
- Place the ground coffee into your French press and pour 100 ml of hot water over it in a circular motion. Let the coffee steep for 30 seconds.
- Stir the coffee for an even extraction and then pour the remaining water over it in a circular motion.
- Now place the lid and strainer into the pot and press it down just enough so that the strainer reaches the water's surface. This ensures that the coffee grounds floating on the surface are also included in the extraction.
- Now it's time to set the timer, because the coffee should extract for 3.5 minutes.
- Once the brewing time is up, press the metal filter down slowly and evenly. This allows the coffee to settle and prevents the filter from slipping out of its horizontal position, which could potentially cause some of the ground coffee to leak past the filter.
- Finally, it's coffee time: Grab your warmed cups and pour in the brewed coffee. We hope you enjoy your coffee.