My French Press Recipe for 16 oz of Coffee
This is my recipe for making one large cup of coffee in French press. I use an insulated press and prefer it because I've broken two glass presses. My French press has two screens, but a cleaner cup comes from pressing the plunger very slowly. I learned that trick from James Hoffman.
- Grind coffee coarsely.
- Boil Water
- Preheat French press and then pour out the water.
- Weigh 27 grams of coffee into press. Keep it on scale but tare the scale.
- Wet the coffee to let it bloom. Start the timer for 4 minutes.
- At 3:30, stir the grounds. Then finish pouring water in to reach 405 grams.
- Preheat the cup.
- Put the lid on and wait.
- When the timer goes off, press the plunger down very slowly (30 seconds or so).
If I'm being honest, the measurements have a little wiggle room. If you are really a coffee person, then you might hate this. Percolating coffee is pretty forgiving, so I don't worry if I overpour by a few grams. The coffee still turns out well. The 405 grams of water comes out to half my French press.
For a whole French press, use 52 grams of coffee and 410 grams of water.