French Pressed Coffee

If you’re like me, and have a passion for good coffee, the most pretentious way to show others that you’re passionate about coffee is to own a French Press. Why is the French Press method of brewing coffee the best? Three reasons: complete saturation of the coffee grounds, proper water temperature for steeping, and no loss of oils and flavor from a paper filter.

The coffee tastes better because the grinds are allowed to steep in the water for at least five minutes, and since the coffee grounds remain in contact with the hot water longer, difficult to extract flavors are more concentrated in steeped coffee than in drip coffee. French press coffee drinkers can manipulate the temperature of the coffee by the amount of time spent boiling the water. Drip brewers, depending on the brand, yield different results with respect to temperature. Lastly, when you brew coffee using a filter, all of the wonderful oils and sediment that occur naturally in coffee beans is filtered out. With a French Press, the coffee is filtered through a metal plunger that allows for maximum flavor.

As for the best coffee to use when brewing with a French Press. Expensive. The more expensive, the better. Also, grind your own beans. All of this may make you appear to be a pretentious coffee snob, but that’s the point. Cheers!