French Press

So I've always been told I'm a "bull in a china shop" and the other day I continued with that.... I was cleaning my coffee pot and smashed it in the sink, needless to say I needed a new one. So never had a French Press and always heard they make a good cup of coffee so I went out and got one. For me when it comes to buying things I go BIG or I just go home. I got the biggest one they had: Bodum Chambord Coffee Press "12 Cups" and today I tried it out. Read the directions which isn't like me at all. For every 4 oz you add 1 tablespoon of course coffee: lets just say this will make Jet Fuel if you need it.

So 24 oz of water boiled on the stove in a pot NOT the French Press. While that was boiling I put 6 tbsp of Dunkin' Dark in the glass container without the press in it. One the water was at a complete boil I poured that into it. Let it sit for a couple minutes and stirred it with a plastic spoon. NOW the tricky part, put the press on and SLOWLY, I MEAN SLOWY press down on it. Don't rush it believe me you don't want coffee grind in your coffee!

So the out come of this: A French Press does make a nice cup of coffee. Its darker then a coffee maker and has a nicer flavor to it, but there is a little more work to it and you need to have the patients to do it. A complete side note you may want to use a less caffeinated coffee, cause you're going to get it all from this!