You can add milk directly into the french press after it’s finished brewing but before you push the plunger down. But it doesn’t make the process any easier and doesn’t save any time compared to adding milk to your coffee in the cup. If you’re wondering if you can brew coffee in hot milk in ...

I’d not been convinced of the utility of a travel French press, until I bought one! Reviewing the Bodum Travel Press I found it is the fastest way to make good coffee and take it on the go, the seal around the filter stops grounds escaping while you drink and the double walled insulation ...

Why your french press plunger doesn't go to the bottom It can be a strange experience as a newbie making coffee in a french press, you press down the plunger but it doesn’t reach the grounds, why is that? Your french press doesn’t go to the bottom because the grounds need the space to ...

This is something I’ve been experimenting with over the weekend and the perfect next blog in this French Press series. I’ve figured out how to make french press foam and how you can use it to make yourself a faux-ccino, it’s not quite a cappuccino but it is pretty damn good all the same. ...

French press coffee will always have some sediment in it, it’s just part of making coffee that way. But it can go too far and your coffee can feel like it’s more sediment than liquid so here’s what to do. French press coffee will always let some grounds through, it’s part of that ...

Of course, I’m a coffee lover, but you know what comes as a close second? Tea. Sometimes you don’t want a cup of coffee and you want to brew yourself a nice fruity batch of loose leaf tea that’s going to set you up just right for a relaxing evening. If I’m being honest I even like tea made ...

How Much Coffee Per Cup In A French Press - Brew Ratio Explained French presses come in all sorts of different sizes, and advice can be a bit vague about how much coffee you should use per cup. And for that matter, how big is a cup of coffee? Well this all comes down to something called ...

I love my french press, but like everyone else, I hate the clean up of it after I’ve used it… With some practice though I’m starting to get quite quick at it, but I was looking at my dishwasher and wondered… Are French Presses Dishwasher safe? I’ve long thrown out the box of mine so I ...

Today I’m going to be carrying on the French press series of posts I’ve been working through, last time I talked about the coffee bloom in a French press to find that it’s optional but worth trying out yourself to see if you like it, and that stirring is more important. Today I’m going to ...

I read about the coffee bloom in one of the books in my small coffee library, it said more or less to soak the grounds for 30-45 seconds to allow the coffee to off-gas any carbon dioxide which gets rid of some of the nastier flavors and allows a full extraction to use in all coffee methods. ...