French Press for One

Step 1

Bring water to a boil and set it aside.

Step 2

Pour little hot water in an empty French press and rinse it. It helps maintain temperature during extraction. Optional step.

Step 3

Pour 3 tablespoon of ground coffee into the French press and add little water to wet the coffee grounds for 30 seconds. Gently stir everything with a chopstick. Cover with the lid to maintain temperature. This is called ‘blooming’ the coffee which helps bubble up of carbon dioxide (you may see bubbling up of gas when water first contacts the grounds of recently roasted coffee – this indicates that coffee is fresh). CO2 is sour in taste so blooming helps remove that taste and allows coffee to interact with water to extract oils and aroma fully from coffee once CO2 is released.

Step 4

Add remaining hot water into the French press and push the plunger until it touches the water but do not plunge yet.

Step 5

Set timer & allow coffee to steep for 3 minute 30 seconds.

Step 6

Gently push the plunger all the way down to filter the grounds from the coffee.

Step 7

Immediately pour in a cup and enjoy. If you are making a large batch, decant your coffee otherwise, if it sits for too long in your French press it will turn bitter.