How to use it?

The French Press is easy to use, place the ground coffee in the plunger, pour your boiling water over it, let it brew, give it a good stir and then press the plunger down onto the ground coffee. You do run the risk of over extraction, so you would have to keep track of the time. If you leave the coffee for too long, you do run the risk of increasing the bitterness of the coffee. Your ideal brew time is around 4 min. The best temperature for the water to be at would be just of boil. If you are boiling your water in a kettle, let the water stand for 15-20 seconds. A 1:12 ratio is the general norm for coffee to water in a French press. The water that you use in your coffee is highly important and good rule of thumb would be, if you can’t drink the water on its own don’t use it in high quality coffee.

The only downside to the French press is the cleaning of the coarse coffee after you have enjoyed your cup. The remaining coarse of coffee can be disposed of in the bin or used for compost.

Which coffee should I use?

The best grind to use in a French Press would be a medium grind. If the coarse of the grind is too small it will seep through the French Press and if it too thick it may clog the filter.

A medium to dark roast coffee is the recommended blend when using a cafetière. The oils that you obtain through the medium and dark roast coffee does not evaporate, it rather goes directly into the cup of coffee.

How to use it?

Place your freshly grounded coffee beans into the chamber and pour water over it. This allows your freshly grounded beans to be aerated. The submersion of the water will provide you with a full bodied taste, similar to what you will find with a French Press. The plunger is then pushed down into the chamber and uses the captured air to create downward pressure for the coffee to seep through the filter cap into your cup. We recommend 2-3 minutes of brewing time, however it would depend on your grind size.

What Coffee Should I Use?

It is recommended that you use a super fine grind when using an AeroPress, basically nearly as fine as you would use with an Espresso. The finer the grind, the less brewing time.

How to use it?

Put the Chemex coffee filter in a cone shape, so that one side of the cone has three layers and place it on top of the Chemex brewing device. The section of the filter paper that has three layers should cover the pouring spout. Place your grounded coffee into the filter and pour water over in a circular motion and wait for 30 seconds to let the coffee bloom. Slowly pour water over the grounds, whilst maintaining the water level at least an inch below the top of the Chemex. Discard your filter and grounds, if you use a compostable filter you can discard both directly into your garden. Enjoy your Chemex brewed cup.

What Coffee Should I Use?

The filter coffee that works best in a Chemex is a medium to coarse grind. Lighter roasted coffee can work well, as it has a slower extraction method.