Wtf is even the point of a french press? Like the extraction process is going to stop because you put the grounds or leaves at the bottom? And like the extra bitter juice down there won't come out when you pour?
Wtf is even the point of a french press?
Yes, it does slow down the extraction considerably because the surface area exposed to hot water is greatly reduced, but that doesn't matter because you're supposed to pour the coffee out after you plunge. It's just a convenient way to separate the grinds.
>but that doesn't matter because you're supposed to pour the coffee out after you plunge
Ok but then a lid with filter would be easier to clean and do the same job. The plunging function is totally unnecessary.
then you would have to wait 20 minutes for all the grounds to settle and they would still come up to the lid and clog it while you pour the dregs out.
you pour from the press into cups you argumentative little turd.
A paper filter would remove some of the cafestol (oil).
The point of french press is immersion brewing and including the oil.
Never said paper filter dumbass. A french press could have the same steel filter but without the plunging bullshit which clearly is just to look fancy.
>Never said paper filter dumbass.
I assumed paper because any fricking moron who has ever seen a french press would know that it has a screen.
>A french press could have the same steel filter but without the plunging bullshit which clearly is just to look fancy.
Plunging does add some pressure for extraction, but I don't know if that's a good or bad thing. James Hoffman doesn't plunge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st571DYYTR8
Pressing doesn't do frick all for extraction, it just moves the grounds to the bottom so you can easily pour the coffee. Hoffmeme doesn't avoid pressing all the way because he's trying to prevent more extraction, he does it to avoid causing excessive agitation and forcing fines through the mesh and into suspension right before pouring
It would do a slightly worse job because you won't be able to ease off at the end of the pour to reduce the amount of fines going into the cup. But, yes, it is similarly effective.
wtf are you talking about moron
use a french press one time
>Use filter to push grounds to bottom of carafe
>Pours easily and you can carefully decant the last little bit to avoid pouring a bunch of the fine silty grounds that inevitably make it through/around the filter
Vs
>Filter in the lid
>Start to pour and the grounds immediately clog the filter leading to a pathetic trickle of coffee that takes 10 minutes to pour
>If you feel like making it even more difficult you can try alternating pouring then stopping to let the grounds settle again then putting again only to have the filter clog again in seconds
>Final cup contains every single fine particle from the grounds and probably a decent amount of normal sized grounds too due to the fact you're literally pouring against the entire coffee bed right up against the spout the entire time with plenty of agitation
Yeah go invent that brewer anon, you'll be rich
A lid with filter will pour slower as the filter clogs up, potentially getting completely blocked.
French press is more annoying to clean, but it's less annoying when it really matters--when you're trying to drink the coffee.
>French press is more annoying to clean
Just rinse it with hot water.
anon, you're supposed to pour the coffee out and drink it at some point.
>at some point
moron, the other guy said immediately after the extraction is done. So you need 3 fricking vessels unless pouring directly into cups:
>kettle
>french press
>pot
press
>>pot
The frick is the pot for? This board hurts my brain sometimes...
It's for if you're not pouring directly into cups. You have to read all the words.
Why the frick would you not pour it directly into cups you frickin moron?
Why the actual frick would you pour it out of the press pot into another vessel? You're supposed to immediately serve.
>if only it was called american press
>everyone would rave about how ingenious and easy to use it is
why are mericans so insecure?
simple filter that you can avoid having to need paper filters and plastic (depending on your french press)
plus easy to cold brew in
to foam milk for my moka pot lattes
>the extra bitter juice down there won't come out when you pour?
do the French really?
The coffee grounds float. You add your coffee grounds, pour over the water, stir, press to submerge the coffee grounds, let it brew, then push the grounds to the bottom when you're ready to pour your coffee.
You're supposed to empty the pot within a couple minutes of the end of the brew. You press and then immediately serve.
My old brother has one of those expensive french press things and he wants me to try it out but I'm like "bro, this coffee shit is useless to me." He and his wife seem to think that coffee is useful somehow, to each their own.
Weed BAD
Coffee GOOD
yeah right make some sense of that...