August 16, 2023
by Natasha Nesic
French Press coffee! The name sounds striking. Intimidating, even.
You might find yourself associating it with elegant-yet-complicated-and-mostly-decorative devices like French seams, French nails, and French twists. (If youâve never tried the last two items, then chances are that you did not go to an all-girlsâ camp in the wilds of North-ish-eastern America.
Thatâs okayâ they might come up later in life, when all your fellow campers are now having weddings and baby showers. Itâs never too late to quote Mean Girls and look fetch.)
But back to the coffee.
French Press coffee is the tradition of steeping your coffee in an austere little vessel and getting the most out of its nuances and flavor by tamping down the grounds with a mesh piston, through which the resulting brew is strained into your waiting cup.
If that sounded a little much, hereâs the breakdown into easy step-by-step:
Step 1
Boil the water.
Highly recommend a solid kettle for this, like
this one from Lardera!
Step 2
Measure the beans.
If you donât have a
Lardera Coffee Scale and Timer, then this is definitely your sign to try one outâ it takes the all-too-familiar guessing game of how much bean-to-water you want per cup, and makes it so much easier to conceptualize!
Step 3
Grind those beans!
Like youâre playing Elden Ring or Skyrim. Just. Grind it out. Preferably with
one of these guys.
Step 4
Add water to ground beans.
Step 5
Wait the appropriate amount of time indicated by your handy-dandy timer up there. Enjoy!
Now, here's 5 Reasons Why French Press Coffee Is Awesome!
1. Itâs extremely easy.
Once you have the right tools, itâs actually one of the simplest forms of steeping! The key is to know how long and how much coffee youâre working with, and then you just let the carafe do its thing to let the flavor of the beans open up and unfold at their whim. Make sure to then take care of them in an option for convenient long-term steeping or containing in your refrigerator, like the https://www.lardera.com/cold-brew-pitcher.html Lardera Cold Brew pitcherâ made of excellent quality borosilicate glass that resists all sorts of errant falls and mishaps!
2. Itâs frankly, full of flavor.
French Press is a curated experience in how much you really want to bring out of your coffee. Experts at the practice know little tricks like how to stir your grounds just the right amount before you replace the plunger, because when youâre working with wonderful beans like Larderaâs
Catuai Honey, then frankly you want to enjoy delving into all those nuances as much as possible.
That being said, side note if youâre new to those afortementioned different nuances of coffeeâ please, give the sampler a shot!
Lardera has a roster of rollicking coffees from their collection of dedicated farms and estates around the world. Itâs a chance to try different places and literally taste what each has to offer!
3. Itâs minimal investment.
If you have difficulty getting used to games and practices that involve too many bells and whistles, then French Press should feel like a blessing in that itâs about as low-tech as brewing gets. (Because weâve all been there. Some of us would rather write out our character sheets by hand, dice, and pencil than try to blunder through a full-on TTRPG app.)
So we welcome you to consider the French Press as a less-is-more scenario. You donât need a whole lot of extras, just the basics, which leaves all your other senses and brain cells ready to delve into Costa Rica, Peru, or
all the magic of Colombian coffee.
4. Itâs adorable and a little unique.
Coffee has become such a widespread phenomenon thanks to other easy ways of getting at it, like personal single-pod machines and espresso shots, as well as
delightful contraptions that turn your countertop into an instant barista. French Press is, as a result, less popular, so you might be the only one in your dorm or office with your ownâ and what better way to make friends?
Hereâs a way to dazzle them: try brewing up https://www.lardera.com/green-coffee.html a new kind of coffee that you know that your buds wouldnât have known to try by themselves, and see how their faces light up at the fabulous, French-Pressed taste!
5. Itâs fun!
With all the above going for it, French Press lets you just be you with a cup of coffee.
So what are you waiting forâ what are you excited to brew in your French Press?
