Comments on: What's New.

By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:21:36 +0000

Nice single shot!
nice 2 see 4 once

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:55:46 +0000

err..

I echo John’s**

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:54:31 +0000

@Florian

I echo George’s sentiments about experimenting.

Time is a very tricky thing and changes from coffee to coffee. Saying that, the first time I press a coffee I always do so for three minutes.

As with tea, I enjoy some steeped for shorter periods of time and others longer. The best way is to experiment with the steep time, coffee to water ratio and grind for each coffee and find your personal sweet spot. Moreover, it is a rewarding experience as it really shows how the seemingly subtle variables can effect the final outcome.

By: Florian

Florian — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:47:35 +0000

@john Giannakos and @ jeremy
thank you very much for the video and the jj bean tutorial.

I had NO idea that the water should not be boiling in the kettle. THanks for that piece of information.

I tried the Bialetti today and the coffee tasts alot different than with the french press. It seems much harsher. Do you guys every use a Bialetti?

By: John Giannakos

John Giannakos — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:41:32 +0000

@Florian Quick note regarding water temperature: You want to stop it before it boils, if your using a kettle, always time how long your heating the water until you find the sweet spot -defined by you of course. As an example, the kettle I use at the office is 3 minutes 50ish seconds to get my desired temperature. I also encourage you to try your coffee at lower temperatures, I personally like to be able to drink it right after it's steeped, cool enough that I can comfortably sip it without slurping. As the coffee cools note how the flavor changes, this will help you find the water temperature you like. And yes, 3 minutes is our default steep-time. But experimenting is always good. We'll put up a post on the way we've been doing French Press, though it changes quite frequently. In the meantime James Hoffman (07 Barista Champ) has a good video about it here

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:01:20 +0000

@Florian JJ Bean has a little tutorial on their site about using a french press under coffee basics and then under french press.
http://www.jjbeancoffee.com/

I really want to try those new methods, maybe next time I stop in.

By: lawrence

lawrence — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:57:44 +0000

love your pictures as usual…

I was worried you were going to chime in on the Chemex controversy that Scott Rao started on coffeed:

http://www.coffeed.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=2656

Sounds like you have hit some of its limitations. On the other hand, I’m loving the siphon as well.

By: Colin Newell

Colin Newell — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:10:46 +0000

Visited Cafe Crema this morning – mid-day…

Great coffee -

Asked about you – you are not usually in on Sunday.

Cheers,

By: florian

florian — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:13:34 +0000

the 3 minute hour glass is for the french press? You let the coffee brew in the press for three minutes before pressing down?

I really hope you will do a post about how to use a french press. I have been using mine for a few weeks now and love it. Some insider tips would be great though!

I apprecite your website and love every post.