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Great tips for french press brewing, my current preferred brewing method.

http://coffeegeek.com/guides/presspot

http://sweetmarias.com/brewinstr.frenchpress.html

Just to tighten things up, it is up to you whether or not you want to pre heat your press, how much grinds you want to use, and how fine of a grind you want to use, which will affect the length of steep time, which, you guessed it, is up to you. Fresh water is always recommended, do not re-boil water, if you can, don't let the water boil at all, just heat up to the desired temperature. It's up to you how much ground coffee you want to use. And as a tip, in coffee speak, a cup is 4 ounces, which is a tasse.

My personal (still evolving) technique. I use a +40 from the 0 point on Rocky. I don't preheat, I grind straight into the carafe of my bodum 4 cup. For now, 5 grams of coffee per 4 ounces of water. I boil my kettle of water, turn off the fire, let the water cool for 30 seconds, then pour the water onto the grounds. I stir with a plastic chopstick (never use a metal spoon or it might break the carafe) then steep for 4 minutes. After the 4 minutes, I press down and pour the coffee straight into my thermos and pack it up for the trip to work.

Even though a drip coffee maker is much more convenient, especially since most are programmable, french press is preferred by most because of the customization with the technique. You can set the water temperature, very important when making coffee, and steep time, which affects the strength of the brew. Using the press also preserves the coffee oils which adds to the flavor which is lost with the paper filter on drip makers.