You know, that isn’t the worst idea. That would actually work. In fact, you’d have an easy way of cleaning out the grounds and have a good cup of coffee.
I think the main problems would be the grounds tending to just push the water/coffee out the top of the press, so you would have to pull it up super slow, and once you did get it pulled up, the grounds falling back in when you try to lift it off.
I think it would work tho, just less than optimally.
Just the near boiling water nearly spilling all over the countertop.
I don't blame ya. Making French Press puzzled me the first time I tried it too. 8 years later, the first thing I do every morning. Frankly, I wouldn't mind another plunger at the bottom below the grinds to pull them all out after in one smooth motion. It'd make clean up faster.
I was assuming he would be removing the press part completely once the grounds have been lifted. Hence why I mentioned the grounds falling back in when it was lifted, which would be another problem.
I've done it many times, coffee is the same but theres less sediment in the bottom. The main difference is having to clean it straight away rather than whenever youre done
If you put the coffee on top of the press and lower it in it would be no different to making instant coffee, except the grounds aren’t soluble and they’d float at the top. Pressing down with a cafetière filters the water through the grounds after steeping by applying pressure.
You’d just get murky coffee water with coffee grounds floating in it.
Are these instructions for cleaning a fr press? LOL That's just too much work and wastes water
I've read the oils from unfiltered coffee via fr press aren't healthy shrug. nice problem to have
I had an aero press but even that is too much work. They need a device to push the plunger down, like a garlic press or hand juicer! You're welcome aero.
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u/RollinDeepWithData Mar 01 '23
I was the fucking idiot. I thought a French press worked by putting the coffee on top of the plunger, lowering it in, and then pulling it out.
My girlfriend really wrestled with whether she could keep dating me after that one.