Comments on: My French Press has had its day? http://www.hasblog.co.uk/my-french-press-has-had-its-day Has Bean Coffee Blog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:14:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Has Bean Steve http://www.hasblog.co.uk/my-french-press-has-had-its-day/comment-page-1#comment-105 Has Bean Steve Sat, 11 Nov 2006 16:07:15 +0000 http://www.hasblog.co.uk/?p=159#comment-105 Yes I would go for the 1 pint version its enough for just a couple of cups and if you have guests then just make two :) Yes I would go for the 1 pint version its enough for just a couple of cups and if you have guests then just make two :)

]]> By: CakeBoy http://www.hasblog.co.uk/my-french-press-has-had-its-day/comment-page-1#comment-104 CakeBoy Sat, 11 Nov 2006 13:45:33 +0000 http://www.hasblog.co.uk/?p=159#comment-104 We got the 6 cup Santos, LC, and it is plenty big enough for 3 mugs. Steve told us that the smaller one is perfect for home use. If it is just you, the 1 pint Cona should be plenty as it is easily 2 mugs :) We got the 6 cup Santos, LC, and it is plenty big enough for 3 mugs. Steve told us that the smaller one is perfect for home use. If it is just you, the 1 pint Cona should be plenty as it is easily 2 mugs :)

]]> By: lastcoyote http://www.hasblog.co.uk/my-french-press-has-had-its-day/comment-page-1#comment-103 lastcoyote Fri, 10 Nov 2006 13:00:01 +0000 http://www.hasblog.co.uk/?p=159#comment-103 on cona vac pots.....i'm getting tempted :) skint as i am it'll have to wait a little while but when i do think about it more seriously...which size should i go for? it'll really just be for me drinking alone :( but at times possibly to make a mug for me and some other lucky individual. so should i go for model "B" (1 pint) or "C" (1.5 pint)? i've heard the smaller they are the better the coffee is. on cona vac pots…..i’m getting tempted :) skint as i am it’ll have to wait a little while but when i do think about it more seriously…which size should i go for? it’ll really just be for me drinking alone :( but at times possibly to make a mug for me and some other lucky individual. so should i go for model “B” (1 pint) or “C” (1.5 pint)? i’ve heard the smaller they are the better the coffee is.

]]> By: CakeBoy http://www.hasblog.co.uk/my-french-press-has-had-its-day/comment-page-1#comment-102 CakeBoy Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:03:30 +0000 http://www.hasblog.co.uk/?p=159#comment-102 All espresso, Aerobie and now vac-pot here ..... drip and French press no longer do it for us. All your fault Steve of course! ;) All espresso, Aerobie and now vac-pot here ….. drip and French press no longer do it for us. All your fault Steve of course! ;)

]]> By: aaron http://www.hasblog.co.uk/my-french-press-has-had-its-day/comment-page-1#comment-101 aaron Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:19:27 +0000 http://www.hasblog.co.uk/?p=159#comment-101 be looking for a coffee press blog technical post on the aeropress in the next few days. my answer to the upside down, felt filter post i've seen floating around on the net. be looking for a coffee press blog technical post on the aeropress in the next few days. my answer to the upside down, felt filter post i’ve seen floating around on the net.

]]> By: Has Bean Steve http://www.hasblog.co.uk/my-french-press-has-had-its-day/comment-page-1#comment-100 Has Bean Steve Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:36:01 +0000 http://www.hasblog.co.uk/?p=159#comment-100 One of the many things I love about the press is the different results you get from grind and dose and extraction time, so I tend to play around all the time. I never go for the espresso style type of shot and always make it longer by adding two thirds hot water. It isn’t espresso never was never will be, it is its own brewing method that is unique. I agree Aaron about the deeper taste, but I kind of like it. One of the many things I love about the press is the different results you get from grind and dose and extraction time, so I tend to play around all the time.

I never go for the espresso style type of shot and always make it longer by adding two thirds hot water. It isn’t espresso never was never will be, it is its own brewing method that is unique.

I agree Aaron about the deeper taste, but I kind of like it.

]]> By: Lukas http://www.hasblog.co.uk/my-french-press-has-had-its-day/comment-page-1#comment-99 Lukas Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:07:53 +0000 http://www.hasblog.co.uk/?p=159#comment-99 I grind and dose frenchpress-style - about 1 1/2 measuring spoons (should be between 9-13grams) of relatively coarse ground coffee, water until it's full and a 30 second infusion time. Love that taste :) Ah, and I use the reverse method: filter off & aeropress upside down. I grind and dose frenchpress-style – about 1 1/2 measuring spoons (should be between 9-13grams) of relatively coarse ground coffee, water until it’s full and a 30 second infusion time. Love that taste :)
Ah, and I use the reverse method: filter off & aeropress upside down.

]]> By: Rhys Lewis http://www.hasblog.co.uk/my-french-press-has-had-its-day/comment-page-1#comment-98 Rhys Lewis Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:51:07 +0000 http://www.hasblog.co.uk/?p=159#comment-98 Out of interest - how are you dosing the Aeropress? I tend to use two scoops of fine grounds, and add water to just above the 1 to get a short and intense espresso-style brew. As a press/pour over replacement are you using less beans and more water? Out of interest – how are you dosing the Aeropress? I tend to use two scoops of fine grounds, and add water to just above the 1 to get a short and intense espresso-style brew. As a press/pour over replacement are you using less beans and more water?

]]> By: Lukas http://www.hasblog.co.uk/my-french-press-has-had-its-day/comment-page-1#comment-97 Lukas Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:17:51 +0000 http://www.hasblog.co.uk/?p=159#comment-97 Ha! I was thinking in the same lines, until I tried a not-so-fresh bean in the aeropress. I know, I shouldn't have not-so-fresh beans, but anyway. It tasted outright flat and stale through the aeropress. I was about to throw them all away until I had visitors and prepared the same beans in the vacpot. It was stunning to see that the vacpot did make a very nice cup out of it, with the typical flavorprofile of a vacpot, albeit a bit "gentle" in taste, but very nice. At the same time with the aeropress I get nothing really drinkable because of staleness. Ha! I was thinking in the same lines, until I tried a not-so-fresh bean in the aeropress. I know, I shouldn’t have not-so-fresh beans, but anyway. It tasted outright flat and stale through the aeropress. I was about to throw them all away until I had visitors and prepared the same beans in the vacpot. It was stunning to see that the vacpot did make a very nice cup out of it, with the typical flavorprofile of a vacpot, albeit a bit “gentle” in taste, but very nice. At the same time with the aeropress I get nothing really drinkable because of staleness.

]]> By: aaron http://www.hasblog.co.uk/my-french-press-has-had-its-day/comment-page-1#comment-96 aaron Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:02:46 +0000 http://www.hasblog.co.uk/?p=159#comment-96 i almost never press a coffee anymore. it's almost exclusively aeropress. i have noticed that particular aeropress taste, though, that seems a bit deeper than press, pour over, etc. every once in a while i think about it an am *slightly* wishing for a *slightly* brighter taste. do you know what i mean? not that it's going to stop me from my aeropress. i almost never press a coffee anymore. it’s almost exclusively aeropress.

i have noticed that particular aeropress taste, though, that seems a bit deeper than press, pour over, etc. every once in a while i think about it an am *slightly* wishing for a *slightly* brighter taste. do you know what i mean?

not that it’s going to stop me from my aeropress.

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