Pls french PRESS that like and sub if you haven't. Helps loads. and lmk your experience with this recipe!

Was totally my gateway too. I remember being in Germany at the age of 17 back in 2000 and I found an authentic little press and I was so enamoured with it that I made this huge space in my suitcase and used every sock possible to be able to bring that thing home to Canada. I'm 41 now, live in Chicago and still have it.😅

When I first got into "alternative" brewing, I enjoyed french press but really was not a fan of the silt in the cup. I ended up deciding to try to "hack" the process and add a paper filter. it would be my dirty little secret. I actually bought filters sized to fit the diameter of my french press and I would sandwich them between the cross plate and the mesh filter and it worked phenomenally. I had no idea that coffee enthusiasts did this or admitted to this out loud 😂 I stick primarily to pour overs and espresso as there is a little less friction and clean up, especially for that pre-work cup, but I periodically come back to this method. I have not, however, deviated from the coarse grind paradigm. It makes sense to go finer, but I may have to do this external "wrap around" with a larger filter outside the cross plate to prevent ingress of the grinds. I get a solid seal with my current method and brewer, but I suspect the finer grinds may find their ways around the filter. Hackery destigmatized by everone's favorite coffee scientist and educator (you may have to share a little of the educator title with James, of course 😉) Thumbs up for the algorithm, people 😁

I used to brew a French Press whenever I got bored of espressos, and for some reason, the Press made me want to read a newspaper. AND NOW, finding out I could actually use the newspaper to make better coffee with it? It was never a coincidence! 🙈

The freakin continuation of “Sit and Steep” in the background is prime editing 😂

Busted out my never-used Ikea French press for this. Used a light roast Ethiopia natural. Delicious and clean!

I grew up with the French Press, my recipe was Peet's Arabian Mocha Java, brewed, very coarse grind, 4 minutes, bloom (of course), and whole whipping cream. My brother and I would brew pots of the stuff. We both agreed that even though we always brewed the same way it was maybe one out of 10 times you'd get the "God Cup". I'm currently mostly an espresso/flat white drinker..."God Cup" comes two or three times a week, and even though I think the "God Cup" is mostly psychological, it's what got me really interested in coffee. Thanks Mr. Peet ( I grew up in Berkeley and we used to see him walking around the shop sometimes when our mom was buying coffee and us candy canes), and thanks Lance!

The French press reminds me of bad dinner parties at my parents and them getting an already opened old bag of ground coffee from the back of the fridge.

Learned the paper filter FP trick this past year from The Coffee Chronicler

Many people don't know this but Alessi makes a French Press by Aldo Rossi, the 9094. There are a couple of advantages to this press. First, it's made entirely out of metal and glass. No plastic anywhere. Second, and most importantly, most plungers are plunged down completely, sit above the coffee grounds, allowing for continued extraction. The plunger in the Alessi plunges all the way down to the bottom of the press, squeezing out excess water and halting coffee extraction. No bitter coffee. No need to decant your coffee to another pot. I wrote a detailed review of the Alessi on Amazon. If I were on a desert island and had to choose one way of brewing coffee, it would be with a French Press.

My french press and electric kettle got me through nursing school. I need to play with using that paper filter technique. Thanks Lance!

As someone who recently had a baby, I find myself reaching for a filtered french press more often than a pourover for my morning cup for the flexibility of a "dump it then forget it" brewing method. Cheers for this! Ps: an Aeropress filter fits perfectly for a singe cup french press 👍

I’ve been making French press for a looooong time. I’m confused as to why the espropress never comes up when French press is discussed… fixes a lot of the issues with temp loss, and filtering out fines. In all cases, great video! I’m a big fan, I learn so much from all of your deep dives into all things coffee! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

As someone that loves different kinds of coffee makers more so drip over coffee makers now, i will still use the french press to make a strong froth because it just HANDS DOWN........works and it's super effecient for even making the strongest brews of teas as well and again it's definitely a life saver for sure indeed

One very underated method IMO is the reverse french press. you put the plunger in but not fully, rest it to the side so you can pour the coffee in and afterwards water on top of it. once done you pull it out instead of pushing it down, pulling the coffee up with it. It filters fines really well without a paper filter, my theory is that the ground coffee itself acts as a filter itself, catching the fines and sticking to the bigger ground coffee pieces.

I've never tried this, but the technique makes sense. However, the reason I started brewing with a French Press is because I don't have to remember to buy paper filters :(

Video quality, audio, background music, cuts and info were all superb here. Keep it up!

I appreciate giving grind size in comandante clicks besides not being your favourite. It's still a reference for a lot of people

This is great. I use a french press when I can't make coffee at work and I pour it through a metal pour over filter, but this is much faster and probably leaves less silt too. Thanks!

Man you're a genius. I can still use my old french press and I only need to make my grind a tiny bit coarser than my vietnam drip setting.

I started doing this after watching your Bird review, my cup is so much cleaner now. Really enjoying it.

Love this! Genuinely an improvement to a much loved brewing device that doesn’t require breaking the bank like so much of coffee these days. Was piqued when you teased it in the Bird video and glad you gave it its own treatment. Can’t wait to add this to my rotation of brewing methods. Well done, Lance! Appreciate you and this channel.

Continuing the "let it steep" in the background was fantastic

Thanks for the advice on making French press coffee slowly I tried it and it worked really well. I appreciate the advice Thanks

Oh wow! I just tried this with a Costa Rican natural ground medium fine and it was nothing short of spectacular. Hands-down the best French Press I've ever had (the Rao/Perger Lotus Drops recipe helped as well, but still ....). Nice to have a French Press without a mouthful of mud at the end.

Dude, I like this. I’m sure I’ll give it a shot, but when I bust out the French press I’m usually wanting that gritty grimey cup, ya know what I mean. Just something about it

I just tried this with my stainless steel french press from Amazon and using a cheap blade grinder, and even with that crappy setup the clarity and taste is a million times better. I'm looking forward to trying this with a burr grinder and perhaps with a glass french press to see if I can get it even cleaner.

Cool! I've only seen the Coffee Chronicler do this before. Now if only I had a french press... :/

I just tried this and a complete game changer. So much better.

It is allready 20h00 here. In South Africa. So have to try this out tomorrow. Can't wait... 🤩

I have a Secura stainless steel French press and I love it. It looks great sitting on the counter, keeps coffee hot while brewing, is indestructible but best of all, makes great coffee! Thanks for the vid!.

I have tried the paper filter thing, and I do still prefer pouring through the mesh. It's also my typical daily brew, as it's the most convenient way to make my coffee at work.

kind of like a make shift aero press! love it!

Man, I'm really liking this opening music and montage.

just learned the paper filter trick with the FP couple wks ago... 💥GAME CHANGER! 💥 no more need to decant thru a nylon filter. fruitier, more flavorful, less acidic. no sludge! brilliant & big fan! the only thing i do differently is when filling the FP with hot water while boiling/grinding, i ball up the filter & throw that in there too. when its wet it seems to definitely make a tighter seal as i push it into the glass press. i use good old mr coffee filters.. perfect. & it DOES def takes at minimum 1.5 mins min for me to press out 570g water (i like my tumbler FULL in the morning!). im impatient AF but i still just put enough pressure on it to keep it slowly moving.. its a patience tester but worth the wait! been FPing for 20+ years. def having the BEST cups ever now! (now to figure out this damn v60)

Very similar to how an aeropress works…especially the inverted aeropress method that affords longer immersion time. Especially good for older French press that may have an iffy screen seal.

I always just poured it through a regular Melitta paper filter after brewing. I tend to have non-silty FP brews anyway following the old Hoffman method, but I like that the paper filters out certain oils and helps clean up the taste further. The only problem is that sometimes if there is a little salt left, it stalls out the paper filter and it could take several minutes to fully drain out. Not sure if there is a "coarser" paper filter out there that would work better. It's definitely less fuss than cutting filters to size, although I do that for just about every other brewing method anyway (moka, phin, espresso) so why not.

I always really enjoyed french press brewed coffee. Used James Hoffmans recipe for years, where you don't plunge, and I've never really had any issues with silt since. Never thought of using a paper though, must give that a try!

Loved how at around 5:07, Lance sings live, but then background music Lance gets piped in! Nice edit.

What a helpful idea! Thanks so much for the advice on making French press coffee 🍮

When I first got into coffee, this was the first "hack" that I thought of for myself. I really enjoyed the cups, but ultimately moved on to using the clever because I hated digging the grinds out of the French press, or wasting more water just to get them out. What I've really been wondering, because everyone always seems to say only brew for 2 minutes in a clever, is why don't you just use the same recipe in a clever that you would use in a French press? I understand that the water draws down through the bed instead of getting decanted off the top, but like Lance said, it's solvency has already been reduced by being in contact with the grinds. I guess it's kind of a silly question. I could just try myself.

When I first started getting into coffee 20ish years ago I would use a paper towel filter in my french press to help keep the grounds out of my cup.

Definitely gonna try this out! Ive thought about putting a filter in there but never actually tried it, always a joy to try new stuff

Love the little jazzy editing vibe to this one!

I just used this and it was a very nice happy medium, and there was no silt. Thank you, sir. I took a Chemex filter and cut it in half and used that doubled over.

I recently used a siphon paper filter before the metal mesh screen 😄 it perfectly fits, and it made the workflow much easier.

I love your new video style. The music and editing make this video so enjoyable! Thanks for your take on the French press. This is the best way to press for sure. :)

Cleaning up a French press is easy. Get a second small, double screen colander, and rinse pour (through the colander) into it the sink. Tap the colander into the garage. Coffee grains will plug up your plumbing system. Great show my friend

I was doing that for quite a while now and it was delicious with 1:15 with some dilution afterwards if having a tongue bite. And now when I got a refractometer I can see why. This method gives me 2.5-3 TDS but definitely delivers consistent and delicious cup 🙌🏻🤝🏻

The recommendation makes a lot of sense but the main reason I'm using french press because that's the only thing you need to make good coffee. Hoffman's method works well for what I prefer. This is a good use of free time however.

The whole week waiting for a new video from Lance, happy Friday now it is!

Bro I literally just combed through your channel for this last night! Thank you for reading my mind.

I usually drink instant coffee. Then I saw my French press up in a cupboard. I used to think french press coffee was hard to do. Then a light bulb went off. ITS SO EASY!!!!! It's probably how I'll make my coffee from now on.

what a timing for this video!, i just bought a titanium french press for camping, since is the easiest way of making a bunch of coffee, i will try this asap!

I find going coarse and sticking to 5 mins of brew time gets me a consistently delicious cup. I find that a finer grind leads my French press to be bitter. I conceptualize this in my head with my experience with teas. Whole leaf teas in a mesh steeper give you more complex flavors than the the dust you’ll find in cheaper quality teas which lead to an acrid and astringent cup.

Could use aeropress for fine particle filtering and wash the paper filter if you want

Looking forward to trying this method!

Great, need to try this out. Could you make a tasting test by comparing this method vs Aeropress different recipe vs Weber Bird vs Nomacano? Also what are the extraction levels.. that would be really interesting.

Tried the coarse ground 30g aeropress trick and it works really well. I opened an expensive bag of coffee a month ago and hated it, so i tried this a few days ago, and i must say it's a good idea.

Wow, brewed on a French press after a lifetime, thanks to you. I used the 20gm recipe, it came out so well, that I am still shocked. 😁

Love how your singing continued in the background lol

Now I'm feeling relieved. I use a much coarser coffee grind for French press than for pour over.... hahah

More videos edited like this please! Love it

The best thing about the french press is that I'm not just making coffee with it. I can make all sorts of infusions and I can do it right after I rolled out of bed when I my motor skills still have to return. The suggestion to use coarse grounds is in order to have a clearer coffee, but you can really do any grind setting short of whole beans and it can even make horrible pre-ground coffee taste... not good but still way more decent compared to the suggested appliance to use (in my case, a moka pot). It's just so much harder ending up with garbage when you don't have to care nearly at all about channeling and temperature. Rinse the grounds out of the pot and into a siv to throw them away, much less effort than suffering with a spoon and still throwing a lot down the drain, as I've seen some people do.

I tried this just based on what you did in the bird video. It worked really well but didn't go quite fine enough. I totally agree with the slightly dissatisfaction of not pressing the French press. It somehow felt so wrong not to press it with the Hoffmann method even if it was better for that brew!

This solves so many problems I could have with my French Press!!!!

Check out the Espro press! Comes with paper filters out of the box.

The French Press is MY first brewer (everywhere else in Brazil there is always a mellita or a cloth filter). It is still my favorite brewer and daily driver. I still need to improve my game in the Mellita and Moka. Espresso I mostly gave up. Cheers.

Thanks for bringing up this recipe, I just brew one really tasty cup of coffee 😍😍😍

Nonstop bangers from Lance lately!

What do you think about leaving the crust of coffee on top while steeping? James Hoffmann did that in all of his immersion brew videos. He even claimed that stirring the coffee will stop the extraction. I always did that but seeing you not caring about it made me unsure.

Fun trick, will try this. I kinda like the more dirty coffee from time to time. The FP is so nice as it is foregiving. You can let it brew for 10min and your still save. 😊

Doesn't need to be an expensive Kalita filter! I was about to order Kalita filters, but they cost 13 euros plus shipping for a packet of 10 here (so like 15 c/filter). Before pulling the trigger, I tried this method with an ordinary conical brown paper filter, which can be had from the grocery store for less than 1 c/filter. It works perfectly. It doesn't mould itself to the strainer's shape as well, obviously, but it's big enough to wrap around it and doesn't seem to affect performance.

Love, love the editing on this one with the text layover. Awesome video!

Is there difference in using filter in french press vs using v60 and filter and pour coffee in to v60 and filter out coffee ground?

100% works, I just cut a melitta/clever style filter and plunged it. zero silt, clear brown beauty. I was using very old beans to experiment with, but what a sweet immersion hack! EZPZ

Ayo never been this early very excited to watch this as I only have espresso machine and French press and have been wanting a different style

Just use a regular coffee filter. Crunch it up and put the filter in the press when you preheat it. The filter will become flexible and just fits over the screen, the excess paper is a non-issue.

I've been doing it that way since I saw your last video. My cups are cleaner. Nearly as much as my pour overs. I cut some chemex filters I still have to size. The papers are thicker than my v60 ones, so that might be a factor.

I love this! Thank you for guideline for grind sizes. Recently, I fell in love with this steep method. Could you tell us your thought about "percolation after steeping" vs "steep only or percolation only" in terms of your taste preference?

I like to use an espro, the one with the double ultra fine filters, with no filter when I don't feel like making a moka, and I grind basically as fine as I can without getting any grounds in my cup. I don't have to press it because there's no paper filter.

Nice work Lance & Hugo.

I just tried it! 100x better than the way I did this yesterday: 900g water to 60g coffee. Much coarser. No filter. Had hardly any flavor. I was going to give up on this method altogether. You have indeed redeemed it.

Been doing it this way for years. Always gave me cleaner cups. Got tired of the soot at the bottom of my cup and figured "well this coffee filter fits quite perfectly on this plunger". Never knew I wasn't the only one doing this

Let's all stop and appreciate ugos amazing videographer skills.

Dig it! Thanks for another banger with a classic Lance!

I know it’s not good for me or whatever, but I lowkey love the “silt-iness” of a French press. Am I the only one?

Starting it up` I wonder and hope he'll have that expensive version of the french press. That one that coems with a far stronger and double gap filters. I forget that fancy brand but they come with an actual puck sized filter cage instead of just the flat press. So it actually ha gaskets and such.

Old percolator filters (still available almost anywhere you buy other coffee filters) fit most cafetieres.

Any idea what grind setting would be comparable on a batatza encore? I typically grind between 28-32 depending on the bean. Your grind looks finer

It seems that you could achieve the same results with an Espro French press or Hario Switch. I've used both, but I missed the inherent richness/oils that serve as the basis for the French Press. Silt in the bottom of the cup really is irrelevant. The silt will simply sit there and you just leave the last 1/2" of brew in the cup.

French Press + Paper Filter has been my go to method for large batches of coffee. Making an espresso shot for multiple people becomes way to tedious.

thanks for all your content and expertise!

Slow press = keeping those polyphenols in there. Love it. Same basic principle as the long steep/slow press Aeropress. Tried it this afternoon after the long steep Aeropress recipe and found myself liking Aeropress mire

I'm curious, have you had any success with this method using an Espro fench press? The only thing I can think that it would noticeably do differently (better) is filter oils. Love the vids as always. It's nice to see someone always trying new things and pushing boundaries/changing standards. Keep up the great work! PS I think more people need to hit up the unfiltered channel, it gets bonkers!

Beat French press change I ever made was preheating the French press. Keep all that heat. While the water is boiling fill the French press with hot tap water. Stirring helps too.

I love french press. I believe pour-over is over-rated - too finicky and I don't want to pay for a long-neck kettle. But why would anyone care about a tiny amount of coffee grinds that get thru? I am not drinking coke. A tiny bit of texture can add depth in a good way. The only thing that prevents me from using it everyday is that I don't want the grinds clogging my kitchen drain.

Juste made it now, very delicious.

Interesting, I don't mind oils & a bit of sludge on my hot coffee. But I might give this a try to make Iced coffee since french press is the only thing I have at home & I like my Iced coffee clean.

Awesome one to try! btw, what would be the grind size for a k-ultra?