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I used to always make cold brew in a french press and then started to use a Hario cold brew jug. I much prefer the french press because it kept the oils and made the cold brew have a stronger taste that I prefer. The cold brew jug gets no use now that I've gone back to just using a french press.

I still only have a french press because coffee stuff is expensive (specially in a third world country), and I still don't get tired of it. My suggestion for anyone brewing french press is to cloth filter it (as you're pouring into the cup), it retains the rich body but without the silt and fines and it makes the flavor clearer and cleaner, it also doesn't choke like a paper filter. I brew almost exclusively light to medium fruity coffees and it works like a charm every time.

Frothing milk with the French press!!! ❤ 10/10 recommend!! I tried after watching this video and I will never use my 10€ hand frother again. I'm flabbergasted how happy I am with the milk froth from the French press. Crazy🤯

We usually make 2-3 mason jars to steep cold brew in the fridge and then decant into the French press before plunging. This lets us quickly strain more than one batch at a time and not keep the French press itself stuck in the fridge.

The coffee geek in me always wanted to transition from instant coffee to proper methods of brewing coffee from grounds. Started it from your channel, watched one of your earliest French Press videos and have been using my French Press for the last 2 years. Love this method and will be getting a moka pot and V60 soon. Don't usually comment but I should appreciate the person who made me go down this beautiful rabbit hole of coffee. Your videos are great. Thanks and keep up the good work!

I love the fact that she’s using the same white mug from her old video about the French press ,taking us back in time❤❤❤

We had a drip coffee maker, an espresso machine, an aero press, a Kureg machine, and a French press. After several years we started getting rid of them all one by one because we never used them. We now just have a French press and we use it all the time for both hot and cold coffee, and for both hot and cold tea. It's just so simple and consistent and versatile.

This is my favourite video on the french press by by far. Simple, no hassle and no extras needed just like the brewer is intended to be used.

I use my French Press for my coffee for every workday. I clean it out using a flexible rubber spatula that you can buy at the dollar store. I get the majority of the grounds out with that and then rinse out. Simple

When I first started drinking coffee, I got a French press second-hand because I didn't want to shell out for a big electric coffee maker. Years later and I'm still using a French press! Love the taste of the coffee, but I also love how simple a machine the French press is. The fewer the parts, the fewer things for me to bust. 😂 Then too, I love being able to travel with it, or even just bring it to my parents' when their Folger's won't do it for me. As long as you have a way to heat water, you can make French press, which makes it ideal for camping. And it doesn't take up any room on my counter! ❤

I literally tried this "basic/barebones method" for the french press today, because of this video, and I have to say, it was the best cup of french press I have ever had! I mean.... Don't get me wrong, I already LOVED my french press, *but I have never seen something make typical cans of cheap ground coffee you get, like at the store, taste GOOD* Like There is of course still bitterness, it's still coffee, but it doesn't taste *gross* bitter doing it this way!! I could ACTUALLY just drink it with milk, instead of having to drown it in creamer! And I can *absolutely* see where the "chocolate feel" comes from: Its bitter like how proper dark chocolate is bitter, not bad! Thank you. Oh my goodness, THANK you! I had no idea something so simple could change it so drastically. I would just dump what amount of grounds "seemed right" into the press, and, yknow, i THOUGHT I was making okay coffee. Lol Which, sure, maybe. But having BETTER "correct" proportions has made SUCH a difference I didn't even know was a thing! This has absolutely sparked a new investment in my french press again!! Thank you so much, for the rest of the information too! Im genuinely eager to try the cold brew next too. And making tea! I never stopped to think that you could make tea in it!! I've gotten stuck before in what something is "supposed" to be used for, I dunno if I EVER would have thought of it myself! It's just wonderful!!! Please have an awesome weekend! And onward! 🌞

Another advantage of the press is that you can multitask. I'll put the kettle on the stove, measure out the coffee into the pot then go about feeding the dog, making my own breakfast, checking the morning news and weather. Kettle boils, wait a bit, then pour the hot water. Stir (I recommend using a wooden or plastic spoon to spare the glass pot), then wait the 4-5 minutes while eating or whatever. Then coffee is ready - pour, drink, be happy. While I like espresso and moka pot brews, they require some babysitting. Harder to multitask!

I love my French presses. I have one that's specifically meant for cold brew from Bodum, and another one with double walls for keeping a fresh pot hotter for longer. They both see a lot of use, because my spouse and I are both caffeine addicts.

Thank you so much, Morgan. My son bought a French press when his coffeemaker died. I wasn't sure how to use it--how much coffee to water, how to steep, anything. Now that I have seen your video, I will get a French press or tell one of my (adult) children that it would be a great gift. LOL

It's nice to see a coffee professional talking about frothing milk in a French press; I did it all the time when I had a smaller press.

My French press was my first coffee maker when I moved out and it was so perfect for cold brew in the Nevada summer 💜 I would make some overnight, pour into a separate pitcher, and make another batch while I was at work and add that to the pitcher. That way I had a bulk batch of cold brew for the week

Tea tip. You can just keep adding water to tohose tea leaves. Loose leaf you can get 2-3 good brews out of

For those with a Stag Kettle that want a quicker pour, remove the lid and pour the water sideways out of the lid instead of using the spout.

Thank you Morgan!! I’m moving to a small apartment and won’t have room for all my coffee implements, but I will DEFINITELY be taking my french press!

I went from a "campfire" pot to the press about 5 years ago. I never once thought about giving the grounds a stir. I'll do that tomorrow morning. Great video.

If only some people could put as much effort into raising their kids, lol..... for me, the morning brew was always in the French press. #1 boil water in the Dash kettle, add ground beans to press. #2 While water boils, morning tiny chores. #3 drop in water after it's "settled down." #4 Stir with ice tea teaspoon (love the ones from William Sonoma), let the coffee relax, there's none of that for me yet, it's 5am! #5 more chores #6 time to pour 1st cup and wake up with the Sunrise, grateful for the coffee and another day. #7 take the morning dog walk with 2nd cup. Now, home the day begins. I am off auto pilot!😊

I've been using James Hoffman's method for a few years now and using 65-70g of coffee in an 800ml French press. I make 3 batches in a row then chill it for iced coffee. I also make coffee "ice" cubes with it so I'm not diluting it beyond the light cream and homemade cinnamon syrup. It's the strongest flavor I can get without an espresso machine and the Moka Pot would take forever; it's for one-off hot cups. Frothing is better with the wand, but you're right, it does work in the press. FYI - irregardless isn't a word. Just regardless.

Very clear and concise, you’re a very good teacher! Have watched several other videos on this subject but enjoyed yours the most! Thank you

I love how you share the knowledge, and the level of detail you put into explaining everything:)

Thanks for the frothing tip! Worked better than I thought it would. Eyes open at goodwill now for a small glass French press

I was always taught to give it a 4 minute brew, then a slight stir to get the grounds to fall, then scoop the scum off of the top, wait 3 more minutes for all the grains to fall then press to just above the grounds but never touch them...then pour very slightly to reduce any fines that slipped thru.

OMG just recently watched your old video and sooooo happy you've now decided to upload a new video about the french press 🎉

My Only alteration is that I use a wooden dowel to stir in my glass or stainless FPs. I bought a hardwood wooden spoon and took off the spoon bit and sanded it round, then soaked it in canola oil for a day or so (in a plastic bag - uses less oil) It irks me to hear steel spoon on glass. When camping I have a stainless steel double walled FP and a hand grinder, for a tiny bit of luxury out in the middle of nowhere.

I use a regular cheap drip brewer for my everyday cups, but for weekends, I gravitate to primarily either French Press or Vacuum Siphon. Both give me a full bodied cup, though the siphon generally gives me less in the way of sediment. I do have multiple other ways of making coffee, from pourover, percolator, phin, and even a flip pot. But French and Siphon are my go-to for weekends.

This was like the blessing I didn’t even ask for! Thank you so much!

I don’t know if you do any instructing, but Morgan you make a great teacher! At the coffee shop I work at we use a French press to make our tea concentrates.

Best slide of any youtuber I've seen. Also great info, I really appreciate it!

I just got a french press and this video has been very helpful! I usually use a phin but it takes sooooooooo long to percolate that I have been missing my morning coffee lately. Thanks for the tips!

A french press was one of the first coffee brewers i got when i started to get into coffee. I've tried many other methods since then and have come back to it. The simplicity of the process and so few variables, and the virtual non existence of techniques mattering compared to other methods makes it easier than anything else to get a good cup consistently

A chopstick is the best French press stirring tool bar none 👌

I’ve just started reading the Silmarillion this weekend. Your videos are a great companion ❤

I love my tiny little french press, it's just enough for one cup of coffee and I love it. Thank you for more ideas to use it =D It never occurred to me to brew tea with it but so it was quite confusing at first but in the end, it's just a cup with a filter so why not.

I've been using a french-press for a good 13 years now, and it always makes what seems to be a better coffee than anything else, my guests often commented on it cause they don't get the experience anywhere else. We have a basic Mr. C. machine for my poor husband stumbling out the door at 5am, but weekends he gets to enjoy the press coffee I make, and it's amazing how different the same coffee tastes between the different methods.

Just wanted to say thank you for the tip with the frothing milk! I even had one of these devices around and I did read the instructions yet - not as good as it should have been. Only after watching your video I was able to make it work.

Ohhhhhhh. I love this. I hope more come like the Mokapot etc.

I absolutely love how thorough/descriptive and to the point you are with everything :D it made me feel like I didn't /have/ to watch to get all the information you need which is so rare in a vid! [I have a concussion and still need to feed the brain haha] and the tiniest thought on that I have is when I did close my eyes sometimes you say what you're doing after it happens rather than before, and so there's just a confusing noise a first lol. but even those weren't too loud either

Nice to see someone repping the classic method, complications can be added later (if at all). Also, I enjoy watching the time on the clock jump in the background ;-)

The French Press and the AeroPress are similar, both are immersion brewers, but the AeroPress uses a filter. I then found out that Hario makes an immersion brewer as well, called the V60 Switch, that combines the immersion system with a pour-over ending. I have to say, that the Hario V60 Switch makes a better coffee than the other two do. Just my opinion of course, but I retired my French Press and AeroPress because of the Switch.

Thank you Morgan for making this video! The French press is the only coffee brewing instrument I have and I’m looking for ways to use it

For fridge cold brew I tend to use quite fine ground coffee, not espresso, but almost. Time around 8-9 hours. Put in fridge before you sleep and drink for breakfast

My favourite kitchen item is my stainless steel french press. I'm a clumsy person and I have broken my fair share of glass french press. At first I bought it and was disappointed that it was a bit ugly and you can't see through it, but this thing is so tough it won me over. It will probably outlive me.

Great video! This is completely off topic, but I'm really intrigued by your clock in the background!

I have a love hate relationship with the French press, one tip I found was to use a couple of kitchen towels to wrap it so it doesn’t get too cold by the time the brew is done

One difference in my brew: because I use a filter over the plunger (smoother taste), I don’t set the lid on until I’m ready to plunge it down. Any earlier and the paper filter will tear.

All the blooming and stirring can be skipped. Put the coffee in, dump the water in, put the plunger on and press it down partway to submerge the floating grounds, then lift it all the way up. The grounds will float and stir themselves. 4 minutes is pretty optimal between extracting the most good flavors and the least bad ones. If you're brewing more than one serving at once, transfer all the coffee out then. Letting it sit on the grounds defeats the timing. If it gets hard to plunge, waggle the whole thing to break up the coffee a bit If you need clarity enhanced for certain delicate beans, pourover is a better choice.

LOL I have at least FOUR French presses in various sizes. In fact, I lucked out on finding a mint condition stainless steel version at my local thrift store and use it nearly every day. I love it because the filter filters VERY well, with very little grit or silt in my coffee. And it keeps things really hot for a long time. You really can't go wrong with this type of pot!

I only have a french press to make coffee with so this is definitely useful for me as a beginner! I do love making cold brew with it during the summer :)

Love the very in depth tutorial on how to use the French press, it’s idiot proof and I mean that in the best way❤

Interesting method, I always just added all the water then used the the press to “pump” the coffee a bit to mix it up and pushed the coffee just below the surface, then let it steep.

Wow!!! That opening slide had some torque behind it!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I do follow Hoffman's french press method for the most part, but it really does depend on the press. If it's just a classic kinda one like you've shown here to start, then yes it's absolutely a great method that gives you a nice, clean cup. However, with a lot of the fancier ones like your Fellow there, or the kinda Starbucks ones they got where the mesh has a gasket that seals the coffee pretty well, your basic method is very excellent as a baseline! I also didn't consider using the ones I have for tea, this will be a great way to make my usual cups of Jamaica during the summer! Thank you so much for the video!

Love cold brewing in mine, both coffee but also tea in summertime.

I've been using it for years. I love the French Press.

I am really also into the vietnamese technique. Would love to try it. Looks like a nice rituals for a coffee break

I LOVE cold brew coffee. I find the flavor comes out rich and yummy.

Nice job Morgan! I've had my french press For a while and I prefer it Over my ten cup percolator. I also bought a smaller one to use On fishing trips with my sister. I will watch your channel some more. I've never seen you before but I will check it out To see what else you talk about.

Appreciate the low-key 'Take Me Out to the Ball Game' cover in the background 👌⚾

Incredible. A video guidance on how to used french press 🤔

French press is great, I love how versatile it is. And it's really cheap as well if you don't go extremely fancy.

I use a moka pot to brew the coffee and a small French press to froth the milk. Late, cappuccino, cortado, macchiato all can be done by a little bit of practice

I never thought to brew tea in my French press, thanks for suggestion

i would love to see you describe the flavor profile for a bunch of different coffee ice creams on the market! or maybe how to make a fun version of your own favorite drinks as ice cream

Ever since the first failed brew, my French press has been collecting dust on the shelf. I am inspired to try again, using your tips.

Best Entrance EVAR! 😀

Ms. Eckroth: imo the most unusual caffeine product is Yerba Mate, might make a nice vid. The mate is usually made from part of a gourd. It is sipped with a bombilla. Many millions of people, mostly in Argentina use it instead of coffee. Might make an awesome, unique vid to find an Argentine to show folks how it is done. About 15 years ago, I was on a small dock not far out of Albany, OR and was sucking my bombilla sticking out of an odd looking thing. Cop shows up asking me "what do you have there?" with that suspicious tone. I explained it to him pretty well, he relaxed and took his hand off his pistol grip.

Watching this while enjoying my french press coffee! 😅 I am doing pretty much the James Hoffmann version without froth scooping. Running usually 30-35 grams of beens for 500 ml of water.

I recently started using the James Hoffman method to produce french press coffee without ANY fines and silt at the bottom of the cup. It works! It takes longer but the results are worth it. The only thing James failed at was keeping the brew covered during the process which allows heat and steam to escape and you end up with very warm but NOT HOT coffee. Simple solution is to cover the top of the press during the brew process. I use a small stainless teabag plate as a cover. You can also just put the french press plunger on but dont press the plunger down. I have an electric milk frother that warms the milk too. Fat free milk froths best imo. Counterintuitive eh?

Just found a brand new one today at a local thrift shop -- what good timing ☕

Hi there, first of all i feel like i never took the time to just say thank you for your work on running one of the most wholesome coffee channels that i know of on youtube. I've watched a lot of your videos and enjoyed them very much and also took a lot of inspiration from them. On the more nerdy side of things: what do you think about the point of some other KZfaqrs like James and most recently The Coffee Chronicler where they say it is actually beneficial to grind much finer somewhere in the range one would use for a moka pot? For myself (and this is just pure personal taste) i really loved this with the Coffee Chroniclers method where you put a paper filter below the plunger to get a clear cup even at finer grind settings and i feel it worked particulary well with lighter roasts of natural and fermented coffees. I'd love to hear your opinion on these. Maybe this might even be an idea for a comparison video?

To anyone thinking about buying a French press, go for stainless steel over glass, especially if you have kids. Glass breaks, stainless steel does not and holds the heat longer.

Hi Morgan! Haven’t seen your post for weeks a while. French press is what we make coffee.

I just found your channel. Thank you for the soft music in the background. One thing that turns me off with some videos is that awful loud music.

You want milk to be cold, very cold.. as well as whatever you use to cream it... milk creams up better when cold, it's how you make whip cream or even butter.

i really appreciate your videos thank you for all. But one precision, in France we don't use those coffee makers and we don't even call it " cafetière à la française ", we call it "cafetière a piston" which we could maybe translate as " press coffeemaker " ?

I love my Espro French Press. It makes excellent coffee. Thanks for a fun video. Keep up the great work.

Even when making cold brew, I bloom my grounds with extra-hot tap water. Once bloomed, I top off with cold water. I leave it on my counter for 20 hours or so, then plunge, and pour over a filter to make it extra-smooth. Delicious!

French press makes it easy to make cold foam too!! Since it adds so much air, i found the fiam lasted a couple days in the fridge even

I’m just over here as an occasional coffee drinker that wanted a cheap and simple coffee maker. I measure with my heart.

i reccomend vahdam teas. really great fresh tea

Those kitchen wood panes 😮❤

Pouring towards one side and then jiggling a bit wets all the grounds with no stirring required. Takes soem practice, is worth it. Less spoons to wash.

Double walled stainless steel French presses are the best. They will not burn you and they will not break.

Hey I have the same Oxo measuring jug!

EVerytime I watch one of Morgan's adorable videos. I always say to myself. "Damn, I never even knew that there was literally so much behind such a common drink"

I love my French Press! You should check out the OXO cold brew maker! It's really awesome and affordable

Your voice is so beautiful 😭🥺

I actually use a tea strainer for my coffee. It's nice for just myself

I should go to the cellar and look for my one cup french press. French press is such a great cheap option.

Exactly what I needed because I broke my Bialetti last week so I'll only use my french press for now 😅

There's been a lot of disrespect toward the French press by specialty baristas of late, caling it too wasteful, and less capable of tasty coffee, but I personally still love it after years of getting my start on it. I refer to it as old faithful. :)

thanks a lot

I love to dilute my cold brew with hot water, giving me a drinkable temp to put in my insulated cup.

Thank you for all this info, so handy! I'd love to get one, but I can only drink decaf because of health reasons, and the only way that's sold in my country is filter grind size. So yay for coffee loving Norway...

Oooohhh i currently use a french press for my coffee, when i dont get something from starbucks or Costa. Or if i insta coffee when i need a quick cup and need to be out the door fast.