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I used the French Press for years. Then I tried a “cold press” coffee maker. Omg. The difference is huge. It take 24 hours to make it. It is concentrated coffee. I get about 3-4 pints of coffee in one batch that will last me roughly 3-4 days depending on how much coffee you drink. I add maybe 1/2 c of concentrate to 3/4 hot water (I use a electric tea kettle to get my water super hot). It’s smooth, as strong or as weak as you want to make it. I have friends come over and drink it and they fall in love with my coffee. Sure, it take a bit longer but I store it in the fridge. Mine is made by OXO. Once you try it you won’t go back!
For any of you that use a French Press, unfiltered coffee raises you LDL Cholesteral levels so make sure you run that coffee through a filter.
And also use unbleached filters.
Good info, BH, thank you. I didn't know about the cholesterol, but even use a paper filter in my espresso machine. I cut a standard basket filter into quarters & line the basket before filling with espresso.
Long story & long ago, I found that when I didn't use an adequate filter (I was using the gold, reusable filter) & small fragments of the bean were getting into my brew. In an effort to not give TMI, I had UTI symptoms for 1-yr & my bf at the time figured out that it was the shards of beans floating in my coffee (thankfully, he used clear coffee mugs at the time) & it was irritation, not infection.
After 3-days with a double paper filter (which I've used ever since), I had no more symptoms. I stopped & started 3 times to test it... same results each time. Yes, big believer in paper filters, no matter the method of brewing.
Also, I have a FR press, that I don't use often, but have for company. I even use a filter with that (wrap it around the plunger before pushing down)... it absorbs the oil & I don't get indigestion, that I'd normally get sans filter.
I used the French Press for years. Then I tried a “cold press” coffee maker. Omg. The difference is huge. It take 24 hours to make it. It is concentrated coffee. I get about 3-4 pints of coffee in one batch that will last me roughly 3-4 days depending on how much coffee you drink. I add maybe 1/2 c of concentrate to 3/4 hot water (I use a electric tea kettle to get my water super hot). It’s smooth, as strong or as weak as you want to make it. I have friends come over and drink it and they fall in love with my coffee. Sure, it take a bit longer but I store it in the fridge. Mine is made by OXO. Once you try it you won’t go back!
Also, I have a FR press, that I don't use often, but have for company. I even use a filter with that (wrap it around the plunger before pushing down)... it absorbs the oil & I don't get indigestion, that I'd normally get sans filter.
Hmm...I would never have thought about this...thank you!
With drip units, I find that they had to be replaced every year for one reason or another, they were just a land fill item, they needed to be kept fed with filters, and they tend to make weak coffee.
Sure, if you buy a cheap one.
My Braun KF187 is almost 20 years old. I think I bought it in 2001. I have a gold plated cleanable filter. I replaced the carafe once. The drip rate is fully adjustable. After all these years, I know how much coffee to put in the coffee grinder to get the strength I prefer.
We also have a single cup Melita with a gold-plated cleanable filter and an electric kettle when we only want one cup.
I have a French press but I don't use it very often.
I stayed in places with coffee makers (Mr Coffee type) and even though I only made 2 cups for myself, the first cup tasted so much better than the 2nd (30 minutes later) that I switched to doing one cup at a time with a cone filter.
Then I got a SS French press, I like that, after it brews I pour it off into a carafe and add milk to that. About 1.5 cups a morning. If I forgot to wash the FP, I nuke water in a glass measuring cup, add coffee to the cup, let stand, then pour through a cone filter. Some of the cone filters go too fast for my liking.
I have some inlaws who post on FB every couple of years, "OMG have to go out to Dunkin Donuts this morning, our coffee maker stopped working!!" Really? You can't figure out how to make coffee in a pot?
My requirements for a good cup of coffee are that it be hot (never burnt), and strong. I'm a fan of my Farberware percolator which delivers on both counts.
The wife only goes to about 2:00 pm, but I drink coffee all day long. We've always gotten along very well. At home though, I need quick and easy, so I use an industrial grade Mr. Coffee machine. They last about 15-18 months, and what breaks first is always the ON/OFF switch. I have a spare machine in the closet though. When one dies, I just swap it out and order another one. The coffee itself is a pre-ground blend from 1-pound vacuum-sealed bags. I don't want the noise, dust, or hassle of a grinder.
I use a drip coffee maker for my day-to-day needs, though I use a perk when I camp. I actually prefer the perk even though I know coffee connoisseurs regard it as a horrible way to make coffee.
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