BREWING WITH A THREE CUP FRENCH PRESS • VERSION: 02APRIL2016

SCAA Best Practice | Guidelines for Brewing

with a Three Cup French Press

Prepared by the Technical Standards Committee

Published by the Specialty Coffee Association of America

Revised: April 2, 2016 • Pages: Cover + 1

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Guidelines for Brewing with a Three Cup French Press

PARAMETERS:

Your Three Cup (22 ounce) French Press

Coffee: 36 grams set at medium-coarse grind

Water: 660 grams or milliliters at 200 °F / 93.5 °C for brewing

Additional water at 200 °F / 93.5 °C for preheating

Stirring device

Gram scale (1 gram = 1 milliliter)

Brewing time: 4 minutes

Step 1 Begin with clean equipment.

Step 2 Preheat your French press with hot water. Discard this

water.

Step 3 Add coffee to the pot. Set it in top of the scale and tare the

scale.

Step 4 Start the timer and begin pouring 540 grams of hot water

into the pot. Saturate the coffee completely.

Step 5 Without pressing down on the plunger, place the lid on the

pot.

Step 6 After 2 minutes, remove the lid and gently stir the coffee to

further saturate all grounds. Pour the remaining 120 grams

of hot water into the pot.

Step 7 Using two spoons, skim the oils and remaining floating

grounds off the top of the brew. This will produce a cleaner

cup & will stop the coffee from extracting. Without pressing

down on the plunger, replace the lid.

Step 8 At 4 minutes, slowly press down on the plunger until it is at

the bottom of the pot.

Step 9 Decant and enjoy!