How To Use French Press To Make Cold Brew

How to cold brew.

How to use french press to make cold brew. Insert the plunger into the french press and lower it to the top layer of coffee to keep the coffee particles under the water. Raise your hand if you re excited for iced coffee season. To use a french press to make your coffee you can follow these steps. Pour 3 cups of cold or room temp water over the grounds gently. Press and strain into covered jar or vessel for storing your cold brew in your refrigerator.

Give the water a stir making sure that all coffee grounds are saturated. With all other coffee brewing filtered water is recommended but if push comes to shove you could get away with tap water with cold brew. Pour the coffee into a jar or bottle for holding. Add 3 cups of room temperature water. Place ground coffee in french press and slowly add 36oz.

Of water to the carafe. Stir the coffee grounds. Voila cold brew is yours. As always filtered water aids with better extraction but if there s any brew method you can get away with using tap water it s cold brew. Using a standard 8 cup french press.

Pour ground coffee into a french press and add clean water. Place the french press plunger on top and store in the fridge for 12 hours. Strain the coffee in the french press by plunging the grinds all the way to the bottom and pouring out all the liquid to stop the brew. Make sure all of the grounds are fully immersed by giving the slurry a thorough stir. Take the french press out of the refrigerator remove the plunger from and stir the contents with a spoon.

Carefully press down on the plunger to push all the grounds to the bottom. Cover the french press with the plunger slightly pressing it just until the top of the water. If using a mason jar or other container be sure all the grinds are strained or removed to stop extraction and keep the coffee from tasting bitter. Let sit for 14 16 hours at room temperature. Keep the cold brew refrigerated for two to three days.