Small coffee shop in Alba, Italy

  • @driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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    2 years ago

    I let my French press simmer for 20 minutes, as recommended by James Hoffman, but only when I bought properly grinded coffee.

    Edit: I just saw the video again and he said 4 + 5 to 8 minutes for a 30gm of coffee and 500gm of water. I usually do the double and maybe for that I was also doubling the time? Lmao, have been so many years doing it like this that I was sure was the way he said it should be done.

      • Coffee grinded for French press is really big, it needs a lot of time to extract the flavors, and after 20 minutes the temperature is just right.

        • @Salix@sh.itjust.works
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          2 years ago

          Simmering means you’re probably putting it on a stove top trying to keep it just below boiling temp for 20 minutes.

          Is that what you’re really doing? Or are you steeping?

          • Oh thank you. English is not my first language, sometimes make errors like that.

            What I mean is that I put the coffee on the press, put the boiling water and let it there for 20 minutes.

    • Zammy95
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      32 years ago

      Woah wait, 20 minutes? I thought his was like… 10 minutes total afterwards. Although he did also say “you can let it go longer if you’d like” or something I think.