Single Cup
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Parameters
- 15 g
- Coffee
- 250 g
- Water
- 1:16.7
- Ratio
- 96 °C
- Temp
- 8 coarse
- Grind
- 4:20
- Total
- ~250 ml
- Yield
Method
4:20 · total-
Pour 1 / 40:00
Pour all 250g.
+250g→ 250g Fill briskly -
Swirl 2 / 40:10
Stir gently. Place lid on.
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Press 3 / 44:00
Plunge slowly. Serve.
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Done 4 / 44:20
Brew complete.
Notes
Original source
Recipe by Specialty Coffee Association, published at sca.coffee.
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Definitions, ratios and protocols behind this recipe.
- French press The French press is the cleanest expression of the immersion idea: ground coffee, hot water, a metal mesh, and time. The mesh holds everything bigger than ~150 microns; everything smaller — fines and oils — passes into the cup. That single design choice is what gives the French press its character.
- How coffee is roasted Roasting is the chemistry that turns a green seed into something that tastes like coffee. A green bean is dense, vegetal, and sour — undrinkable in any meaningful sense. Heat applied for the right amount of time transforms it into the aromatic, brown, brewable thing on the shelf. Almost everything you taste in a finished cup was either created or shaped during the eight to fifteen minutes the bean spent inside a roaster.