Continuous Stirring
Intelligentsia Coffee's large-batch French Press recipe. Full boil water, crust forms at 1 minute, break and stir every 10-30 seconds. Variable steep time: shorter for bright, longer for sweet.
- Chocolate
- Balanced
- Full-bodied
- Medium roast
- Dark roast
- Long
- Beginner
- Total
- 5:20
- Ratio
- 1:16.1
- Coffee
- 56 g
- Temp
- 100 °C
The Continuous Stirring recipe by Intelligentsia Coffee for the French Press 12 Cup uses 56 g of coffee and 900 g of water (1:16.1 ratio), at 100°C, with a target brew time of 5:20.
Parameters
- 56 g
- Coffee
- 900 g
- Water
- 1:16.1
- Ratio
- 100 °C
- Temp
- 7 medium coarse
- Grind
- 5:20
- Total
- 4
- Servings
Method
-
0:00Pour
Pour all 900g of boiling water.
+900g 20s Slow -
1:00Stir
Break the crust, stir gently.
5s -
2:00Stir
Stir again.
5s -
3:00Stir
Final stir. Let grounds settle.
5s -
4:00Wait
Grounds settling. Do not disturb.
60s -
5:00Press
Press slowly to just above the grounds.
20s -
5:20Done
Decant all coffee immediately.
Notes
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Recipe by Intelligentsia Coffee, published at intelligentsia.com.
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