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French Press 8 Cup French press by Blue Bottle Coffee

Blue Bottle Coffee's take on the French press. Rather than plunging to the bottom, you stop the press just above the grounds so the mesh strains instead of stirs — a gentler method that yields a cleaner, less silty cup while keeping the body.

1:11.7 Ratio

4:20 Total

30g Dose

98°C Temp

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Parameters

30 g
Coffee: 350 g
Water: 1:11.7
Ratio: 98 °C
Temp: 8 coarse
Grind: 4:20
Total: ~350 ml
Yield

Grind · 8/10 · coarse

FINE COARSE

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Method

4:20 · total

Bloom 1 / 6
0:00

14s

Pour 60g.

+60g→ 60g 6g/s 10s 98°C
Swirl 2 / 6
0:14

16s

Stir gently. Let it bloom.

4s
Pour 3 / 6
0:30

41s

Finish gently to 350g.

+290g→ 350g Fill gently
Steep 4 / 6
1:11

2m49s

Let it steep.

2m 49s
Press 5 / 6
4:00

20s

Press down slowly and evenly.

20s
Done 6 / 6
4:20

Brew complete.

Notes

Pour into your cups the moment you stop the plunger — coffee left sitting on the grounds keeps extracting and drifts bitter. A coarse, even grind keeps the fines out of the cup and lets the plunger glide instead of forcing sediment through the mesh.

Original source

Recipe by Blue Bottle Coffee, published at bluebottlecoffee.com.

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