Learn how to make French press coffee in a short time.

The French press coffee maker allows you to easily make a perfect cup of coffee. With the French press coffee maker, you can avoid paying $5 for a cup of gourmet coffee and make your very own French press coffee. The French press coffee allows you to extract most of the flavors from the coffee beans.

To make French press coffee, you will need a French press coffee maker. French press coffee maker is available in different sizes and shapes. If it is only for personal use, you can consider purchasing a small sized French press. However, if there are multiple coffee drinkers in your family, you can but the large size French press coffee maker which fits the needs of the entire family. The French press can be purchased from local coffee stores, grocery stores or online stores.

You will also the coffee beans to make French press coffee. There are a large variety of coffee beans available on the market. The coffee beans have different flavors depends on where it is grown and how it is roasted.

Once you have purchase the coffee beans, you must grind it with a coffee grinder. The recommended serving is 1 tablespoon per 10 ounces of water. Before grinding the coffee beans, you should set the coffee grinder to medium or slightly coarse grind. In this way, the ground coffee will not pass through the filter screen so that you can have find grounds at the bottom of your coffee. Once the coffee beans are grinded, you must transferred them into the beaker.

You will have to boil some water to make the coffee brew. The quantity of water you boiled depends on the amount of coffee you want to make. Generally, 12 ounces of water is enough for the whole family. The water that is used for boiling must be clean and filtered. You can cook the water through microwave oven, kettle, and open sauce pan. If you are boiling the water in an open saucepan, you must watch it constantly to make sure not too much of the water is dried by the heat. If you want to use a microwave oven, you should set the microwave power to the appropriate beverage setting.

When the water is boiled, you must pour it into the French press coffee maker. After the water is poured over the ground beans, the screened plunger should be place through the hole in the middle of the coffee maker life until it rest on top of the coffee grounds. To submerge the coffee grounds, you will have to push it down eight inch in the hot water. If the water has not yet turned into the color of the coffee, you can wait for a few minutes since it takes some times to brew.

While pressing down on the plunger and the lid, you can pour the fresh coffee into the mug and enjoy. If there are some fine grounds that remain on the bottom of the coffee, you can avoid them by not drinking the last sip from the cup. If you follow the instructions that is mentioned above, you can learn how to make French press coffee in a short time.