French Press Coffee Maker

You will be surprised to you find out that in nine out of ten coffee connoisseurs the coffee brewed in a French press coffee maker is their favorite coffee.

French Press coffee is the coffee lovers world wide mostly agreed upon best equipment for brewing coffee. With this coffee maker the full flavor of the oils in the coffee beans is one hundred percent preserved delivering your prized drink in a creamy and delicious brew.

Basically this Coffee Maker is a tall glass fitted with a piston-like pump moving within the cylinder and a filter.

The brewing process is simple and lasting just a few minutes. Grounded coffee and boiling water are mixed in the tall glass then pressed down, and your coffee ready to drink is left at the top.

These coffee makers are also called, a 'press pot' a 'plunger' or a cafetiere.

One of the advantages of good French Press is that you can manually set the water temperature and brewing time resulting in a delicious cup of coffee designed to your individual taste.

Coffee can be brewed in several ways:

- Turkish coffee – boiling
- Italian Espresso – pressure brew
- Drip coffee – One cup drip coffee machines
- Coffee steeping – Soaking the beans and extracting the brew

The French Press uses steeping and experts say it is the best method to extract the oils and keep the natural aroma and taste of the coffee beans.

Most high-end coffee makers use conical grinders, because these grinders rotate at low speeds in the area of five hundred revolutions per minute. This keeps the grinding temperature ideally low, while faster grinders will heat-up too much and eliminate most of the flavor of the oils in the beans.

These machines are suitable for any type of coffee, but some connoisseurs prefer dark roasted coffee with a full body and medium to low acidity. Among their favorites are the French roast bean like Tanzania Peaberry, Sumatra or Ethiopian Yirgacheef.

To ensure that no coffee particles will pass through the filter mesh screen, a coarse grind is suggested to better separate the brew from the grinds.

How to make coffee with a these coffee makers:

- Pour two table spoons of coarse ground coffee into coffee maker
- Six ounces of water
- Boil the water
- Pour the water over coffee grounds in the press
- In two to four minutes, your delicious brew should be ready to drink.
- Press down the plunger and pour the rich, aromatic liquid into your cup.

This brew made is best savored black (no sugar, milk or cream).

Bodum Chambord 3-cup Coffee Press (Amazon Link - Here you can also find the Bodum 4-cup, 8-cup and 12-cup French Press Coffee Makers)
 

The Bodum is an extremely popular coffee maker and an excellent machine, out of 356 customer reviews at Amazon 244 are 5 star!

5 star:		(244)
4 star:		(65)
3 star:		(22)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(17)

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