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Pithecanthropus wrote:

test wrote:

Yeah, I tried making coffee with a French press once. Doesn't work so good with Turkish grind. After about 5 minutes a couple of drops sort of dribbled out. Maybe with a coarser grind it would be OK.

You have to use a rather coarse grind for a French Press.  Sorry, but trying to make French Press coffee with a Turkish grind, which is so fine it's practically like flour, was pretty stupid.
http://homepage.mac.com/oatmeal/MAF/maxes/dunce.gif

Use the finest even grind coffee you can, but coarse enough to avoid having the grind pass through the filter. I use a grind just a few notches coarser than filter drip, and nowhere near a coarse multipurpose or perc grind. They key to avoiding sediment is in the evenness of the grind, and a burr grinder will give you this.

From the link referenced above. Trust me. It works.

test wrote:

I had my doubts but my room-mate at the time kept telling me how good French press coffee is and I "had to" try it and blahblahblah. It seemed to make his fiancee pretty horny but even so I figured I'd give it a whirl. I'd seen him make it a few times so I had a good idea how much coffee to put in and how far the dingus should be tightened. I kinda wondered though as soon as I started to screw the contraption together and it would only turn about 1/4 turn. But I figured I'd gone that far I may as well at least see how it would turn out. It only cost me 5 minutes as I just dumped the 99% still dry coffee into a regular filter and made myself a cuppajoe. Live and learn.

I found this confusing to read.

Pithecanthropus wrote:

jerwin wrote:

Use the finest even grind coffee you can, but coarse enough to avoid having the grind pass through the filter. I use a grind just a few notches coarser than filter drip, and nowhere near a coarse multipurpose or perc grind. They key to avoiding sediment is in the evenness of the grind, and a burr grinder will give you this.

From the link referenced above. Trust me. It works.

You do know who you're talking to, don't you?

A coffee snob par excellance?

mrreet2001 wrote:

test wrote:

I had my doubts but my room-mate at the time kept telling me how good French press coffee is and I "had to" try it and blahblahblah. It seemed to make his fiancee pretty horny but even so I figured I'd give it a whirl. I'd seen him make it a few times so I had a good idea how much coffee to put in and how far the dingus should be tightened. I kinda wondered though as soon as I started to screw the contraption together and it would only turn about 1/4 turn. But I figured I'd gone that far I may as well at least see how it would turn out. It only cost me 5 minutes as I just dumped the 99% still dry coffee into a regular filter and made myself a cuppajoe. Live and learn.

I found this confusing to read.

Don't feel bad, I found it confusing to live.

Hey Pit… did you ever find a good name for your coffee blend?