Led Zepplin sings:

You’ve been learnin’, baby, I been learnin’,
All them good times, baby, baby, I’ve been yearnin’,
Way, way down inside honey, you need it,
I’m gonna give you my love,
I’m gonna give you my love.

Wanna whole lotta love?
Wanna whole lotta love?
Wanna whole lotta love?
Wanna whole lotta love?

And while they are singing about a woman, I think that it coffee is a pretty good substitute.

I want to be a “coffee guy”, not just one who likes and consumes it, but one who loves it, understands it and would be considered by others to be a coffee snob.

I recently started making french press with Bodum’s Brazil press and Esther and I have loved it so much that we wanted to experiment with doing away with our drip coffee maker. The Brazil is a little to small to server the two of us on a lazy Sunday morning, it only makes two 6 oz cups.

We bought a press pot from World Market to try and fill the gap, a 8 cup model, that cracked after we made our first pot. Quelle bummer! Esther returned it and ended up buying a 12-cup Bodum Chambord. Today was our first run at a full pot, after a trail run yesterday, and I must say that I have never had better coffee.

Process:

I have been studying the best process to make coffee and have synthesized my own. Currently, I have not had an opportunity to try this technique with fresh roasted beans, but I am sure that it will only make for a better cup than what I have had thus far.

Pre-brew sequence:

1. Boil water and pour into press pot and glasses to warm both.
2. Boil more water, for actual brewing.
3. Once water is at a boil, grind coffee on course grind, 10g per 8 fl oz of water. I realize this is mixing metric and imperial units, but an 8 oz cup is a lot more common and easier to measure than 236.588237ml.
4. Empty press pot and cups

Brew sequence:

1. Remove water from boil for approximately 10 seconds. Boiling water causes the grounds to become sour and bitter.
2. Add ground coffee to press pot
3. Pour water over grounds, soaking them fully
4. Stir ground/water slurry
5. Add remaining water
6. Let sit for 3 minutes

Drink sequence:

1. Pour into warmed cups
2. Enjoy