reese_lane29•1d agoRising Star

Tried cold brewing with a French press instead of a mason jar last night

I usually do my cold brew in a big jar and strain it through a mesh sieve, but I was out of clean jars so I threw everything straight into my 34 oz French press and let it sit on the counter for 18 hours. The plunger caught almost all the grounds, but the coffee came out way cloudier than normal and had this weird gritty texture at the bottom. Has anyone else tried this method and figured out a trick to keep the silt out?

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spencerw721d ago

Hold up, you left it out for 18 hours? Thats probably part of the cloudiness. I did 14 hours in a French press once and it was still kinda thick. The mesh on those plungers is way coarser than like a nut milk bag or cheesecloth, so the fines just slip through. I started putting a paper filter between the plunger and the coffee bed before pressing down. It slows the plunge way down but catches that muddy silt. 18 hours might also be over-extracting some of the bitter stuff too, try 12 next time.

claire9921d agoTop Commenter

Wait, 18 hours? That's wild. Ive never even heard of anyone steeping it that long.