I like my French press because I don’t want to buy filters ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Too much technique for my mornings. Aeropress is my preferred method.
Does it truly make that big of a difference? I always feel like if you want a good coffee use really good coffee. When i was semi into trying different coffees i felt this was the only thing that really mattered. Tasted just as great out of my standard coffee pot as it did to a french press.
it does make a difference. it must not make one to you.
everyone has different preferences. i don’t like french press or autodrip. i like pour over or vacuum.
a better brew method can make less good coffee better, and a crappy one can make good coffee gross.
water also matters a lot.
The thing about coffee is that it can always taste better. I’m not dunking on coffee. I love coffee, and I love striving for an even better tasting cup.
The most important thing is to buy whole beans and grind them right before use. All of the flavor compounds will be fresh.
Yeah, i had a semi decent low grade grinder. Didnt spend much on it but it allowed me to control corse to fine grind and worked great. I liked being able to try all the different grinds to find what i liked best. I ended up finding 2 coffees i really liked, but they were expensive and i kind of gave up drinking coffee due to that and some other reasons. This was like 10 years ago, i really don’t wanna know what it cost these days!
Brew method is about control and experimentation. Not a big difference, but cheap, easy and controllable. V60 is basically BIFL.
Beans>roast>grind>brew>water
I like my Chemex pourover and bought it as someone with literally zero coffee-making experience tucks away when not in use and has no nasty plastic or electronic parts to break down over time. Never got into the science stuff, I just pour hot water over grounds and coffee comes out :)
I’d certainly tell someone not to be scared by all the options and accessories people try to sell you online, it really is very simple
I do this for a different reason than taste. I didn’t like the idea of boiling water pouring over plastic and into my cup every morning. I get enough microplastic from the hotel room keys that I eat, I don’t need more.
Got myself a stainless steel permanent filter funnel, and an all metal inside electric kettle.
My little 4 cup drip coffee maker does this without me having to hold the filter.
And it makes subpar coffee.
Tastes fine to me. Far better than when I do it with a French press.
The problem with coffee makers is the first 1/2 ounce of water is lukewarm and that first water is most important for extraction.
But if you are going to add milk and sugar, the brew doesn’t really matter.
