French Press

3 Cup 400g of water (14oz) 4 Cup 500g of water (17.6oz) 8 Cup 1000g of water (35.3oz)

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25g of coffee 32g of coffee 62g of coffee

Remove the plunger

and closely inspect
that no old coffee oils
or fines are present on
any plunger pieces,
the lid, or cylinder. Be
sure to rebuild before
brewing.

2 Put a kettle of water on to boil. You

will use this for brewing as well as
8 Completely saturate the grounds as you pour. Pour slowly
to ensure you can monitor the scale display accurately and
preheating your French press. achieve the correct coffee to water ratio.

3 Weigh out your coffee (See charts above). Set the

grinder to the appropriate setting (coarse). 9 10 seconds before your brew is finished, break the crust
and skim off the remaining floating grounds and bloom
with the spoon. This will allow an easier ‘press’ and will
yield a cleaner cup.

4 Once the kettle boils, preheat the French

press and decanting vessels (carafes or
mugs, etc.) with some water.

5 Pour out the preheating water. Place the French

press on the scale and tare it to zero. 10 Place the plunger on top and press down slowly and
carefully. Pressing too quickly or forcefully may lead
to hot coffee spurting out and possibly ruining your

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new pair of Tom’s.

Grind your coffee and add it to the

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French press. Check to see that the
coffee weight hasn’t changed, then
tare to zero again. Once the plunger filter pushes the grinds to the
bottom, immediately decant the brew and serve.

7 Start the timer (set for 6 minutes) as you begin

to pour the freshly boiled hot water.

Enjoy.