GREENSTREET COFFEES? & GREENSTREETPERFECT FRENCH PRESS Using a French Press is the easiest and best way to get excellent coffee at home. The keys to get 19 high quality beans; grinding the coffee correctly; are: 1 | GRIND COFFEE It is important that the coffee be ground coarse and that it be ground with a uality grinder, preferably a burr grinder. By grinding the coffee coarse, you're allowing for a slower and more even extraction, which results in a fuller bodied ‘and more nuanced cup. Blade grinders chop the coffee rather than grinding it, resulting in uneven ond unpredictable particle size. This leads to an uneven ‘extraction creating increased bitterness, 2'| ADD COFFEE TO THE POT You'll need one tablespoon of coffee for every 4 o7 of water. In other words, if you have a 16 ox press pot, you'll want $0 use 4 tablespoons of coffee. Feel free {to adjust this amount based on your own personal tastes, Make sure the pot is clean and dry. » 3 | ADD WATER You should bring the water just to @ boil ‘and let it cool for about 45 seconds Pour it aggressively into the pot so that it saturates the grounds. The key is to saturate all the grounds evenly. Do not fill the pot entirely, Fill a bit over halfway, Wait 25 seconds. Stir pour remaining water to fep, but leaving room for_plunge. With many fresh coffees you will see significant expansion of the Coffee in a sort of “foam” at the top of the liquid once you add water. This is known as “bloom’ and is the result of the ‘off-gassing of CO2 from the coffee 4 | START TIMER You're going to want to have a timer that counts down from 4 minutes and has an alarm at 4 minutes. It's very important that you use a timer to guarantee high quality coffee, siadas WHAT YOU'LL NEED: PRESS POT, COFFEE, GRINDER, SPOON, TIMER, CUPS ip, | ie | creenstpeeT sec A a 70 is 0 5 | PULL PRESS-TOP ON POT Make sure you line up the spout and the corresponding opening in the lid. 6 | PRESS THE POT At exactly 4 minutes, you should push the press into the pot to force all grounds to the bottom. You might have to press and then release and repeat to do this. Do not ‘crush it with all your might - use some finesse. 7 | POUR THE COFFEE You need to do this as soon as you've pressed the pot. If you're making more coffee than you can fit into a cup and want to hold some for later, pour the coffee into a thermal carat. De not leave the coffee in the press pot - it will get nasty (over-extracted) quickly. If you want 10 avoid any stray grounds and sediment, you can pour the coffee through a mesh basket filter.