Slow & Clean French Press
Tasting goal: Tea-like clarity, florals and citrus, almost no silt
Best for: Light washed Arabica — floral and citrus lots you'd normally pour over. Dialled for light roast Arabica.
Brew spec
- Method
- French press
- Species
- Arabica
- Roast target
- Light
- Pours
- 1
- Dose
- 30 g
- Water
- 500 g
- Ratio
- 1:16.7
- Temperature
- 96–98°C
- Grind size
- Medium-coarse
- Total time
- 9:00
Grind converter
Medium-coarse · ~800 µmGrinds ~0–1090 µm
Recommended setting
29
dial setting
Settings are approximate community estimates. Use them as a starting point, then taste: more bitter → go coarser, more sour → go finer.
Brew this recipe hands-free
The assistant walks you through every pour, tare, and pause for this recipe, with a randomly selected background loop running throughout the brew.
Current phase
Setup
30 g coffee · 500 g water
Add 30 g of medium-coarse coffee, tare the scale.
Press play to start. A randomly selected coffee-room loop plays throughout the brew while the coach speaks each instruction over it.
The press's dirty secret: the silt comes from plunging, not steeping. This recipe skips the plunge almost entirely — break the crust, skim, let the grounds settle, then press only to the surface. The reward is a cup with pour-over clarity and immersion sweetness, perfect for light roasts.
Use this recipe when…
- You have a light, washed coffee with delicate florals or citrus.
- You want pour-over clarity without owning a pour-over.
- You have nine unhurried minutes.
The method
- Add 30 g of medium-coarse coffee, tare, and pour all 500 g of water just off the boil in ~30 seconds.
- Steep uncovered to 4:00 — no lid, no stirring.
- Break the crust — stir the surface gently a few times, then skim off the foam and floating grounds with two spoons.
- Settle — wait until 8:30. The remaining grounds sink; the brew clarifies. Patience is the recipe.
- Press to the surface only — just enough to hold back strays — and pour gently. Leave the last splash in the press; that's where the silt lives.
Adjustment notes
- Lacking sweetness? Grind a touch finer — with no real plunge, over-extraction is hard to hit.
- Cup too cool? Use boiling water and preheat the press first.
- This technique scales beautifully — keep the ratio, mind the settle time.