Are you using a French press at home?

[Calypso 464]

What do you like about using a French press? In your experience, are there any drawbacks when it comes to using a French press?

[JohnR! 5,495]

What do you like about using a French press? In your experience, are there any drawbacks when it comes to using a French press?

You say French press and I think Le Canard Enchaine...

[Calypso 464]

You say French press and I think Le Canard Enchaine...

In this part of America, most people call it French press, not coffee press.

[Ban Hammer 12,836]

oh, that's what that is. i thought it was a torture device to be used on the french

[Anh map 2,098]

I thought that it was...... well.... sumthin' dirty

[JohnR! 5,495]

In this part of America, most people call it French press, not coffee press.

The French call it 'cafetiere a piston'...

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

What do you like about using a French press? In your experience, are there any drawbacks when it comes to using a French press?

Not really. The only thing I can think of is that it probably uses more coffee beans per cup then say a drip machine. Also consider guests I suppose - if you consider that it takes say 5 min to make two cups (a larger press) then a big group might take awhile where as a drip machine can make somewhere up to 12 cups in 20 min.

I'm thinking of taking one to work where we only have expresso that I water down. At home, the wife ended up purchasing a Koneg and before that I used to water down expresso from her machine.

[spookyturtle 9,465]

I use Dunkin' Donuts.

Anyone here use a French Tickler?

Edited September 27, 2012 by spookyturtle

[Calypso 464]

Not really. The only thing I can think of is that it probably uses more coffee beans per cup then say a drip machine. Also consider guests I suppose - if you consider that it takes say 5 min to make two cups (a larger press) then a big group might take awhile where as a drip machine can make somewhere up to 12 cups in 20 min.

I'm thinking of taking one to work where we only have expresso that I water down. At home, the wife ended up purchasing a Koneg and before that I used to water down expresso from her machine.

I really appreciate your opinion.

I use Dunkin' Donuts.

Anyone here use a French Tickler?

Hijacker!

[spookyturtle 9,465]

Hijacker!

Not me. How are you?

[Staashi 371]

A french press is great. I use one often. The coffee is typically richer and doesn't lose the natural oils that are lost with filter-brewed coffee.

[Darnell 8,478]

I use a 1 litre French Press at home.

I have a .5 litre metal version that travels with me.

If I can't find my tea pot, I also use it for steeping herbal teas (think Chinese Medicine)

I only use it on the weekends, as it's a double task thing for me (heat water, wait for steeping)

I usually roast and grind my own beans though, so I'm a bit off the norm.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

What do you like about using a French press? In your experience, are there any drawbacks when it comes to using a French press?

It is hard on the shoulders. Free weighs or resistance bands are better.

[Love's JAA 100]

9. Is drinking coffee made with a paper filter healthier than drinking boiled coffee or other types of coffee?

Coffee contains a substance called cafestol that is a potent stimulator of LDL cholesterol levels. Cafestol is found in the oily fraction of coffee, and when you brew coffee with a paper filter, the cafestol gets left behind in the filter. Other methods of coffee preparation, such as the boiled coffee common in Scandinavian countries, French press coffee, or Turkish coffee, are much higher in cafestol. So for people who have high cholesterol levels or who want to prevent having high cholesterol levels, it is better to choose paper filtered coffee or instant coffee, since they have much lower levels of cafestol than boiled or French press coffee. Espresso is somewhere in the middle; it has less cafestol than boiled or French press coffee, but more than paper filtered coffee.