re: French Press coffee is awesome!

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All I'm saying is this: if we take the exact same batch of beans and use drip to make one cup and french press to make another and then we pour out 10 random cups for someone to test blind, they will not be able to label them correctly. In other words, there is no "big difference".




I can't speak for the general population, but that simply isn't true with me!
I know my coffee---and French Press is distinctive.

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quality of beans is important too though.

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Too much trouble to fool with every single day, but I'm glad I have one.

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Yeah, I used to dump the grounds in the sink but it got so backed up that I was discouraged to keep doing that.

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Yeah, I used to dump the grounds in the sink but it got so backed up that I was discouraged to keep doing that.


Sink no like coffee ground!

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Y'all don't have garbage disposals?

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Christopher Hitchens returns from "the holidays" refreshed and ready to air his grievances with what, in his opinion, may have been the most controversial thing he read in The New York Times before Christmas. In honor of the anniversary of John Lennon's death, Yoko Ono shared a story about laughing with her husband while making tea not long before he was killed. The end of the story was really what got to Hitchens, wherein Lennon's aunt delivers the news they had been following the wrong tea making procedure the whole time--that, in fact, the water should go in before the bag.

"I simply hate to think of the harm that might result from this," Hitchens writes at Slate this week. In an effort to correct the error of Yoko's seemingly harmless op-ed before Beatles fans everywhere perpetuate the farce that is American tea-making, Hitchens carefully lays out, step by step, the recipe for a proper cup of tea. First, he points out just how ridiculous anyone who dunks a tea bag into an already-poured cup of hot water actually is. "Now, imagine that tea, like coffee, came without a bag (as it used to do--and still does if you buy a proper tin of it). Would you consider, in either case, pouring the hot water, letting it sit for a bit, and then throwing the grounds or the leaves on top? I thought not."

From the type of pot or mug used, to the exact moment of transfer of the water from the flame, to the precise measurement of milk and sugar, Hitchens makes sure that no reader of his will ever misuse tea again. He urges:

Next time you are in a Starbucks or its equivalent and want some tea, don't be afraid to decline that hasty cup of hot water with added bag. It's not what you asked for. Insist on seeing the tea put in first, and on making sure that the water is boiling. If there are murmurs or sighs from behind you, take the opportunity to spread the word. And try it at home, with loose tea and a strainer if you have the patience. Don't trouble to thank me. Happy New Year.

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Here is my proposition for Hitchens and innumerable others: instead of insisting that one way is better, why not take the Coke-Pepsi challenge? Brew a large number of cups both ways, give them to a large number of people over a large number of occasions, and see which one works better? More likely than not, neither will work out. Based on the large amount of contradictory advice I've read regarding tea, I would guess that once one has a reasonably fresh, loose leaf and a reasonable knowledge of approximate brewing temperatures, the rest is superstition.

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