Generally, French press ends up tasting smoother, with more body than pour over. You just need to be quick when pouring the water, otherwise it'll come out too bitter. You can use fine ground coffee in a pour over setup if you like, or that's all you have on hand. Traditionally it uses medium or medium-fine grounds, much like drip coffee or a Moka pot. Pour over coffee can use pretty much any grind size, aside from coarse ground. To get around this, for example for a cup of fine ground coffee you need to opt for a short but intense brew time (think espresso). It has to do with which compounds get extracted first, and it seems coarse ground coffee ends up better.
You see, the larger the grind size, the less bitterness and acidity there will be in your cup of coffee. This is the same reason cold brew uses coarse ground coffee, since it releases its flavors differently.
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This means it needs a longer steep time, and you can't really get away with steeping it for just two minutes.Ĭoarse coffee needs time to fully release its flavor, and you should really let French press coffee steep for about 4 full minutes. The main reason you can't let French press coffee brew for too little or too long - it uses coarse grounds. Grind sizes are different, thus the coffee is different So it looks like pour over is the most customizable of the two.Ģ. But you can't really let it brew for more or less than 4 minutes, for reasons I'll cover in just a bit. Of course, the French press can be customized as well. This involves the glass pitcher, the filter, the kettle, and a timer.Īs an upside to pour over coffee needing so much attention to detain, possibly more than French press, you can make your coffee as you choose.Īs in, you can go slow or fast with the pouring, resulting in a coffee that's going to be stronger or lighter, and it all gets very specific when you make it your way. It's going to require you to time a few elements, such as heating the water, how you pour it, making sure the filter is well placed, and giving the coffee enough time to brew. Pour over coffee has a different approach to things, though. All your water and coffee are in one place, so is the plunger, mesh filter and at the end you just pour the coffee out of the one container. This is because everything's happening in just one, big glass pitcher. If you're looking for ease of use, then you might be better off with French press. They both go well with medium and light roastsġ.Caffeine levels are pretty much the same.If you're going to make pour over coffee at home.If you're going to make French press coffee at home.Benefits of using the French press method.French press is a little grittier, less filtered
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