My name is Mike Jones, and I’m a barista at Third Rail Coffee right by Washington Square Park in New York City. I’m going to teach you some basic coffee-making skills. \r \r I’m going to show you how to make a French press. First there’s a few things you’re going to need. You’re going to need some fresh coffee, preferably whole bean in which case you’ll also need a grinder. You’ll need a timer and then you’ll also need the French press. So the first thing you’re going to do is weigh out the beans. I like to use 25 grams of coffee for this size French press. Now if you don’t have a scale, you can also just do three rounded scoops. So you can go ahead and grind this coffee. So this is ground medium coarse. You can play around with the grind setting after making it a couple of times. If it’s tasting too bitter and too strong, you might be using a little bit too fine of a grind. And if it’s a little bit watery and weak, then it might be too coarse. So you take the French press, and you’re going to want to preheat it. You can either take water off a boil, have a nice water tower here. Then you let that sit for a while so it gets up to heat. Alright, so after the French press is preheated, you want to dry it out then add the grounds. Now again, I definitely recommend getting a scale, it just makes brewing coffee easier. But if you don’t have one, you just want to use about 12 and a half ounces of water for this size. So I’m going to go ahead and add the water to the French press. The first amount I’m going to add is just enough to soak the grounds at the bottom of the press. So adding that in… so just that much water there. And then just stir it around to incorporate all the grounds with the water and start the timer. And you actually just let that sit there for 30 seconds. I would also recommend covering it when you’re not doing anything to keep the heat intact. Alright, after 30 seconds you’re going to add the rest of the water. Now this is either 12 and a half ounces or 400 grams of water. Once you’ve added all of that, just give it another gentle stir. And you put the plunger on and then you’re going to let that sit until 3 and a half minutes. So after 3 and a half minutes you’re going to press the plunger down. And this is another way you can tell if you’ve ground too coarse or too fine. If it goes without any resistance, it’s going to be too coarse. And then if you have a really difficult time pressing down it’s going to be too fine. Then I recommend decanting the French press before serving, because if you leave it sitting there it will actually keep extracting and end up tasting bitter. So once you’ve done that, you can just let it cool down and it’s ready to serve.
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0.39 -> [Music]
2.3 -> my name is Mike Jones and I'm a barista
4.92 -> at third rail coffee right by Washington
7.74 -> Square Park in New York City I'm going
11.73 -> to teach you some basic coffee-making
12.809 -> skills
15.79 -> [Music]
21.38 -> I'm going to show you how to make a
23.25 -> French press first is a few things
25.74 -> you're gonna need you're gonna need some
27.63 -> fresh coffee preferably whole bean in
30.21 -> which case you'll also need a grinder
33.2 -> you'll need a timer
35.88 -> [Music]
38.949 -> and then you also need the French press
43.55 -> so the first thing you're gonna do is
45.89 -> weigh out the beans I like to use 25
49.91 -> grams of coffee for this size French
53.12 -> press now if you don't have a scale you
55.73 -> can also just do three rounded scoops
61.1 -> if you're gonna go ahead and grind this
62.6 -> coffee
65.93 -> [Music]
70.56 -> [Applause]
76.09 -> so this is ground medium course you can
81.14 -> play around with the grind setting after
83.84 -> making it a couple of times if it's
85.4 -> tasting too bitter and too strong
89.21 -> you might be using a little bit to find
91.1 -> the grind and if it's a little bit
92.66 -> watery and weak then it might be too
95.78 -> coarse if you take the French press
99.32 -> you're gonna want to preheat it can
105.17 -> either take water off of oil have a nice
108.979 -> water tower here then you let that sit
115.009 -> for a while so it gets up to heat
117.47 -> [Music]
120.14 -> all right so after the French press is
122.36 -> preheated you want to dry it out and
125.66 -> then add the grounds
134.909 -> now again I definitely recommend getting
137.92 -> a scale it just makes brewing coffee
139.599 -> easier if you don't have one you just
141.76 -> want to use about twelve and a half
142.9 -> ounces of water for this size so I'm
146.5 -> going to go ahead and add the water to
148.689 -> the French press the first amount I'm
150.67 -> going to add is just enough to soak the
153.34 -> grounds at the bottom of the press so
155.67 -> having that
159.29 -> so just that much water there and then
162.769 -> just stir it around to incorporate all
164.629 -> the grounds with the water and start the
169.22 -> timer you actually just let that sit
173.72 -> there for 30 seconds I would also
176.09 -> recommend covering it when you're not
177.89 -> doing anything to keep the heat intact
183.1 -> after 30 seconds you can add the rest of
185.66 -> the water
187.09 -> this is either 12 and a half ounces or
191.36 -> 400 grams of life
193.67 -> [Music]
195.989 -> once you've added all of that just give
198.12 -> it another gentle stir you put the
205.469 -> plunger out
206.11 -> [Music]
209.25 -> and then you're gonna let that sit until
210.96 -> three and a half minutes so after three
215.1 -> and a half minutes you're gonna press
217.2 -> the plunger down and this is another way
219.63 -> you can tell if you've ground to course
221.19 -> or to fine if it goes without any
223.17 -> resistance it's going to be too coarse
225.24 -> and then if you have a really difficult
227.01 -> time pressing down it's going to be too
229.5 -> fine
232.45 -> then I recommend decanting the French
235 -> press before serving because if you
238.48 -> leave it sitting there I'll actually
239.709 -> keep extracting and end up tasting
241.989 -> better
243.22 -> [Music]
247.09 -> so once you've done that you can just
249.08 -> let it cool down and it's ready to serve
