Cold Brew Coffee Recipe for French Press
Last year, I posted a recipe for cold brew coffee using an Oxo Cold Brew Coffee Maker. Recently, it occurred to me that I could use a French Press instead of the Oxo. I’ve made several batches, with good results. It’s a little more convenient to make cold brew in the Oxo, but it’s good to know that it can be made without buying special-use equipment.
Ingredients
- 24 fl oz (700 ml) water
- 6 oz (170 g) fresh coarsely ground coffee. Store-bought pre-ground coffee is too fine.
This will fill a one-quart (one-liter) French Press. It yields about 16 fl oz (1 pt/500 ml) of cold brew coffee.
Instructions
- Grind the coffee beans coarsely.
- Place the ground coffee in the French Press.
- Pour water into the grounds, distributing it as best you can.
- Stir gently to ensure that all coffee grounds are wet.
- Cover the French Press with plastic wrap—this prevents absorption of odors in the fridge.
- Store it in the fridge, for anywhere between 6 and 24 hours.
- Remove the plastic wrap, insert the plunger, and plunge.
- Pour the brew through a coffee filter to strain any fine grounds that get past the plunger.
- Refrigerate the cold brew.
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