Olympia Coffee Roasting Company is a small batch artisan roaster, located in Olympia, WA. We offer a full line of exceptional quality organic coffees from around the world.
Asterisk Blend – Organic Water Mountain Process Decaffeinated Coffee 12oz.
Big Truck Espresso Blend – 12oz.
Big Truck Espresso Blend – 16oz./Full Pound
Colombia Pablo Zuniga 12 oz.
Costa Rica La Mirella “Honey” – 12oz.
Costa Rica La Mirella Natural – 12oz.
Costa Rica La Mirella Washed – 12oz.
El Salvador Cerro Negro Pacamara
Ethiopia Gedeo Worka – 12 oz.
Ethiopia Kochere Yirgacheffe – 12oz.
Guatemala El Socorro Maracaturra – 12oz.
Guatemala Finca Santa Isabel Natural Pacamara 12 oz.
Kenya Karinga – 12oz.
Nicaragua Los Jilgueros Honey – 12oz.
Brewing with a French Press…
Preparing a French Press is easy and one of our favorite methods of brewing great coffee at home. The keys to great French Press coffee are always using fresh high quality coffee beans, grinding the coffee fresh for each press at the correct coarseness, using a clean screen and timing the total brew time.
Tools:
French Press, coffee, grinder, coffee measure, stirring spoon, timer
Step 1
Measure two tablespoons or 10 grams of coursely ground coffee for every 6 ounces of water.
Step 2
Bring your filtered, measured water to a boil. It will need to rest for about 20 seconds before it is ready to pour over the coffee. Optimum temperature range is between 195-205° F.
Step 3
Grind your measured coffee beans in a high quality burr grinder on a coarse setting.
Step 4
Add coarse ground coffee to a clean french press.
Step 5
Add rested, off-the-boil water to the french press. Pour slowly ensuring all grounds are wet. Stir after a minute to break the foamy bloom that forms at the top of the press.
Step 6
Carefully add the lid and screen onto the french press, resting the plunger filter just on the surface of the coffee.
Step 7
When the coffee has brewed for a full four minutes, slowly press the plunger down.
Step 8
Pour and serve. Note that if you would like to hold brewed french press coffee for any amount of time you must transfer the contents into a thermal carafe.
Or…
Always brew your coffee with ratio of two tablespoons of coffee to 6 ounces of water to brew a French Press. Therefore, in a 30 ounce French Press use 10 tablespoons of coffee.
Always pre-measure the water for brewing a French Press, add it to a kettle and bring it to a boil. The temperature of the water affects the extraction process. We recommend bringing water just to a boil and letting it sit for twenty seconds. If you are feeling really technical, the temperature is best at 195-205 degrees Fahrenheit.
Once you are ready to begin, set your timer to 4 minutes and start it as you pour the water liberally and democratically over the grounds in the bottom of the press pot, making sure that there are no dry clumps of ground coffee. Depending on the freshness of the coffee, you will notice a half-inch to an inch thick pocket of brown-colored foam developing as you pour over the grounds. This is the coffee letting off carbon dioxide.
Caution: the press might overflow if poured too quickly due to the blooming effect of fresh coffee. Slowly add all of the pre-measured water. Stir the coffee briefly, just enough to break the bloom, before setting the lid on the press.
Place the lid on top and wait for your timer
When your time reaches zero you may push the screen down. Depending on the grind and how many grounds settled to the bottom after stirring, you should feel some resistance as you are pressing. If you need to, lift slightly on the press and continue to press down.
It is best to serve your brewed coffee within minutes after you are done pressing. If you keep the coffee in the press pot, it will continue to extract, making it bitter over time. The quicker you get it out, the better it will taste.
Press Pot coffee is coffee brewed without paper filters. What results is a largely unfiltered cup of coffee: a cup whose syrupy coating, depth of body, and heavy feel on the tongue is second only to shots of espresso. You will notice the coffee in the cup will be opaque and murky. Sediment will settle at the bottom of your cup. This is coffee at its simplest, finest, and purest.
