Comments on: Friday Favorite: My Insulated French-Press Coffee Pot http://www.almostgotit.com/2008/04/25/friday-favorite-my-insulated-french-press-coffee-pot/ With every failure my reputation grows Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:45:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Deb Young http://www.almostgotit.com/2008/04/25/friday-favorite-my-insulated-french-press-coffee-pot/#comment-1106 Deb Young Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:56:47 +0000 http://www.almostgotit.com/2008/04/25/friday-favorite-my-insulated-french-press-coffee-pot/#comment-1106 Okay. I want lessons. As my son would say, I went Ninja a couple of days ago because my Kitchen Aid coffee maker had a seizure and left chunks-o-coffee in the brew. That's okay, says husband, It'll just be nice and thick. I tell him, Thick, chunky coffee has not caught on in France or Italy, as far as I know (as he is spewing the first mouthful). This family is cursed. The last few coffee makers have failed in some horrid way, once causing bodily harm. And we only have the old-fashioned glass press. I am intrigued by this invention (and evidently live in a shoe box). Many thanks for this post. Okay. I want lessons. As my son would say, I went Ninja a couple of days ago because my Kitchen Aid coffee maker had a seizure and left chunks-o-coffee in the brew. That’s okay, says husband, It’ll just be nice and thick. I tell him, Thick, chunky coffee has not caught on in France or Italy, as far as I know (as he is spewing the first mouthful). This family is cursed. The last few coffee makers have failed in some horrid way, once causing bodily harm. And we only have the old-fashioned glass press. I am intrigued by this invention (and evidently live in a shoe box). Many thanks for this post.

]]> By: almostgotit http://www.almostgotit.com/2008/04/25/friday-favorite-my-insulated-french-press-coffee-pot/#comment-1107 almostgotit Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:24:29 +0000 http://www.almostgotit.com/2008/04/25/friday-favorite-my-insulated-french-press-coffee-pot/#comment-1107 <em> Howdy Deb, and so nice to "see" you again! Okay, here's the drill: Put 8 heaping table spoons of coursely-ground coffee into the pot (freshly ground, if possible!), fill with boiling water, and put lid on with plunger up. No stirring or filters or etc. necessary. Wait a couple minutes then push plunger down. Done! And it really will stay hot for hours. (you can probably use less coffee than we do, but really -- don't. It is SO GOOD made this way!) Though ours is nominally an "8 cup" (48 oz) pot, we use big mugs and get 4 servings per pot. Cleaning is no problem... the lid-with-plunger part pulls out and we rinse out the pot and rinse the plunger under running water, too (you can pull the mesh back to get at the grounds underneath just fine.) Both parts can be swished in soapy water every now and then as well, and that's quite sufficiently sanitary. The newer models come apart into more pieces, I think, which make cleaning even easier. </em> Howdy Deb, and so nice to “see” you again!

Okay, here’s the drill:

Put 8 heaping table spoons of coursely-ground coffee into the pot (freshly ground, if possible!), fill with boiling water, and put lid on with plunger up. No stirring or filters or etc. necessary. Wait a couple minutes then push plunger down. Done! And it really will stay hot for hours. (you can probably use less coffee than we do, but really — don’t. It is SO GOOD made this way!)

Though ours is nominally an “8 cup” (48 oz) pot, we use big mugs and get 4 servings per pot.

Cleaning is no problem… the lid-with-plunger part pulls out and we rinse out the pot and rinse the plunger under running water, too (you can pull the mesh back to get at the grounds underneath just fine.) Both parts can be swished in soapy water every now and then as well, and that’s quite sufficiently sanitary. The newer models come apart into more pieces, I think, which make cleaning even easier.

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