French Press

Just bought ourselves a new french press because Mikey broke our other one (sorry Jessica Wong, but thanks for the great wedding gift!).

I don't want to live without it anymore.

I bought our new french press at Marshall's for 20 bucks and here are my intructions on how to use this thing:

Things you'll need (besides the french press):
-Kettle
-Coffee (grounds)
-table spoon
-water
-stirring spoon or chopstick (for stirring)

1. Bring water to boil in your kettle (enough to fill the french press to the top, and if you don't have a kettle any pot will suffice)
2. Start with the french press uncovered (without the plunge).  Measure out 1 tablespoon of coffee ground for every cup of water and dump directly into french press (so if you're making enough coffee for two people, let's say that's roughly 5-6 cups of water, so you would add 5-6 tablespoons of coffee grounds to the french press).
3.  Pour boiling hot water into french press, over the coffee grounds (be careful, it's hot!(duh)).
4.  Stir the water and coffee grounds mixture and then let it sit for 4 minutes.
5.  Place the top on, with the plunger thing poking out all the way, so that the mesh sits on the surface of the coffee, then push the plunger down slowly until the grounds are on the bottom of the french press (be careful it's hot!)
6.  Pour coffee into drinking device immediately, don't wait or you'll cook it too long and it'll taste weird.


Best of luck!
Jenny