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Recipe for good coffee in a French Press

I bought a Bodum Chambord coffee press a few weeks back and I’ve been struggling to make coffee that actually has a body to it without being too bitter and strong.  Today I think I might have hit it just right.  Here’s what I did:

2 flat tablespoons of coarse ground coffee (I used Gimme! Leftist)
12 oz filtered water, heated to a boil

Place grounds in dry French Press.  Pour in water right off the boil.  Stir with wooden spoon briefly to get the grounds mixed up throughout the water.  Place lid on press but leave the plunger up.  Start timer for approximately 4 minutes (maybe closer to 4.5). Press plunger very slowly and pour.

It’s pretty strong, but not disgustingly so.  Very enjoyable and rejuvenating. :)

If anybody has good tips for making coffee I would love to hear them, because I’m still learning.  I’ll try this again tomorrow morning to make sure it wasn’t just a fluke.

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My performance of the Bruch violin concerto in g minor on November 16, 2008.  Accompanist: Kathy Hansen.
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LOST.
LOST.

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Downtown bus stop.
Downtown bus stop.

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iPod update.

so I realized I haven’t done an update in a little while. I’m sitting back on the couch with the pellet stove crankin’, and I decided to do a post from my iPod touch. Even though the above took me like 2 minutes to type.

Three day weekend. YAY!
Watching The Office in 5 minutes. YAY!
I love the song Death And All His Friends by Coldplay.
Bye.

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