From: RobertB 

In article , "Mark"
 wrote:

> I saw one of those "presses" in the store the other day and
was somewhat
> confused about what it was, so this thread enlightened me to the fact that
> it's actually a coffeemaker!

You can also use it to make tea.


> But, overall it sounds like an early morning pain the ass from my
> perspective and it doesn't stay hot after the pressing either. I'm a
> hot-water reservoir with warming plate Bunn man myself and don't anticipate
> moving from that position 

The glass is a special refractory glass or something and will keep the
coffee warm for quite a while. But you cannot put it directly over a flame.
It's probably the easiest way to make coffee around short of the paper
filter method.


>
> "Geo."  wrote in message
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> > "RobertB"  wrote in message
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> >
> >>> I gotta ask, why a coffee press? What does it do
different from just a
> >>> drip
> >>> coffee maker?
> >
> >> First, a conventional drip (unless you mean the Melitta filter thing)
> >> pot overheats the coffee. You have to boil it and then it keeps flowing
> >> down and up until the desired strength. Not good. You should never boil
> >> coffee. The Melitta filters are OK (I've used 'em) but it's very
> >> difficult to get coffee to the strength I prefer no matter how much
> >> coffee you use (and you have to use a lot). I prefer coffee that's
> >> darker and richer, slightly more viscous even, than what you can get
> >> with a drip. A press allows me to do that. I can very the amount of
> >> coffee at will and you can get a strong, but unburnt, cup without too
> >> much trouble. You have to let the coffee stand on the lees for a few
> >> minutes before you plunge it though.
> >
> > Drip coffee maker is the thing with the paper filter, boiling water drips
> > onto the grinds in the filter one time. Most have a setting to make
> > stronger coffee, usually done by making the filter hold water for a while
> > before it being allowed to drip into the pot. I think the one you
> > described where it boils is called a percolator here. I haven't seen one
> > of those in years.
> >
> > With the drip coffee maker you regulate the strength and oil content of
> > the coffee with the fineness of the grind, more fine means stronger with a
> > higher oil content, less fine and you get less oil but strength can be
> > regulated by drip rate.
> >
> > Press sounds like you could get more out of less coffee, I may have to try
> > that.
> >
> > Geo.

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