There is no other taste like it to experience a hot cup of coffee made using fresh coffee beans using a French press coffee maker. The world is full of coffee – filter coffee, vacuum coffee, milk coffee, that coffee, this coffee – but nothing can be ever tastier than the coffee made in a French press coffee maker. Let me tell you why, if you are curious to know. To best understand why the French press coffee maker makes the best possible cup of coffee, you should get to know how the coffee is prepared in this process.

A Very Unusual Way to Protect the Coffee Flavor

It is said that the French press coffee maker creates the best coffee in the world. This is because of the process it is made with. The French press coffee maker consists of a long beaker made of glass, where sugar and coffee (freshly ground) is added. Nothing else is added to it but water, which is then heated and brought to a boil. Once the water is hot (boiling), there will be a plunger of a silver foil which needs to be slowly lowered towards the bottom of the beaker.

As the plunger goes down, the frothy, fresh and aromatic coffee will come up and the residue will be separated by the plunger. The coffee thus obtained is just amazing. It can be compared to some extent with Turkish coffee. Since the beaker has complete control over the temperature inside and out, the coffee can be served piping hot anytime you need it.

The type of coffee you are using for this type of coffee is very important. Usually, for best results, coffee which is obtained from fried beans and then ground with the help of a burr grinder is used. This type of grinder grinds the coffee in a granulated form instead of powder.

Because of this, the beans will maintain the richest flavor and this same flavor will get soaked in the heated water used in the French press coffee maker. Once you taste a cup of coffee made this way, it is doubtful you will ever enjoy anything else again.

There are other names given to the coffee made by a French press coffee maker. People know this type of coffee as the cafetiere, presspot and/ or the plunger and it is a hot favorite all over the world. Because it is using hot water and freshly grounded coffee beans, it gives an exceptionally strong, rich and flavorful coffee which amply deserves the name of the connoisseur coffee maker. Try it once and you will be hooked!

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Espresso coffee makers are found everywhere but now you can enjoy a bit of luxury in the comfort of your own home. The espresso coffee maker can be found on movable carts on the sidewalk, in gas stations and vending machines, and now you can have an espresso coffee maker for your personal use at home. Available in many styles and colors, the price can vary from under $30 to several hundreds of dollars depending on the quality you are looking for.

Regardless of the size, espresso coffee makers all work on the same theory: forcing near-boiling water through finely ground coffee. It should take slightly less than 30 seconds to brew a single shot of espresso, about one and three quarters of an ounce, using an espresso coffee maker.

The difference between an espresso coffee maker and a regular coffee maker is that in a regular coffee maker, hot water is run through coffee grounds, which absorbs the flavor of the coffee and then enters a reservoir, or carafe. The heated water is usually pulled from a different reservoir from which the finished brew ends up. The coffee beans are coarse ground and can take from one minute to several minutes to brew a single cup.

How Beans Are Ground Controls Time

In an espresso coffee maker, the beans are finely ground, almost to the consistency of powdered sugar, and placed in a filter. Cold water is stored in a reservoir until the heating chamber is heated to the desired temperature. Water is then transferred into the heating chamber, which heats it to near boiling. This is accomplished either automatically or by use of a pump depending on the model espresso coffee maker being used.

The hot water is then forced through the grounds and into a cup, taking about 25 seconds to make a shot of espresso, depending on the grind of the beans. How fine the beans are ground can be adjusted to help control brewing time. The finer the grind, the longer it can take, but the water is forced through the grind at about 220 pounds per inch.

There are even camping espresso coffee makers that obtain their heat from an open flame where water is heated in the bottom with the hot water rising through a tube running from the bottom reservoir, through the finely ground beans, and into a separate reservoir. Although they do produce espresso, the water is not forced through as quickly.

Some espresso coffee makers also have a steam wand to froth or boil milk for making various type of espresso. The same heating chamber used to heat the water can be tapped to allow steam to escape through a wand, which has been placed into a container of milk for heating or pressurized steam is blown across the top of the milk to create a froth to be added to the espresso. An espresso coffee maker is a good investment if you drink a lot of espresso coffee as you will save money compared to coffee house prices.

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What exactly does a coffee filter do and is it really necessary? A coffee filter is nothing but a glorified strainer. A coffee filter is usually made out of paper or steel – mostly steel – and is used in coffee brewing devices to filter out the soaked grounds. Ever heard of Madras Filter Coffee? That is a very famous coffee made in Tamil Nadu (earlier known as Madras), India, and it derives its name because of the place and because a coffee filter is used to make the brew.

Metal Coffee Filters

Metal coffee filters, that are in use nowadays, were first created around the early 1800s. Even at that time they were smash hits and sold like hot cakes. The principle was very simple: Fix a filter in a kettle-like pot, place the coffee grounds on the filter and then spread hot water over the grounds, and serve. Nowadays, these filters are available with an electrical heating mechanism, and many homes use them. A variant of these coffee filters is the drip coffee maker, which keeps the concoction heated and ready to drink for a long time. These drip coffee machines are used widely in USA and Europe.

History Of The Coffee Filter

In the year 1908, paper coffee filters that are available nowadays came into being. A German – Melitta Bentz – found the taste of coffee too bitter and the sight of soaked coffee grounds all over inside her coffee cup too messy. She desperately wanted to filter out the grounds from the decoction. So she used her son’s porous blotter paper to filter out the grounds from the liquid. And, thus, the paper coffee filter was born.

The coffee filter has an interesting and amusing history: In the 1700s someone who was fed up with the sight of grounded beans in his coffee filled his sock – Ewwwww! – with coffee grounds and poured hot water into the sock, and drank up the liquid that filtered out. Thus, the idea for the coffee filter was born!

Types Of Coffee Filters

A coffee filter can be made with different materials. Here are some examples: (i) Paper filters work on the Japanese concept of use once and throw, but they can be messy and cumbersome to use. (ii) Gold filters – yes, you read that right – last for a long time and maybe if you are the Sultan of Brunei you should buy one. (iii) Cloth filters are available too and they are considered environment-friendly, but they too are a bit messy. (iv) The normal strainer kind of filters are used mostly in making filter coffee. They last long and have gained wide acceptance.

To conclude, the question to be asked is whether you would prefer coffee made by the filter method or some other method. The answer lies in your taste buds: Drink coffee made using all the devices and go with what you prefer. Everyone is different and everyone will prefer different things and how you drink your coffee is just one of them.

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