{"id":44,"date":"2020-09-13T10:01:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T10:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bushybeardcoffee.com\/?p=44"},"modified":"2023-01-09T13:10:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T13:10:44","slug":"pour-over-coffee-maker-vs-french-press-which-should-you-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bushybeardcoffee.com\/pour-over-coffee-maker-vs-french-press-which-should-you-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Pour-over Coffee Maker vs French Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Are you a coffee lover like the rest of us at Bushy Beard Coffee? Are you an experimental coffee brewer, who enjoys sampling different coffee brands and blends and trying out different brewing methods? <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are lucky you will have found yourself an independent, artisan coffee house near you that offers a range of coffee bean blends and interesting brews to check out. If you are a die-hard coffee lover, you might even own a few coffee makers and coffee grinders so you can experiment at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While you may have tried using a french press coffee maker in the past, as these are more common, you may not have tried a pour-over coffee maker yet. Today we are asking the question, what’s best, the french press coffee maker or the pour-over coffee maker? Pour-over coffee makers are popular among diehard coffee lovers. In this method, a coffee filter sits on top of a funnel that filters down to a coffee pot chamber. An example of a pour-over coffee maker is the Chemex coffee maker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How to use a pour-over coffee maker<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The first step is to grind the coffee beans. The coffee beans must be freshly ground using a coffee grinder into medium-sized coffee grounds before you can begin the brewing process. Check out our blogs on choosing the best coffee grinder<\/a>, the best advice on coffee beans<\/a>, and why coffee grind size is important for more information on this process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The coffee grounds sit inside the coffee filter, and a small amount of hot water is poured over the coffee grounds. The water should only be about 93 degrees celsius. Leave the coffee grounds and water to sit for about 30 seconds to allow the coffee grounds to ‘bloom’. This will get you the best coffee possible as the essential oils and flavors are released from the beans. Pour over the rest of the hot water in a circular motion to cover all the coffee grounds. Leave the coffee to drip through the filter into the coffee pot below. This should take about 5 minutes. That is why it is known as pour-over coffee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The pour-over method is great because it makes it difficult to over-extract the coffee beans, so your coffee should never taste bitter when you use this method. The pour-over coffee maker has many other names, such as filter coffee, or drip coffee. It\u2019s a popular method of making a cup of hot coffee all around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, we will need to explore what french press and pour-over coffee makers are? How do they work, and what style of coffee do they produce? It will be up to you to decide which coffee maker, makes the best coffee for your personal taste and which coffee maker is the best fit for your lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat is a pour-over coffee maker?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n