Cleaning the French Press

Once you’re all finished with your coffee, it’s time to clean up. First, pour any remaining coffee into the sink. Once you’ve done that, remove the lid and plunger and at the bottom of your french press you’ll see all of the used coffee grinds from your brew. You can pour these down the sink as well but it’s usually better to just dump them into your trash can.

Once they’ve all been dumped out, take your french press coffee maker over to the sink and rinse it out to get rid of all of the leftover grinds. Next, take a soft sponge and a light detergent and gently scrub the inside of the french press to get rid of all of the oils and residue left over. You don’t want to use any rough sponges or anything like that because you don’t want to run the risk of scratching the inside glass or metal. Scratches can potentially lead to bacteria emerging in the container.

Disassemble the plunger and lid and rinse and scrub those as well. Once they’re all nice and shiny clean, lay them all out to air dry for a little bit.

Once they’ve dried, you can go ahead and reassemble the french press and put it away until the next time you want to have an amazing pot of coffee.