Pouring and Drinking the Coffee

The main difference between french press coffee makers and a standard drip coffee maker is that in a drip coffee maker, the finished pot of coffee is separate from the grounds that made it. In a french press, the coffee sits in the container with the used grounds. This means that a pot of french press coffee will sour significantly faster than a regular coffee pot.

To prevent this, you’ll want to drink your coffee within 20 minutes of pressing it. So go ahead and turn the lid so that the mark on top is aligned with the pouring spout and get ready to pour. Pour slowly as the coffee is very hot and you don’t want to make a mistake and miss a cup. You don’t have to worry about any grounds pouring out with the coffee; the filter holds them all on the bottom of the french press so you can turn the thing upside down if you want.

Once you’ve poured all of the cups you want, if you have any left over french press coffee, there are a couple of things you can do. You can obviously just pour the rest out if you’re not interested in keeping any of it. Or, if you want, you can pour the remainder into a container and put it straight into the fridge to let it chill. Then you can enjoy iced coffee later really easily.

Once the coffee is poured, you can add any ingredients you want like cream or sugar. French press coffee has a much more robust flavor profile as the tannins and oils from the beans are left in the coffee as opposed to drip coffee machines with paper filters that will remove all of those oils from the coffee. So you might want to try the coffee without any extras at first to really take in the difference that a french press coffee maker makes.