To be fair, taste wise those are about the same. The point of Hoffman’s super long French Press is to reduce silt in the cup, which his method does significantly.
Yeah, one of the key insights is that the extraction plateaus after a relatively short time and you won’t ever “over-steep” it, which is counterintuitive at least to me
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I’m waiting for the day that he just says “I made all of this up!” 14 minute French press tastes like 3 minute French press.
I’ve signed my own death warrant.
To be fair, taste wise those are about the same. The point of Hoffman’s super long French Press is to reduce silt in the cup, which his method does significantly.
Gravity does work over time, yeah. 😉 I find it is a pedantic difference, at least for me.
Yeah, one of the key insights is that the extraction plateaus after a relatively short time and you won’t ever “over-steep” it, which is counterintuitive at least to me