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You’re doing pretty much everything right. The key is to zero in on the grind and getting consistent with that, keep the water temperature the same and brew with it right off the flame and personally I would “bloom” the grounds by getting them just wet enough to, well, they bloom you’ll see, then fill halfway, stir a bit with a spoon and then fill to the top and complete the brew.
I don't think you need to bloom coffee grounds when using a French Press as you're about to totally immerse the coffee in water anyway. It does look neat, though!
When our espresso machine kicked it I was using a French press again for a while and did the bloom thing for the first time based on some advice from who knows where. I should have done an A-B test comparing bloom to not bloom, because I'm skeptical that it matters.
Interesting, maybe just a preference thing? I'll give it a shot either way to see what happens.
No idea but I'm curious to hear what you find!
Most coffee brew has some type of pre infusion with the hot water, espresso, pour over, dripper…if you don’t bloom you miss out on all the volatile oils that pop off the surface of the fresh grounds.
Trust. And pre infuse 🙏
KK. I'll pre-infuse with half a litre
Awesome thank you for the input. I do think I'm pretty happy with the grind, although I'll look into adjusting that just to play around. I'll also give your bloom method a try