How to French Press Brew Grocery Store Ground Coffee
This article was updated on 19 Jun 2023.
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What exactly is grocery store ground coffee?
Must have equipment and ingredients
Heat the water
Measure your coffee
Bloom your coffee grounds
Brew your coffee
Enjoy
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What exactly is grocery store ground coffee?
Grocery store ground coffee is ground coffee that’s brand packaged in a bag or can.
Brand examples are Chock full o’Nuts, Café Bustelo, and ILLY Ground Drip Forte Coffee - Extra Bold Roast.
Must have equipment and ingredients
Equipment
- Favorite coffee cup/mug
- Stovetop or Electric water kettle
- Kitchen timer
- Kitchen mittens
- Coffee measuring spoon or scoop
- French Press
- Long handle wooden spoon
Ingredients
- Clean filtered water
- Your favorite grocery store ground coffee
Heat the water
Fill your favorite coffee cup/mug with water.
I usually fill mine up to the brim. Coffee grounds absorb water, and I like having as much coffee as my cup/mug can hold.
Empty the cup/mug into your kettle.
Note 📝
I’m using a stovetop water kettle in this how-to. So, if you’re using an electric water kettle, follow its water heating instructions and heat your water to your preferred hot. 🧐
Light the gas burner to a suitable flame.
Set your kitchen timer for three minutes or follow your preferred time length.
After three minutes are up, set your timer for one minute to allow the heated water to settle.
Caution! Hot water! Be careful!
Measure your coffee
Measure out the ground coffee with your measuring spoon or scroop.
I usually measure about two level tablespoons of coffee. But measure your coffee amount according to your preference.
Add your measured coffee grounds to your French press.
Bloom your coffee grounds
Before handling your hot water kettle, wear your kitchen mitten to protect yourself against burns!
Pour a small amount (less than a half inch from the bottom of the carafe) of hot water into your French press.
Set your kitchen timer for one minute to bloom your coffee grounds.
Blooming the coffee grounds certainly brings out its deliciousness. I learned this tip from the Chock full o’Nuts website. 👍🏼
Brew your coffee
After one minute, set your kitchen timer for eight minutes or your preferred time length.
Pour all the remaining hot water into your French press.
Stir the mixture for about 10 seconds (one thousand one, one thousand two, one thousand three…😅) with your long-handled wooden spoon.
Cover the French press carafe with its lid, plunger, and filter, and don’t let the metal touch the brewing coffee!
Enjoy
Once eight minutes is up, slowly push down the plunger.
Carefully pour your brewed coffee into your coffee cup/mug.
Brewed coffee tip
The brewed coffee liquid might often reach the cup/mug’s brim, preventing you from screwing on the lid (if you’re using one).
Use a spoon to “drink” the excess to prevent you from spilling your coffee and burning 🔥 your lips. Like you’re eating coffee soup. 😁
Enjoy your freshly brewed coffee. 🥰☕
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