BrianR Junior Member Joined: 8 Sep 2009 Posts: 2 Location: Shanghai Expertise: Just starting
Posted Tue Sep 8, 2009, 11:40pm Subject: Re: French Press and Cholesterol
Due to medical reasons, I *do* need to heed this advice and begin paper filtering my coffee.
I live in Shanghai, China where all things mechanical regardless of their price break almost immediately. That said, I would like to avoid buying a drip machine and find an ingenious solution to converting my French press into a drip style contraption.
So, do you think I can simply use a rubber band to secure a paper filter around the lip of my French press, add grounds, and slowly pour the hot water into the glass?
I know its a jerry-rig that some of you may frown upon, but it would really solve my dilemma between buying a machine that will break, and my high cholesterol issues.
Sans any snide remarks, thanks in advance for your comments or suggestions.
Posted Wed Sep 9, 2009, 2:17am Subject: Re: French Press and Cholesterol
You might want to try a manual pourover filtercone, there's a cool new one: CLEVER COFFEE DRIPPER A manual pourover cone might be easier and more convenient for you. Adding paper to your French Press may make it difficult to press down because of the extra resistance.
Posted Thu Sep 10, 2009, 6:27pm Subject: Re: French Press and Cholesterol
The filtercone does sound like it would work for what you need. However, if you really want to use the press, could you make coffee in the press as usual and then pour it through a filter into your cup? Seems easier than trying to rig a filter onto your press. Maybe?
BrianR Junior Member Joined: 8 Sep 2009 Posts: 2 Location: Shanghai Expertise: Just starting
Posted Thu Sep 10, 2009, 6:42pm Subject: Re: French Press and Cholesterol
Thanks gentlemen for your excellent replies. If all the members are like you, than this is indeed a great board.
I think BPT is right. Making coffee via French Press, then pouring it thru a paper filter should accomplish my goals. I wasn't sure about it because yesterday the filters were busting when I poured hot water thru it (the flow was probably too fast, and the weight was too much).
I'll try your suggestion tonight. If its too tedious, or the filters bust- I'll break down and buy a drip machine.
tejas Junior Member Joined: 12 Oct 2009 Posts: 5 Location: Houston Expertise: I like coffee
Espresso: buscando Grinder: Baratza Virtuoso, KitchenAid... Drip: Aeropress, Chemex 6 cup Roaster: west best bend poppery II
Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009, 9:53pm Subject: Re: French Press and Cholesterol
I'm 24 and in good health, so I'm not terribly concerned about my LDL levels yet. But I do agree that it makes sense to pay attention to dietary LDL and LDL precursors. From what I've read and heard (back in school) it sounds like dietary levels of LDL do matter, but the degree to which dietary LDL increases serum LDL is determined by both the genes and the overall health/lifestyle of the individual person. So since the relationship is so complex, it seems prudent to avoid excessive dietary LDL precursors if possible.
Reading this thread on cholesterol gave me an idea to improve the cold-brewed iced coffee my girlfriend and I had been making, and I thought I would share my method here.
We try to cold brew enough coffee for a week or so -- using a ratio of 1 cup coffee to 4.5 cups water brewed for 12-24 hours and pressed with a French press. Yet I was always annoyed with the number of particles that were left in our brew. These would make the coffee at the bottom of our pot cloudy, and after being stored for a day or two, the whole pot would change flavor. I'm assuming this was because the fine particles were still brewing and adding nasty flavors.
So my new method involves brewing the coffee the same way, pressing it in the French press, but then adding an extra step: We now filter it through a simple Melitta 8-12 cup filter. I just set the filter in a cheap, stainless-steel, Ikea colander, set it over our brewing jar and pour the cold-brewed, French-press coffee over it. At first I was afraid that it would spill though the sides of the colander because the colander was much wider than the opening of the jar, but the surface tension of the water is enough to cause the coffee to drip only in a nice stream in the middle. The filtration time is also a lot shorter than pouring the whole brew through a filter because most of the coffee particles are left in the bottom of the French press.
The results have been awesome. The coffee tastes delicious (and the same) for the entire week, and the clarity is consistent. And there're no worries about cholesterol.
I couldn't find a thread devoted simply to cold-brewed coffee, yet this post relates to French presses and cholesterol. Does anyone know if there is such a thread?
Posted Fri Nov 6, 2009, 9:57am Subject: Re: French Press and Cholesterol
tejas Said:
I couldn't find a thread devoted simply to cold-brewed coffee, yet this post relates to French presses and cholesterol. Does anyone know if there is such a thread? Cheers
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