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If your friend offered you the choice between a French press and a Moka pot, which would you select and why?
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Let's see: French press or Moka (in my country we usually call it Greca)?
My impression is that French press coffee is usually smoother, regardless of the roast, variety or blend you use. I think, as an inveterate drinker and observer, without being a specialist, that it has to do with the moderation of the temperature that is achieved with the filtering in press, which is usually slower. Moka, on the other hand, passes through the filter at full steam and ejects jets of that boiling manna. It gives a denser coffee, since it literally drags all the substance from the bean.
I say here in this, my physical-chemical fantasy! 😆🙃
The truth is that if a friend gave me a choice, in my heart I would choose the Moka coffee, although I understand that the French press is more ceremonious and more appropriate for entertaining. I also know that if my friend wants to pay attention to me, I would let him use his French press and it would also be a great joy for me to give him that opportunity: I would explore the flavors, textures, aromas and I would surely have an interesting and imaginative conversation with this friend about the differences between both ways of making coffee.
Hehe! La greca :)
The coffee in greca (moka pot) is more intense, the filtered ones are softer but the range of flavors that are perceived in the coffee are more, it is my impression, I am not an expert just a coffee fan, LOL
Here my try of making a press coffee for this conversation, hehe
ps: I have never try a french press myself ;)
I can say that your coffee maker looks fantastic. Delicate color! But, truth be told, the pastry is quite distracting to me!!!!! Hahahahaha...
Hehe!! After I commented you with that gif I had to go for a pastry 😆😋 with a coffee of course ;)
Next time you come visit, we'll try French press coffee... and will have lots of coffee brewed in the moka pot as well 😸
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Good morning! This is a nice coffee conversation to start with. If my friend offered me these two, I would choose the French press because it is easier to use, I like richer coffee, and I can play with the servings, like how much water I should add to it. And yes, honestly speaking, one of my friends really did give me a French Press. She has been a generous friend since college. I always cooked for her when we were sharing the same dorm room. She always appreciates it.
What a good friend. I had to buy mine, haha.
I started in the world of coffee with coffee made in a moka pot; it wasn't until about ten years ago after I started drinking coffee that I learned about coffee made in a French press. The waitress brought our dessert and the coffee inside a cute French press; she pressed down the plunger, smile and left. The smell was oh! It was one of the best coffees I've tried in my life.
She knew that I really loved coffee and that, at the time, she was already married to an American man and ready to leave the Philippines for good, so she gave me a French Press. But she said, "You have to buy your own ground coffee for this." Hahaha. She is so hilarious! Fair enough.
A gift that was worth it. Those are friends that should be kept by our side and most importantly, they knew your tastes and gave you a gift based on your preferences.
A cup of coffee for this weekend.☕
French press is a really nice choice. It will always give you a cup of tasty coffee! And it can brew you a cup of excellent tea too! So it is also a better option if you want a multi purpose brewer!
A very beautiful and grateful gesture from your friend!
I have never handled a French press, but I have seen friends do it and I agree with you that it is a more “artisanal” method and therefore more appropriate for entertaining.
Your friend is cool! I want a friend like yours to give me a french press hehe. But I think if I want one I will have to buy it, lol.
Hey, coffee friends!
I hope your week was good. Mine was good and my coffee, too.
About this moka pot vs. French press topic, well, if it's a gift, I'd prefer a moka pot because I want to start my collection again, but if I have to choose what my friend would use to make the coffee we were going to drink, I have to see about that: if their French press is of good quality and they know how to use it, I'd choose this one. Why? Well, coffee brewed with a French press has a more rounded flavor, even when it's dark roast; it's more gentle on the palate.
The coffee I had with that muffin was brewed in my little French press. Luckily, it was delicious. It had never happened before, haha.
I hatrdly ever use my cheap little French press because, regularly, it doesn't make good coffee--or it's me who doesn't know how to use it, hehe--,but when some friends of mine use their fancy French press, oh, what delicious coffee they make! So I don't lose hope of making a coffee as delicious as the one they make and from time to time I pray to the Coffee Goddess and take the risk of using my French press. Today it went well!
Maybe you should review your brewing recipe with the French press! 😁
In general, French press is just the tool that will divide your beans from the liquid! Similar to filter method. Is your coffee too bitter? What flows do you find?
Any brewing method can produce beautiful coffee! It is more of a personal preference how you will enjoy your coffee more. Best wishes!
Really? I'll do that, I'll review the recipe and the recipe maker 🤭🤣 I think I need to grind the beans coarser, for starters.
And make sure the water isn’t boiling… maybe around 85-88 degrees centigrade 🥸
I can only say that I have not tasted the coffee from all these coffee makers, so we have a long account to settle!!!!
You have! Don't say you don't remember. Makes feel like cheap coffee 😂
Hahaha...
The point is clear. Start polishing your coffee pots. Adriana is coming!!!
Polishing I am!
Maybe your ebony coffee maker feels that you don't want it, that's why it doesn't give you the coffee you expect🤭 You should talk to him like you talk to plants, who knows maybe a miracle will happen.
Luckily you have your French press to make your delicious coffees. Now I see why you chose it.
A morning coffee to brighten up your day.☕
I'll start talking to my little French press, hehe. I don't know if it'll make great coffee in the end, but it's going to be fun for those watching me do it 😂
Wow, it's a good thing you still have your French press. Mine was 10 years old, and it's gone. After that, I just used the traditional way of making coffee at home. I buy Nescafe Gold Black Coffee, a little sugar, and no cream, and that is how I kick-start my day. But whenever I go to a coffee shop, I want something new, not plain coffee.
Btw, that muffin is so yummy.
The muffin was glorious 😸 It was a gift.
I don't think I've tried Nescafé for the last couple of years, though I do use it in my brownie mix sometimes.
I have never made coffee in a French press. But I would like to learn how to use it.
That muffin with coffee looks so delicious.
I have a cousin who collects moka pots and she has some very old ones. Her most recent acquisition was given to her by my mother who had a moka pot with a ceramic top. She offered it to me and in my eagerness not to accumulate things that I won't use I told her to give it to my cousin and they even put it to work, hehe.
Happy weekend, coffee lovers!
If a friend offers me a French press or a moka pot as a gift, I choose the French press. Why? I have never had one, hehe, and I would love to learn how to use it. For as long as I can remember and have had a taste for coffee, I have made my coffee at home in a moka pot. We have had a couple of coffee makers to make espresso, but I always prefer to make it in a moka pot, to be honest.
In these days that I am in Colombia, I have gone to several coffee shops and I have tried coffees with different filtering methods and I like them all, especially for the afternoon coffee. The filtered coffees are less intense but allow perceiving different flavors in the coffee, I find that they have a natural sweet taste and are perfect to drink with a sweet pastry in the afternoon.
So if my friend is offering me a coffee when I visit him. If it's in the afternoon I would tell him to make it in French Press to enjoy it slowly as we chat. If it is a morning visit, I would probably choose the Moka Pot to have that shot of intense coffee so necessary for me in the morning hours, LOL.
At home in the morning my moka pot does not fail, hehe. Here in Bogota we have one and a manual grinder.
I love to drink my morning coffee with freshly ground coffee that impregnates the morning with its aroma. Cheers!☕️