Make a pot, pour yourself a cup, and pour the rest down the drain.
Seems like a waste, but basic coffee really isn’t that expensive. You are only wasting a few cents worth.
I’m not just trying to be difficult either, but French press coffee taste awful.
There are tiny bits of grounded coffee in your cup and I dislike that.
If you’re partial to coffee-bean pieces between your teeth, you might as well try Turkish coffee. Just put grounded coffee in your cup and add hot water. Don’t stir. Blech.
I dunno, if you’re getting coffee grounds in French Pressed coffee, either the grind is too fine, your Press sucks, or you’re doing it wrong (possibly pushing the plunger down too fast?) I use a French Press regularly, and it’s very rare that I’ll get a ground in my coffee.
I also have a Pod coffee maker and I absolutely love it - great quality coffee very quickly, one cup at a time. (And mine makes tea, too.)
You must be doing it wrong. If you use a proper grind and press the plunger correctly, you won’t get grinds in the cup. And if you don’t like the taste of coffee from a French Press, then you don’t really like coffee and should just use instant.
I’d go with the Melitta one cup cone thing, myself. I’m another one that thinks French Press coffee is cold, tends to be filled with grounds, and is a hassle to make. And don’t tell me I’m making it wrong - I lived with a French Press for a couple years, tried different coffees and different grinds, and they all sucked.
Then again, I’d probably just make the whole damn pot and drink it.
HA!
Instant. 
Believe you me: Boiling water, lovingly and slowly poured on the finest coffee through a filter is heaven.
Honest: French press coffee does indeed taste like Turkish coffee. If that’s what you like, fine. Tastes differ, right? 
:rolleyes:
So if I don’t like coffee the way YOU like it, I’m a heathen who isn’t qualified to drink coffee at all? Give me a break.
Wha???
I love Turkish coffee (ibriks are the coolest kitchen accessory), but they don’t taste at all the same to me. Turkish coffee is boiled three times (thus having a harsher, more bitter bite than regular coffee), much thicker (and stronger), and usually served very very sweet. Don’t taste at all the same to me, even when prepared bitter.
Here’s the key: if you use a burr grinder and a coarse setting, you won’t have any grinds in your French press coffee. I don’t. Ever. If you use a blade grinder, then you might have some grinds, and with a blade grinder you get some fine grounds, some coarse grounds, and all the sizes in between (unless you completely pulverize your coffee.)
You can eat Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee if you want … 
You can eat and drink without any qualifications. But there are differences between Boones Farm and Chateau Margaux. Many people like Bud Light; but Budweiser Budvar is an objectively better beer.
There is also rather a lot of middle ground there where people can actually have valid opinions that are not yours. There is no such thing as beer/coffee/wine that is objectively better if you’re talking about what people prefer, preferences are inherently subjective.
You think that drip coffee is a cross between Boones Farm and Bud Light, bully for you, but 100 million people are going to have non-french press coffee tomorrow morning, there’s a reason for that.
Depends on the reason for the cup of coffee, too. If it is an after dinner beverage while enjoying stimulating conversation, then yes, it’s ground right before it’s made out of premium beans and brewed (by various means) with distilled water. Same thing for the leisurely weekend brunch. If it’s a cup o’ joe to get going in the morning before leaving for work, just about anything other than crystals will do. Even microwaved stale leftover or tap water over a filter pack.
ymmv
I think the more important issue is: how can we get rabbit to understand (and repudiate) the error of thinking that drinking a whole pot of coffee is somehow a bad thing?
Sure there’s a reason. It easier to make drip coffee. But argumentum ad populum doesn’t mean that 100 million people are going to have better coffee. I drink drip coffee every day at work. It’s okay coffee. Using the best beans is more important than the method. Poor beans will make poor coffee no matter how you brew it.
I find it absurd that you and a couple of others act as if I’m being snobbish or haughty about this when you are provided incorrect information. Properly used a French Press does not have grinds in it. Properly used the coffee is not cool or cold, it will be the proper serving temp. I made one tongue in cheek dig at gum for saying “French press coffee taste awful” and you and Athena act as if I personally call you uncouth.
Have you considered a smaller coffee machine? Mr. Coffee makes a 4-cup model that uses regular coffee, not pods.
I want to visit Amsterdam for many reasons (particularly all the Van Gogh paintings that live there), but if that’s how the Dutch do Turkish coffee, consider me forewarned.
Now, I’ve had a lot of very good drip coffee. Particular when I worked at a coffee shop. I don’t think I would make the statements that French press coffee is that much better than well-prepared drip coffee. In fact, I wouldn’t say that it’s necessarily better at all. Both are quite similar beverages, in my opinion. The only thing is that the French press might be a little mellower and smoother.
The only coffeehouse “secret” we had to making good drip is to give the grounds a good stir midway through the brewing process, thus ensuring maximum oil extraction. The method isn’t really that much different than the French press method: both essentially are steeping relatively coarse coffee grounds in hot water and filtering them out.
However, I will agree with you that correctly made French press coffee is neither cold not full of grounds.
As for Turkish coffee, I suspect the Dutch may do what the Poles do: grind coffee very very finely (finer than an espresso grind), put them in a glass, pour boiling water over them, then stir. The grounds do eventually settle to the bottom of the glass if the grind is fine enough. This technique, while called “Turkish coffee” in Poland, is a bit different than the correct Turkish technique, which is used throughout the Balkans and Turkey.
It’s not the information correction that appears snobbish, it’s the dig at gum for not liking FP coffee. First you say he should drink instant, then you say he should eat Chef Boyardee, then you compare drip to FP as the cheapest swill on the market to the finest wine.
People DO get uppity about food and drink, so sometimes tongue in cheek doesn’t come through that clear. Or maybe I should just switch to decaf.
Notice that in post #26 gum uses a couple of smilies indicating that my dig was taken with the intended humour. I followed with the Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee comment and a smilie indicating a good-natured ribbing.
Using commercial drip makers. Only the most expensive consumer models heat the water sufficiently for proper extraction.
Ok kids. No bickering or Ill stop the car!
Sorry, I totally forgot that to mention that I have a french press. I like it as far as it goes, but its a bit of a pain to get proper coffee as it is let alone a grind that doesn’t end up in my cup instead of on the other side of the strainer. That plus for some reason I always seem to just make a full pot (about 2-3 mugs) 
Which would be ok, but you know, the whole cutting back thing :smack: .
Im a poor student (well soon to be ex student anyway), so any of the more expensive toys are totally out of my reach, so pods (have you really gotten good experiences? I’ve heard a bunch of negative stuff about them. Proprietary supplies, problems with pluging etc) and any other fancy shmancy gadgetry is right out.
I have tried to use a system like gums but it wasn’t designed for cups (was for a thermos) so it wasn’t exactly as effective as I thought (just couldnt get it to rest on the cup). What cheesesteak linked to might be just the ticket though. I KNEW I’d seen something like that, but none of the stores I’ve been to so far carried it, so I was starting to think I’d just imagined it.
Has Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee a nice and juicy ass? If I’ll eat him, make sure he hasn’t got too much lard on his body. [I don’t know who Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee is, did you notice?]
Still maintaining French press coffee is weak, icky and full of itty-bitty pieces of coffee beans.
As black as night,
as hot as hell,
as sweet as love,
makes your coffee swell.