/ck/ - Food & Cooking

The ultra cheap immersion + filter setup:
>thrift store grinder (Cuisinart DBM-8C)
>thrift store french press
>jar
>tea strainer
>drip machine papers that I had lying around from I don't know where
>wooden fork from Costco food court, not pictured
>kitchen scale (Starfrit), not pictured
>timer: smartphone, could have just as easily used the old Casio watch my dad gave me
>saucepan and stove to boil water, not pictured

Recipe:
>45g coffee
>675g water

>bring water to a boil and keep it at a boil throughout process
>rinse paper filter with hot water
>grind coffee on mark 5 (4 clicks from the finest setting)
>add coffee into french press
>add 250g water, stir vigorously, and steep for 3 minutes stirring vigorously at 1 minute and again at 2 minutes
>after 3 minutes push plunger down halfway into liquid and slowly pour through filter into jar
>repeat process, but with 250g water
>repeat third time, but with 200g water
>swirl coffee in jar and pour into mug

Tasted pretty decent. A bit sour which I found strange considering the grind setting and the amount of fines produced by this cheap grinder, also the fact that standard french press brews at this setting tasted slightly bitter. Next time I'll grind 2 clicks finer and give it a bloom. Overall pretty good given what I had to work with.