This article is an expansion of the troubleshooting table inside the French Press Coffee Tutorial. I’ve brewed a lot of coffee using the French Press. Along the way, I’ve developed a checklist of steps to take to improve the taste. There are variables that are easy to correct and some that take a little effort. Before you […]
About Michael Allen Smith
Exploring the Best Coffee Roasters in America
Prior to COVID lockdowns, I loved exploring new coffee shops. It was my sport. I’ve been to hundreds of different coffee shops mostly along the West Coast. From British Columbia to San Diego. During a 6-month period in 2014, I visited almost 70 different cafes just in the San Francisco Bay Area. With the lockdown, […]
Making Cold Brew Coffee in a French Press
Here on INeedCoffee, we have several coffee brewing tutorials for making cold brew coffee. You can buy a Primula, a Toddy, or a cold brew filter pouch. Or maybe you don’t need a dedicated coffee brewer at all. That is what we decided to find out. We wanted to repurpose one of our existing brewers […]
The Upside Down AeroPress Coffee Brewing Tutorial
When it comes to brewing coffee with the AeroPress Coffee Maker, there are two main methods. The first method is described both in the directions that ship with the Aerobie AeroPress as well as our AeroPress Coffee Maker Tutorial. It is the regular top-down straight-forward brewing method. The second method is known as the inverted […]
Homemade Coffee Ice Cream Recipe
Over ten years ago I tried to make homemade ice cream. I forgot the name of the ice cream maker, but it was terrible. It took way too long, required adding lots of ice and the end result had an awful texture. Since then I’ve been buying all my own ice cream, but recently I […]
The Cosori Pour Over Coffee Maker
When I first saw the Cosori Pour Over Coffee Maker I saw the resemblance immediately. It looks a lot like a Chemex except that the brewer is set up to use a metal cone filter instead of a paper filter. Why would you want to use a metal filter instead of the thick Chemex paper […]