French press coffee isn't so healthy either because of stuff like cafestols in the fines (small diameter grounds) that slip through the french press screen. To get rid of those you want a brewing scheme with a paper filter. The simplest no-plastic approach is a Chemex. They have a history and they also look cool as heck. Unfortunately, since they are made of glass, they can break if you're not careful. https://chemexcoffeemaker.com/
In case anyone is wondering why a paper filter is necessary.
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Nice lazy method: overnight cold brew + pour into a [glass] pourover w/paper filter.
Make a lot to only use a couple paper filters a week. Most days, your coffee is already ready in the fridge, no wait (unless you wanna microwave it or something).
Make it really strong and dilute with a lot of [non-dairy] milk to go easy on the stomach.
How do you heat it up then? Or is it supposed to be drank cold?
I heat it up in the microwave all the time. Smooth as a pour-over and much less of a hassle to make.
That is the advise I got before, but I find this is super difficult to hit the right temperature. I either get boiling coffee, or luke warm.
When you get used to the microwave you have, you can hit the same spot every time. It's a formula depending on your cup, the wattage of he microwave and time.
I can hit the temperature I want every time on a Bosch microwave from 80s which has two power levels and a rotary, mechanical timer.
It’s also helpful to know where the standing waves in your microwave are. Put a layer of shredded cheese on a big tortilla (so you can eat it and it’s not a waste) and run it till it melts the cheese. Observe where the cheese is melted and not melted. Put your coffee cup along the same band of melting. That makes your heating more consistent. Fortunately, mine has it’s strongest focal point dead center (which, I suppose, is not a surprise from a design perspective… still good to know).
Also volume of liquid and temperature of liquid and cup.
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I generally fill the cup to the same level, and fill it from the same source in the house in 99% of the time, so they are implicit constants in the equation, at least for me.
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Which is ironic because if you’re into Chemex you’re into vinyl, in my experience.
Other than the fact that it does looks cool, what is simpler or better about this over a hario V60 ceramic dripper directly over a mug?
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What is the advantage of this over a normal paper filter coffee maker?
It's hard to find plastic-free normal paper filter coffee makers. A few exist but mostly only for small batches. Also, the porcelain or glass ones are breakable just like the Chemex. I'm a bit suspicious of copper (Hario makes one of those). Kalita has a stainless steel one but it's small and expensive. I'd be interested if you know of anything else.
If you don't want to use paper filters, you can use Swiss Gold, generic all-steel or cloth ones as well. Also there's Stanley's all steel pour-over.
When you want to go low or no plastics, there are many choices now.
The Chemex can also be a little annoying because of the tendency of the filter to block the 'spout', causing the brewer to stall, and requiring a chopstick or straw to avoid. That said, I use my Chemex twice a week.