So you like bold coffee, but all you have at home is a bag of light-roast beans.
To clarify, were talking about strongerflavor, not more caffeine.
Also, note that the easiest way to gain more control over your coffee is to use a scale.
If you dont have one,get one.
Here are a few ways to do it.
Broadly, coffee beans are roasted light, medium or dark.
Darker roasts are oilier, and the flavor reflects the roast more than the bean.
Most roasters will roast on the light-to-dark spectrum to optimize the flavor of each specific bean.
Youll likely just end up with burnt, useless beans.
The easiest way to slow down the brewing process is touse a finer grind.
Since French press coffee is already stronger than other methods, this step probably isnt necessary.
Again, this just allows more contact between the grounds and the water.
If youre measuring in scoops of grounds and fluid ounces of water, trythese ratiosfor your preferred brewing method.
The downside of this approach is that youll go through your beans more quickly.
Full-immersion brewers like the French press dont filter out the oils we mentioned earlier.
A pour-over cone has a similar effect.
And high-pressure methods like Aeropress (with a metal filter!)
can also extract more flavor from your beans.
This doesnt mean you gotta rush out and buy a bunch of new equipment.
Coffee preferences are highly personal, so it may take some experimentation to find the perfect solution for you.
As long as your coffee tastes good to you, youve won.
