Welcome Students. The following guide will give you the quick and easy method to brew a fantastic cup of joe using a french press.  Please note I had to make a couple adjustments to make this process work in the classroom.

Step 1: Press the switch on your electric tea pot and bring to a boil

 

Step 2: Add 5 table spoons of fresh beans to the grinder

 

Step 3: Press the grinder button down for 3 seconds to achieve a rough grind

 

Step 4: Pour your ground coffee into the french press

 

Step 5: Set your timer to four minutes and add the hot water

 

Step 6: After 15 seconds give the pot a stir and place lid on top (do not push the plunger yet)

 

[Intermission:  While you wait for the coffee to brew read a teammate these 5 fun facts about coffee]

1. Legend has it a 9th-century Ethiopian goat herder discovered coffee by accident when he noticed how crazy the beans were making his goats.
2. Coffee is a psychoactive. And at high doses it can make you see things… It can also kill you…
3. The lethal dose of caffeine is roughly 100 cups of coffee.
4. Johan Sebastian Bach wrote an opera about a woman who was addicted to coffee.
5. Teddy Roosevelt is and was the greatest American coffee drinker, consuming a gallon a day. But you probably shouldn’t attempt to do that.

Step 7: Slowly push the plunger down

 

Step 8: Pour yourself a cup and savor caffeinated victory

 

Congratulations! You made a great cup of coffee and can now avoid the fake stuff!