Stumptown’s shared French press
Two-stage filling for a larger batch; decant coffee you are not serving immediately.

Credited method. Independent guide.
Method by Stumptown Coffee Roasters. CupClarity independently wrote the instructions and drew the diagrams. No affiliation or endorsement is implied.
Source starts stirring at 1:00 and pressing at 4:00. The 20-second top-up and 30-second press are interface estimates.
Your brew, your dose.
Water scales with coffee. Step times stay editable: larger batches do not automatically take proportionally longer.
Jump to guided timer ↓Customize the water plan
Enter water per step at the base dose of 56 g. Your selected dose scales these amounts automatically. Set a step to zero for waiting or pressing.
Before starting the timer
- Use the source’s eight-cup French press, with space for 850 g water and grounds. Preheat then discard rinse water.
Source starts stirring at 1:00 and pressing at 4:00. The 20-second top-up and 30-second press are interface estimates. Editing values creates your variation of the credited method.
Water input is not finished drink yield. This recipe is limited to 850 g of water; check your brewer’s usable capacity.
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- 01
First fill
Add 450 g Scale target: 450 gStart timing, wet the grounds and rest the lid without pressing.
- 02
Stir & top up
Add 400 g Scale target: 850 gAt one minute stir, then add the rest of the water.
- 03
Steep
Replace the lid without plunging; wait until four minutes.
- 04
Press & decant
Move off the scale. Press gently and decant the coffee to serve.
Make the experiment useful.
- Two-stage filling for a larger batch; decant coffee you are not serving immediately.