Kalledevarapura Estate · Pulp Sun Dried
Blue Tokai Coffee
₹800/250g
Caramel and stone-fruit medium: sweet and balanced black from a French press. The roaster recommends it for a French press.
Best coffee for French press in India
The best beans for a French press are the ones whose roast and flavour profile suit how it extracts.
A French press is full immersion. Coffee and water sit together for the whole brew, then a metal mesh holds back the grounds as you press. Mesh lets oils and fine particles into the cup, so a French press coffee is heavy-bodied and a little silty. Paper brewers do not give you that.
Body is what this brewer does best, so pick beans that have something to put in it. Medium and medium-dark roasts with chocolate, caramel or nutty notes are the natural fit. Grind coarse. A fine grind in a press gives you mud and bitterness, and no roast fixes that.
Three coffees to start with
These are the current three picks from the same rules used by the finder: brewer roast window, black-coffee flavour fit, first-bag exclusions, community signal and one coffee per roaster.
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Devan's
₹550/250g
Chocolatey and caramel medium: sweet and balanced black from a French press. The roaster recommends it for a French press.
Micro Climate
Araku Coffee
₹850/250g
Caramel medium: sweet and balanced black from a French press. The roaster recommends it for a French press.