Preserving Water Heat by Using Scales for Your Coffee

If you’re perfectionistic about your coffee–and why wouldn’t you be?–UK competitive barista champ Jim Hoffman gives a great tip about using digital scales to figure out how to create partial preparations of your French press or cone coffee maker without having to dig around the cabinets for a measuring cup.

Speaking for myself, I like my coffee to be as hot as possible, and the time it takes to find a measuring cup, as well as the room-temperature of the glass itself, can lower your waiting hot water by several degrees (one of these days soon I need to do an experiment to find out exactly how much heat is lost in the process). Plus, my French press at home is pretty big and I don’t always want a full serving. Using a cheap digital scale to measure out the water while preparing not only saves time, but preserves your water heat.

So if you typically make coffee at home using a French press or cone filter maker like a Chemex, consider Jim’s tip. Also check out his blog, as he not only has great things to say about coffee, but he posts some knockout photography.

(Image via the linked article at jimsevens.com.)