A French press is more versatile than many of us give it credit for – with a few mindful tweaks, we can whip up a perfectly flavorful and rich cup of not just coffee, but also tea. While the drip versus press debate is likely going to continue into the unforeseeable future, press coffee and […]
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Going about mastering the French press for the finest mug of coffee is really a matter of getting a handful of things right – the temperature of the water, the right steeping time, and the coarseness of your coffee beans. In fact, if you’ve ever sipped a cup decanted from a French press to find
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The beauty of the French press is that it isn’t just limited to brewing up the ultimate cup of coffee – you can use the same mechanism for an indulgent cup of tea as well. Slow-steeping loose leaf tea isn’t much more time consuming to brew than boiling up a kettle and dunking in a
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Most of the time, grabbing a loaf of bread from the store is an act involving as much thought process and effort as remembering we’d run out of milk, or reaching for a carton of eggs. But where milk and eggs aren’t exactly accessible at home unless we’re running a personal farm, bread can –
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Bread boxes are back in vogue, and for good reason. With more of us edging away from preservative-spiked commercially sold breads, and toward homemade or at the very least organically and freshly baked goodies, we need a means to properly store our buns and loaves without the added chemicals extending their shelf life. Luckily, bread
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Nothing quite beats the scent of freshly baked bread – but unless someone comes up with a scented candle for that, or we relocate next door to a bakery, it’s a difficult scent to conjure up at will, especially for the novice baker. The process of breadmaking can seem intimidating to some, given the practice
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