Rant: my French press went bitter for a month because I trusted the "4 minute steep" rule on the bag

Jake Robinson · 2026-10-09T13:10:03.233838+00:00

Timed it with my phone for 5 days straight in my Denver kitchen and every single cup was bitter until I cut it to 3 minutes and the roast finally tasted like the chocolate notes on the label, so is the 4 minute thing just a starting point people keep parroting?

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