French Press Coffee Ratio 2 Cups. Now that you have the recipe and steps to make the perfect French press coffee you dont have to be overwhelmed by it anymore. Simply divide your water volume in ounces by 14 to know how much oz of ground coffee to add.
Hetzel suggests letting the mixture sit for about 30 seconds then giving it a gentle. The standard ratio for French press is 114 1 part of coffee to 14 parts of water. Some people like a very bold coffee and I found using a 110 ratio in the French press creates a bold thick coffee with a heavy flavor.
In my cabinet alone I have coffee cups that measure 2 ½ ounces for espresso 9 ounces 10 ounces and 12 ounces.
The 1 is coffee in grams and the 18 is water in milliliters. Some French presses class 4 oz as a single cup but this is bananas to me Id just be getting into a cup of coffee as it was finished with a coffee that small. Coffee to water ratio. For those preferences I use a 116 ratio.