offbeat question

[winterbadger]

OK, a while back I got a French press, and I use it from time to time when I don't want a whole pot of coffee.

But I'm being baffled by how to empty it. After pressing, the coffee is pretty compacted. For a while I was running some tap water into the carafe and pouring the mixture into the disposal. But then I noticed that my disposal wasn't actually chewing up and passing on the crushed beans; they were just accumulating. So I cleared them out (yikes!) but that method doesn't seem like a good one anymore. But if I rinse the residue to loosen it, there's going to be more liquid than I want to pour into the kitchen trash can.

What do other people do?

Comments

[poeticalpanther.livejournal.com]

Ask my friend Carrie (bridgeoutahead). I'm reasonably sure she's mentioned using exactly the same sort of machine.

Me, I'm a supertaster, coffeestink makes me nauseous. :)

[pisica.livejournal.com]

I give the coffee to someone else and go have orange juice instead, so I can't help. :)

[silme.livejournal.com]

I don't drink coffee, but I sometimes find myself cleaning out such a press. (The husband uses one occasionally.) I've been known to flush the contents down the toilet. (Disposals are not common on this side of the pond.)

[sidhne.livejournal.com]

One word: compost.

[radiant-one.livejournal.com]

I let the coffee grinds cool in the carafe and then just dump it into the trash can. Since my french press is a single cup a whack or two and it's empty. Otherwise, I'd suggest a spoon to help extricate the grounds.

I never put coffee grinds in the disposal, they are too small and just clump as you've experienced.