The Best Sangria From the French Press
Sangria is the perfect candidate for a simple summer wine cocktail. For those who love to sip on this session fruit alcoholic drink, nothing more is required than grinding ripe produce and adding wine. For others, this is the real problem. Floating bits of fruit overwhelm your wine. Luckily, there is one perfect vessel that lets you choose whether you want fruit or not, and it’s in your coffee arsenal. Delight any drinker and serve sangria in a French press.
Anyone who thinks, “Who doesn’t love a lovely fruit to chew on while sipping sangria?” It’s me. I don’t want this please. The only time I find it fun to chew on something in my drink is bubble tea. A glass of sangria with chunks of fruit floating around my ice and requiring me to chew on every sip is just not for me. However, I like the taste of sangria, so all this time I have only dealt with fruit.
It’s time to equip your home bar cart with a cute French press:
- Bodum French Press 51 oz
- Floh 34oz French Press Yellow
- 34oz Stainless Steel French Press with Copper Finish
How to make french press sangria
Making sangria in a french press allows people like me to drink sangria the way we like it: fruity but without the fruit. Once you’ve filled the pitcher with chopped fruit, wine, syrups and liqueurs according to your recipe, insert the plunger and simply dip it a few times to blend the drink. Press hard to squeeze the fruit and extract more juice. Even better, the French press plunger is removable. This means that anyone who loves junk in their drink can simply remove the mechanism and voila! – now it’s just a jug of sangria that can fill any glass with wine and pieces of fruit. The French press may just be the perfect vessel for sangria.
I made a simple pink sangria in my press. I cut up half an orange, half a peach, and a handful of red grapes—mostly the fruit I had today. I poured in half a bottle of the remaining wine, then I put the entire French press in the fridge to chill for an hour.
Before serving, I pressed the plunger hard and poured the filtered rose into a cup half filled with ice. I added some sparkling water for the lift. The sangria was bright and juicy, and the flesh of the fruit swirled in the ice. I felt heard.
Sangria is beautiful because it is indulgent; most fruits will contribute a welcome, subtle flavor. If you’re unsure, read the label for fruity notes like cherry, ripe berries, watermelon, lemon, and so on. When in doubt, consider pairing similar colors, such as red wine with dark red or purple berries and fruit, rosé wine with light pink fruit, and white wine with citrus or light fleshy fruit.
Plain pink sangria
Ingredients:
- ½ orange, peeled and chopped
- ½ peach, coarsely diced
- 5 grapes, halved
- ½ bottle of rose
- Soda water to the top of the glass (optional)
Add all ingredients to french press. Dip twice to “stir”. Press firmly and fill with ice. Top with a little soda.