<p>What exactly is the blooming process and why do we do it?</p>

<p>Excerpt from <a href="http://www.peets.com/coffee/coffee-inside-the-cup/coffee-inside-the-cup-coffee-brewing/coffee-inside-the-cup-coffee-brewing-press-pot-brewing.html" rel="nofollow">Peets</a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Pour enough water to cover the grounds, start your timer and wait for
  the grounds to puff up. This stage of extraction is called the
  "bloom." Stir to saturate the grounds evenly. Then add remaining water
  to fill. Fill to the top of the metal band.</p>
</blockquote>

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2015-06-15T15:23:22.483Z
See related questions: [what is coffee bloom?](http://coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/337/what-is-coffee-bloom), which addresses what's happening and why. Another question specifically on [bloom and French press](http://coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/1683/does-the-bloom-matter-in-french-press). There's also a [tag:coffee-bloom] tag; I edited to add the tag. Is your question different from those?
hoc_age
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2015-06-15T15:25:55.053Z
I tried to use bloom as a tag but it didn't exist, why would 'bloom' need a 'coffee' prefix on a coffee forum? I'll read those posts, thank you
Dan Beaulieu
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2015-06-15T15:29:10.437Z
@hoc_age, yes they do, you can mark this as a duplicate
Dan Beaulieu
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2015-06-15T15:29:35.803Z
We asked the very same "coffee word in tag?" on [meta] at [here](http://meta.coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/80/can-tags-contain-the-word-coffee) and [here](http://meta.coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/77/retag-request-merge-drip-and-drip-coffee-completed)! By typing "bloom" in the tag part it *should* auto-complete... and you can search tags [here](http://coffee.stackexchange.com/tags). Okay, no problem -- I'll mark as dupe. Good question, though! Thanks.
hoc_age
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2015-06-15T15:38:54.183Z
And finally -- [this previous question about purpose of bloom](http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/21482/when-making-french-press-coffee-what-is-the-purpose-of-blooming-the-grounds) from [cooking.se]. :)
hoc_age
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What's the purpose of the blooming process?
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# What's the purpose of the blooming process?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-06-15)

What exactly is the blooming process and why do we do it?

Excerpt from [Peets](http://www.peets.com/coffee/coffee-inside-the-cup/coffee-inside-the-cup-coffee-brewing/coffee-inside-the-cup-coffee-brewing-press-pot-brewing.html):

> Pour enough water to cover the grounds, start your timer and wait for
> the grounds to puff up. This stage of extraction is called the
> "bloom." Stir to saturate the grounds evenly. Then add remaining water
> to fill. Fill to the top of the metal band.

**Tags:** brewing-process, french-press, coffee-bloom

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: See related questions: [what is coffee bloom?](http://coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/337/what-is-coffee-bloom), which addresses what's happening and why. Another question specifically on [bloom and French press](http://coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/1683/does-the-bloom-matter-in-french-press). There's also a [tag:coffee-bloom] tag; I edited to add the tag. Is your question different from those?  
> **username_0**: I tried to use bloom as a tag but it didn't exist, why would 'bloom' need a 'coffee' prefix on a coffee forum? I'll read those posts, thank you  
> **username_0**: @username_1, yes they do, you can mark this as a duplicate  
> **username_1**: We asked the very same "coffee word in tag?" on [meta] at [here](http://meta.coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/80/can-tags-contain-the-word-coffee) and [here](http://meta.coffee.stackexchange.com/questions/77/retag-request-merge-drip-and-drip-coffee-completed)! By typing "bloom" in the tag part it *should* auto-complete... and you can search tags [here](http://coffee.stackexchange.com/tags). Okay, no problem -- I'll mark as dupe. Good question, though! Thanks.  
> **username_1**: And finally -- [this previous question about purpose of bloom](http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/21482/when-making-french-press-coffee-what-is-the-purpose-of-blooming-the-grounds) from [cooking.se]. :)  

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