The key French press cleaning trick is a _fine_ kitchen sieve, not too small, at least 3" wide: Pull out the French press plunger, add water and drain the resu

The key French press cleaning trick is a _fine_ kitchen sieve, not too small, at least 3" wide: Pull out the French press plunger, add water and drain the resulting mud through the sieve. A normal small 2" coffee sieve is too small in diameter, it will clog. The 3" (4" is better, especially for the larger 1L press) allows the water to pass in a fast pour. And make sure it's a fine sieve, so the grinds stay in. The grinds mud then goes from the sieve straight to trash. In store the sieve at the sink with the other cleaning utensils. In direct access storage, so to speak, a local cache even.