On 8 Feb 2015 15:26:43 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>A French press has no parts that will absorb oils. Any drip coffee
>maker that uses paper filters will absorb those oils. One merely
>needs to look at the bubbles from a drip maker vs the bubbles from a
>Fr press to see this difference. Ever see gasoline or oil on a puddle
>of water? F/P coffee foam (bubbles, crema, etc) carry these
>oils to the drinker. You can see this rainbow of oily colors on the
>surface F/P bubbles. The are not present in paper filter coffee
>makers. Might not be an issue if one uses a metal mesh drip filter,
>but I've yet to find one that does not leave a metallic flavor to the
>coffee.
>
>nb

so, you enjoy the taste of the coffee more when these oils are present
in the coffee or when they are removed?

William