What’s your favorite AeroPress recipe?
What’s your favorite AeroPress recipe?
I usually do the Hoffmann method if I’m making it for myself and the default recipe if making for my wife and I but the last couple days I’ve mixed it up and tried out the inverted method:
Time: 1min 30sec
- Use a medium-fine grind.
- Put the plunger to the “bottom” (top while inverted) of the 3 so I’ll get a half cup’s worth of infusion
- add my grounds, 2 AeroPress scoops (22-26oz depending on roast and moisture content)
- get water to boiling (if a light roast)
- add enough water to make a paste, do a 30 second bloom
- add more water until it’s 2/3 full. Stir for 10 sec
- add water until it’s almost to the top and wait until the timer gets up to 1:15. While waiting, wet the filter and get the top ready
- give it another few stirs at 1:15 then top off until the water is at the top
- at 1:30, cap and press. I like to do it into a Pyrex measuring cup.
- this should yield 1/2 cup of brew (4oz). I then add water up to the 1 cup mark (8oz line) and put 1/2 into the first mug. I fill it up again until the 1 cup and pour that into the second. Add another 1/2 cup of hot water to the first mug and presto, you have two delicious 8oz mugs of coffee!
When I first got the Aeropress I experimented a bit. All good fun, but in the end I have settled on following basically Hoffmann's recipe. It is easy to remember, easy to perform, and produces consistently yummy results.
Instead of spending time finding other recipes, I would focus on finding better coffee beans.
For one cup:
16g beans, medium grind. Set water to 212F in kettle.
Invert aeropress, plunger to level 4. Add ground beans.
Add twice the bean weight in water, wait 30 seconds for bloom.
Add more water until total water weight is 200g. Wait until timer hits 2min (including bloom)
Flip the aeropress back over onto a cup. Depress the plunger over the course of around 30sec (should be empty at 2:30 mark on timer).
Often I'll add a splash of hot water to the cup at that point for a bit of dilution.
Just tried Lucas Zahradnin's recipe from 2015 and it worked so well with the Burundi light roast I had at home. He recommends Kenya but any high density washed coffee works well:
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Inverted method
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20g finely ground, 5 clicks on the porlex mini... I did it with 8 by mistake but it turned out delicious, I just like having some acidity in my mug.
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230ml of water at 80°C. I make my own barista water since the one from the tap is liquid limestone here Recipe for the water.
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Rinse filter and preheat. I do it over running boiler water from the tap.
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Add the coffee to the chamber.
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Pour 60ml of water.
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Wiggle the AeroPress for 15 seconds to mix the water and grounds.
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Pour another 170ml of water.
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Fasten the filter cap, flip, press for 30 seconds.
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I picked up an Aeropress and a decent grinder last week. So this post is incredibly timely for me.
I have espresso roasted beans, so it's been quite difficult to prevent over extraction, but I have had some decent cups out of it already.
Keen to follow some of these recipes and work out what works best.
Glad you found it useful! Just happy to make a contribution! :)
For a long time I’ve been using the James Hoffman method. If you’re curious, check him out on YouTube. He’s got an entire series on the aeropress and it’s great!