Aeropress brew guide
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Aeropress Recipe:
• 18g coffee to 285g water (1:15.8 ratio)
• Ground medium fine (close to table salt)
• Rinse Filter
Timing:
0:00-0:30
285g water, insert plunger
1:00:-1:10
Stir
1:40-1:50
Stir, plunge
2:20
Finish plunge -
Aeropress notes:
• Spin the aeropress as you fill to saturate all the grounds. Insert the plunger at a 45 degree angle, level, and pull slightly up to create a vacuum seal in steps 1 & 2. Plunge slow and steady to draw out the brew time and get all the sweet flavors out of the coffee.
• If the brew tastes sour, tangy, or tart try a finer (smaller) grind setting. If the brew tastes too bitter, savory, or smokey try a coarser (bigger) grind setting.
• More or less ground coffee will increase or decrease the intensity or strength of the beverage.
• The ideal water temp for brewing coffee is 195-205°F (90-96 C) or just off boil. When brewing, there is a lot of temperature loss as the water is transferred from kettle to brewer. Rinsing the filter and immediately brewing is a great way to mitigate some of the inevitable loss of temperature and make up for the lack of thermal stability inherent in some brewers.