Making coffee with an AeroPress
The AeroPress is a distinctive looking coffee brewer; a cylindrical brewing chamber with filter cap on one end, and a piston on the other end. While to some it may look like a toy syringe, this brewer is no schmuck when it comes to making tasty coffee; so good that it even has an annual world competition, pitting national champions against each other, duelling it out in making the best tasting coffee to take the crown as world champion!
The reason for its success and popularity is down to its simplicity to use yet allowing users to impart their own techniques to achieve their desired tastes. Here we share with you our trusted technique for brewing coffee with an AeroPress:
What you'll need:
- AeroPress coffee maker
- Coffee beans
- Coffee grinder
- Digital scale
- Timer
- Carafe or mug
- Teaspoon or stirrer
- Kettle
Recipe:
14g coffee to 250ml brewing water
Step-by-step guide:
1) Put a kettle of water to boil
2) Meanwhile, weigh out and grind coffee beans to medium-fine size
3) Insert a filter paper into the cap, and screw it tight on the brewing chamber, then pour in coffee ground.
4) Putting the brewing chamber on a carafe or mug, place them on a digital scale and tare.
5) Start the timer and pour in 50ml go freshly boiled water, stir 3 times to ensure complete saturation of coffee ground. Allow to bloom for 30 seconds.
6) Then, in one go add the remaining 200ml hot water, set the piston on top securely, and allow the brew to steep until 2:00. Remove the setup from the scale at this point.
7) At 2:00, remove the piston and stir the slurry a couple times, replace the piston and press down until all coffee has pass through the filter (you'll hear a hissing sound as air is pushed through the coffee bed). The coffee is ready to serve.
8) To clean up, remove the filter cap, discard coffee bed by pressing down on the piston completely, then wash thoroughly.
