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What’s your favorite AeroPress recipe? (self.coffee)

submitted 1 year ago by moosh to c/coffee

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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!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have been watching Mr Hoffman, he is great!

Tried his method with my current beans, I think they are too darkly roasted for the brew time, comes out very bitter.
Looking to pick up something lightly roasted for my next bag.

[–] moosh 2 points 1 year ago

You might have some luck adjusting your temperature or making your grind courser for those dark beans. Hotter water and finer grind will both increase your extraction rates and with a dark roast, it’s easier to pick up the bitterness.