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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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[–] andkit 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Beside the convenience of machine-brewed coffee I found the aeropress to be an extremly forgiving brewer. I can't remember ever making bad coffee with it (though I'm a taste barbarian, I enjoy strong flavors, but fine nuances are lost to me, so YMMV). As such my "recipe" is dirt-simple an can be done before having coffee (that circular dependency is always a problem with other methods).

I have that Fellow Prismo thingie, so need to mess around with brewing inverted
I usually add a paper filter to the metal filter, but more for cleanup reasons than taste
15g beans, finely ground but not quite espresso-fine
Quickly add 100ish grams of boiling water
stirr
fill up to 250g water total
put on the plunger
wait about 2-3 minutes, plunge & enjoy

For my friend, or if I'm feeling the occasionly sweet tooth myself, I do basically the same just with 125g total water (can be added in one go, I only stirr after 100 above as it is easier and less prone to make a mess if you are too vigorous) The "missing" 125g of water are then replaced with 125g of milk (or a milk-replacement of your choice) + 5g (or 10 for the espially sweet toothed) sugar that receive the nanofoamer treatment

But as I said the Aeropress is extremly forgiving, you can diverge from the recipe quite a bit and still get good coffee. Sometimes I'm distracted and only come back to plunge after 8 minutes and the coffee is still good. Spoon was too full and now its 16g? No need to pick beans out of the grinder, that'll work too. If you have a feeling for measurements (I don't) you can just eyball that stuff and not sweat the details

[–] moosh 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How are you able to get 250g of water in? I only was able to fit about 225 with 15g of grounds.

[–] andkit 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you breweing inverted? That'll loose you some capacity. If you have very fresh beans it might also help to wait a little longer after stirring for the CO2 to get out and not have too much foam on top

[–] moosh 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve tried both but since I don’t have a prismo, if I’m brewing normal I try to get the plunger on ASAP so I don’t loose too much water. Instead I skip the stirring if I’m making it for myself, let it steep and then give it a little jostle 30 sec or so before ready to plunge.

[–] andkit 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I guess without the prismo you either have to accept a little "loss" at the start of brewing or less water. Shouldn't make a huge difference either way though

[–] moosh 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I think you’re right. A little loss doesn’t kill the overall quality of it!

[–] moosh 2 points 1 year ago

Sounds like a great recipe, will have to give it a shot!