Posted by: fartymarty
I've just got an AeroPress for the office. Any tips on how to get the best out of it?
Read all the on-line tips, use good coffee, you can try a couple of paper filters to get more pressure
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Posted by: fartymarty
I've just got an AeroPress for the office. Any tips on how to get the best out of it?
I personally use the inverted method and don't overthink it.
I use 1.5-2 scoops of coffee, pour the maximum amount of water it can hold, stir a bit, install filter, wait 2-3 minutes inverted, then press.
After a few trial, you'll have an idea of the quantity of water and coffee that works for you.
If you want to geek out, there are hundreds of recipe online.
So, I make all my coffee at home, generally know what I like and while I buy single origins I don't go nuts on the expensive beans. There's so much choice here it's not hard to find good stuff, and even the not so good is very drinkable.
Very occassionally I go larger on beans, normally when I've been in city for work and had a particular coffee at a cafe serving really good stuff as an option. I plumped for an Las Flores Chiroso recently from a local small roaster (literally a guy I know, not really a bean roaster as such) and it was excellent, not super expensive. The next week I see there's a 'hydrohoney' process variant of the same bean - basically natural, anaerobically fermented but then mixed with freshly pulped cherries for final drying. Curiosity won out and I paid about three times what I'd usually pay for beans - it works out about what you'd pay for a coffee in city anyway. I used the espresso roast not the filter.
Holy shit. I don't quite know how to explain it - like a chocolatey cherry candy bar with this burnt sage coming through on toffee. The flavour profile is so bright and strong it doesn't leave anything to the imagination. Top three coffees I've ever paid for, hands down.
So, if you can find the Las Flores Chiroso Hydrohoney, give it a whirl. Wild.
Posted by: tashi
Only thing a can add WRT the aeropress is to get a reusable filter. I’ve had the occasional failure with the inverted method and the paper filters.
Im using a reusable metal combined with a paper filter.
I just unscrew the base pop out the grounds and reuse the paper filters
Posted by: tashi
Posted by: fartymarty
Posted by: tashi
Only thing a can add WRT the aeropress is to get a reusable filter. I’ve had the occasional failure with the inverted method and the paper filters.
Im using a reusable metal combined with a paper filter.
Thats a real belt and suspenders approach!
It doesn’t make the coffee super weak by double filtering?
There’s a fine and regular version of the Able filter, apparently gives more more less intense flavour.
I'm still playing around with it. I need to experiment a bit more.
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