The AeroPress is my favourite coffee brew method right now. It just makes such a good, smooth cup. It somehow seems to make most beans taste better than the other methods at my disposal.

Recipes

There are so many ways to make a cup with the AeroPress.

I am not a fan of the original way, I generally favour the inverted methods. You get a part brewed, part pressed, filtered coffee. The Has Bean method is a good example.

However I find my current method to be great. It's probably a bit of a mix of various methods I have been told or read (or it's exactly one I have read and just think I have made this, I just can't remember).

The Method

  1. Boil the water.
  2. Measure 15g - 16g of coffee (this varies depending on the coffee. Grind the beans, finer than for filter but a coarser than espresso.
  3. Put the plunger in the AeroPress so the bung is just fully in, so to around the 4 mark.
  4. Once the water has been off boil for a minute or two fill the AeroPress without coffee. This heats the AeroPress and lets your wash the filter paper at the same time.
  5. After a minute or so put 2 filters in the cap and attach to the AeroPress and plunge over the sink.
  6. Reset the AeroPress and put the coffee in.
  7. I have no idea what temperature the water is but it usually has been off boil for around 5 minutes by this point.
  8. Fill the AeroPress with water so the bubbles are just at the lip.
  9. Stir a little to make sure the grounds are all wet and start the stop watch, stirring for about 10 seconds.
  10. Leave for a minute.
  11. Stir for 10 seconds.
  12. Leave for another minute.
  13. Give it another quick stir.
  14. Put the cap on, hold a strong cup over the top and invert the whole thing so the AeroPress is now standing on the top of the cup.
  15. Plunge, but stop before the air comes out.
  16. Rinse AeroPress off.
  17. Add some more water from the kettle to fill the rest of the mug.
  18. Allow to cool a little, drink, enjoy.