AeroPress

Good-natured, forgiving and fast.

A plastic tube, a plunger, and about ten thousand competing recipes. Nearly impossible to make a bad cup.

Ratio
1:12
Grind
fine-med
Temp
85°C
Dose
15 g
Water
180 g
Time
90 sec
Difficulty
dead easy

You'll need

Steps

  1. Set up. Paper filter in cap, rinse it, screw onto the chamber. Set on your mug (standard style).
  2. Coffee & water. 15g coffee in, pour 180g of 85°C water. Here, cooler is sweeter.
  3. Stir & steep. Stir 3 times, cap on, wait about a minute.
  4. Press. Press down slow and steady, about 30 seconds. Stop at the hiss: its polite way of saying done.

Sweet, smooth, low acidity, medium body. Cooler water and paper keep it gentle and clean. The most forgiving method here.

The lessons behind it