Easy
AeroPress
The travel-sized crowd-pleaser. Immersion plus gentle pressure makes a smooth, low-bitterness cup in under two minutes, almost impossible to ruin.
- Ratio
- 1:15
- Dose
- 15.0 g
- Water
- 225.0 g · 90 °C
- Grind
- Medium fine
- Total time
- 1:45
The brew
-
0:00
Set up & bloom
Paper filter in the cap, AeroPress on the cup (standard orientation), coffee in. Pour 50g water, swirl, wait 30 seconds.
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0:30
Fill
Pour to 225g, stir three times, insert the plunger just enough to create the vacuum seal.
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1:15
Press
Press steadily for about 30 seconds until you hear the hiss. Stop there — don't push the sputter through.
Dial it in
- Hard to press
- Grind coarser; you're compacting a too-fine bed.
- Weak cup
- Add 15 seconds of steep time before pressing, or drop to 1:13.
- Bitter edge
- Lower water temperature to 85–88°C — the AeroPress forgives almost everything except scalding water.