
Aeropress.
Brewing with the Aeropress, It brews several different kinds of rich, delicious coffee that’s low in bitterness and acidity, quickly and with very little cleanup.
What you’ll need for one cup:
- Coffee: 15g/2-3 tbsp (medium grind)
- Water: 200ml, plus additional for rinsing
- AeroPress
- AeroPress filter
- Kettle (gooseneck preferred)
- Timer
- Mug
- Burr grinder (recommended)
- Scale (recommended)
- Total brew time: 2:30
How to make it:
- Prepare all ingredients and equipment
- Add filter paper to cap and rinse with plenty of water
- Heat brewing water to 97°C
- Place AeroPress in inverted position (widened sections on top and bottom of brewer, with screw cap facing up)
- Grind your coffee at medium grind (caster sugar)
- Add 15g of ground coffee to brewing chamber of AeroPress and gently shake to ensure the coffee is level
- Place AeroPress on scales and reset to zero
- Start timer and pour in a circular motion, 200 grams of hot water
- Stir five times and ensure all grounds are wet and screw cap on the top of the AeroPress
- At 1:45, carefully flip the AeroPress onto a vessel
- At 2:00, press down firmly on the AeroPress to filter the brewed coffee. This should take around 30 seconds, keep pressing until you hear a ‘hissing’ sound
- Aim to have all your coffee out and brewed by 2:30 minutes