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  • Not espresso but better than most coffee a snob can get while traveling
    I have had some memorable brews and associate it with far away places!
    Created a few converts along the way.

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    • Ok i am a bit of a fan of the AP. Its fast , quiet, very convenient and makes a great cup of coffee with fresh beans.
      I am not a fan of the paper filters.

      I have experimented heaps with this device and the following is now my method of choice.
      The resulting coffee has heaps of flavour, naturally sweet and fresh.
      And i agree 100% with the comments about it tasting how the coffee smells!

      I have given people slight variations of KJM blend brewed with this and they have been a bit stunned than i can make a coffee that tastes great without espresso.
      Granted their espresso experiences are probably not that great.

      I find anywhere between 5 - 14 days post roast optimal, another week after that is still pretty
      dam good. Beans are blended pre roast and taken to the very first sign of second crack in coretto
      and cooled quickly - mine are cool to the touch in under 2 mins for a 250g roast.
      Grind fine, not espresso fine, but something only just a little coarser.

      I use the inverted method with coava disk.

      One scoop of beans in the hand grinder. I have weighed this many times and its consistently between 15 - 16g.

      Boil kettle, pour boiling water through the AP / metal disk without plunger whilst sitting over mug so it fills the mug, let sit for a couple of mins while grinding.

      Reboil kettle - usually takes 10 - 15sec.

      Remove filter disc.

      Wet the plunger in mug with water, insert up to the 3 mark and invert.

      Put ground coffee in.

      Tip the mug of water back into the kettle to take some heat out of the water.

      Fill the mug to a predetermined level of 100ml or so and pour over coffee.
      Feel free to experiment with this amount, i do it by eye now and i do let it vary, when measured its been between 80 and 130ml, the less water seems to result in stronger flavours and more water becomes more subtle and i get more roasty flavours and higher levels of bitterness.

      Stir quickly for 5 seconds, place filter disk on and turn over onto mug then press immediately with a slow and steady force until coffee is completely compressed.

      I zap 20ml of full cream milk in a 90ml glass in microwave for 20sec.
      If i have sugar (1/4 tsp) i dissolve it in milk now.
      Top up milk glass with 60ml of hot water from the kettle and dump the whole lot into the mug with extracted coffee.

      Enjoy!

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      • Well - I have been using my aeropress for over 18 months now and today was my first pour using a coava disk. Like others have said in the past, it makes quite a difference in the cup. I was expecting something similiar to my past cups but this had a little "wow" factor to it. I dont have a well developed palette so i cant clearly define it - a bit more fruity/alive comes to mind.

        I used an inverted method similar to Steve82 with a fine grind..... looking forward to my second cup.

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        • I don't own an aeropress but thinking about getting one.

          What do you guys think about this new filter design?
          S Filter - A Reusable Coffee Filter for AeroPress by Nate Jones — Kickstarter

          Do you think it will result in a better brew compared against using a coava disk?
          It seems to have the filtering properties of paper filter and still allow coffee oils through in a similar to the steel disk design

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          • Looks interesting, i would give it a go maybe?

            I pretty much get close to nothing in the bottom of my cup using coava/able disk, grinding only a touch coarser than espresso.
            The holes on able disk are smaller on one side than the other, in my experience following the general rules for filtering, start with the larger filter first (bigger holes facing up) produces the least amount of crap in the bottom of cup, as i said close to nothing.

            But hey this could be even better? I am tempted to donate $10 to get be one of the first to get one!

            EDIT: Well i could not resist! $15 donation to include postage.
            Last edited by Steve82; 4 August 2012, 09:04 PM.

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            • Originally posted by rustic View Post
              I don't own an aeropress but thinking about getting one.

              What do you guys think about this new filter design?
              [S Filter - A Reusable Coffee Filter for AeroPress by Nate Jones — Kickstarter[/url]
              Looks promising, thanks for the link. If it works as well as they say it's a bargain at $10.

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              • i pledged for the s-filter on Friday. why not, it's cheap.

                able brewing also make excellent aeropress filters, two hole-size models, disk, and disk fine. check them out. google them.

                I'm using aeropress most of the time for filter coffee these days, more than syphon or any other method mainly due to it's portability, reliability, ease of repeating brews, and cleanliness. I'm not using it for an 'espresso' style shot, more for a full cup of freshly brewed black coffee.

                14-15gm of my fave beans ground med or med-fine
                190-200gm water anywhere between 80-92C (depending on beans used and freshness)
                invert, tip in grinds, add water to desired weight, stir ~10 times, lid resting on top with rinsed filter in it. 1min to 1m20s, cap it, flip it, press it for 20-25sec

                mmmmm.

                cant wait until my porlex grinder arrives, apparently it slides right inside the aeropress plunger. nice portable package!

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                • oh, and I put this together if anyone is interested:

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