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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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Looks promising, thanks for the link. If it works as well as they say it's a bargain at $10.Originally posted by rustic View PostI 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]
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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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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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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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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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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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I keep my Aeropress / coava disk at work, with my handgrinder. It certainly produces a drink somewhat different to espresso and ,yes, somewhat like cleaner plunger coffee. I quite enjoy the coffee produced (a couple of times a week). I get what organicchook is saying about coffee tasting more like it smells. I tend to make a 'long white' (long black with small amount of milk added). Can fully understand why this device splits opinions however. I wouldn't like to make all of my coffee with it, but it is good for an occasional change.
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Hi Coffee Lovers. I find the Aeropress gives a different flavour to espresso. I would describe it as a flavour that tastes like coffee smells. I think that can be a good thing when a different coffee flavour is desired.
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I agree that it the Aeropress doesn't produce espresso style coffee but I wouldn't go so far as to say "nothing like it". It is more manual brewing method/plunger and, with the Coava disk, able to pass on the desirable qualities of a bean. But, as I have said on other threads, some of the brews I have made with an Ap have been superior to just about any other by any method.Originally posted by Yelta View Post"When used properly, Aeropress produces a remarkably good espresso style coffee ....
I have been using mine for about 3 years starting out with the stock standard method with filter papers and now, with Coava disk and my own inverted method
For my tastes, espresso roasts don't work that well and the Ap work best with something roasted to 2nd crack or just before.
Each to their own but I think labeling the Ap is a 'come and go' device seriously sells it short. A cafe I often frequent uses it as its tool of choice for filter tyle brews. My last was a Panama Geisha and it was exquisite.
So it goes back the modified original claim "When used properly..." it can produce coffee as good as or better than espresso style coffee.
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After taking the Aeropress on a prolonged road trip I'm about to place it in the cupboard from which coffee things seldom see the light of day again.
The labelling on the box claims,
"When used properly, Aeropress produces a remarkably good espresso style coffee and an excellent Americano" it goes on to say "it produces a better espresso style than many home machines that cost twenty to thirty times as much" pretty big call.
As far as producing espresso, I say horse hockey, the liquid it exudes is nothing like espresso despite the claims on the packaging.
Re the Americano side of things, not a big call, pretty much anything black in a cup in the US is described as an Americano and I've had more than my share of that swill.
In my opinion the Aeropress is an ok plunger style coffee maker, in fact in many respects the plunger is a better option, I have found a plunger easier to use, easier to clean and wash, with no $20 disc to accidentally fire into the bin.
Sure the AP is cleaner in the cup, no big deal, allowed to stand for a minute or so grounds will settle out of the plunger brew.
So, my opinion overall of the AP, just another of the many coffee brewing devices we have seen come and go over the years (no better nor worse than most of the others) I suspect they will show up in their thousands in op shops in coming years and people will wonder what on earth they were used for.
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Just got an aero press and stil experimenting. I just made a short press with Di Bella arnika reserve beans on just above fine grind and I was taken aback by the flavor. Literally, I am agog. Have been using Moka for years and love it but always found the brew a little thin and overdone. The aero press gives a beautiful sweet strong liquor with quality beans. Not an espresso but for 40 bucks it'll satisfy me...
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Re: Aeropress?
My wifes a long black drinker and she prefers the Aeropress to my machine.
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Re: Aeropress?
Unless they have changed their advertising (or the packaging is different there), it has always stated it is an espresso maker, and Alan, the inventor, has walked around the floor at the SCAA exhibition with a refractometer of some sort to prove that the product it makes is espresso. I have had "discussions" with him where I voiced my opinion that it did not have the body nor the depth of taste as found in a "true" espresso. He did not agree with me.
Compared to using the Aeropress with its paper filters, I much prefer the coffee from the Espro Press. I have used neither my press pot nor my Aeropress since it arrived. While more costly than the Aeropress, and cleanup is similar to a press pot, the coffee is far enough superior that I do not mind.
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