By Eleni Lambis
The aeropress is a little unsung hero, it delivers great flavour as a clean, smooth, rich coffee in next to no time – yet it looks like a funny pump gadgety thing? It’s also so affordable – hello GFC! Most people I’ve demonstrated to think the taste, body and texture is of a standard that if they had not seen the aeropress first, they would have assumed it was produced by some sort of filter machine.
The aeropress is also a great traveller, no more instant coffee in your hotel room on that business trip! Use it at home, in the office, day trips, camping, BBQ’s … anywhere!
Here are 5 tips to live by:
Grind is everything, stick to medium coarse (consistency of table salt).
Dampen the filter with a few drops of water before you add the coffee and start the brew. This will help more of the flavour pass through the filter into your cup.
Never pour boiling water straight from the kettle into the aeropress, wait one to two minutes then start the pour over and use the stirrer to saturate the granules and plunge between 20-30 seconds! Happy Days.
Although perfect for black coffee drinkers, if you heat some milk or use a milk frother/plunger to make your favourite style of coffee: latte, flat white, cappuccino or straight up Americano/long black. Don’t forget to cool down in Summer and have it as an iced coffee.
It’s not rocket science, super value for money.
The aeropress is a little unsung hero, it delivers great flavour as a clean, smooth, rich coffee in next to no time – yet it looks like a funny pump gadgety thing? It’s also so affordable – hello GFC! Most people I’ve demonstrated to think the taste, body and texture is of a standard that if they had not seen the aeropress first, they would have assumed it was produced by some sort of filter machine.
The aeropress is also a great traveller, no more instant coffee in your hotel room on that business trip! Use it at home, in the office, day trips, camping, BBQ’s … anywhere!
Here are 5 tips to live by:
Grind is everything, stick to medium coarse (consistency of table salt).
Dampen the filter with a few drops of water before you add the coffee and start the brew. This will help more of the flavour pass through the filter into your cup.
Never pour boiling water straight from the kettle into the aeropress, wait one to two minutes then start the pour over and use the stirrer to saturate the granules and plunge between 20-30 seconds! Happy Days.
Although perfect for black coffee drinkers, if you heat some milk or use a milk frother/plunger to make your favourite style of coffee: latte, flat white, cappuccino or straight up Americano/long black. Don’t forget to cool down in Summer and have it as an iced coffee.
It’s not rocket science, super value for money.

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