Originally posted by Barry O'Speedwagon
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I have noticed everyone has their own recipe for aeropress. There is one on the inside of the mesh filter I bought, every you on whotube freely tells you the 'best ever' recipe (I've got my bets on the special Swedish bottled water!)
I fiddled around for ages, to work out the grind and amount of coffee for the brewing time and water temperature, as well as the ratio of coffee to milk.
I don't think there is too many 'it has to be like this'. Let your taste buds decide.
Pick an amount of coffee.
Work out a way you can get roughly 92 degrees water temperature reliably
Do some research on rough acceptable brew times
Grind to suit the above, testing, and adjusting grind to suit.
Otherwise it's too hard to copy someone's setup, unless you have the same grinder, same batch/freshness of coffee.
For the record I have been grinding a full notch coarser than what I would use for espresso. 1 min 15seconds before I plunge. 18gms of coffee. With the plunger rubber (filled up inverted) on the bottom most blue number, the hot water is filled to the top most number.
I have been added steamed milk at a ratio of 50/50.
Too bitter/not enough? ? Try changing the grind. Too strong/weak? Add more/less milk.
Not saying this is perfect, but it may help you started with the grind.
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Well said Goner. I adjust quite significantly depending on bean (either Central or African) and roast level (sometimes I go a bit darker than I intended). But about 92 degrees is what I aim for (assuming my kettle thermometer is accurate) . I'm drinking a Huehuetenango at moment which I let slip into 2nd crack, and I find I need a coarser grind / or shorter extraction time to avoid some unpleasant tastes. I find with Aeropress that I'm a lot better at 'knowing' what to do to fix a poor brew first time than I am with espresso.
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Love my AeroPress too...
There are times when I just don't feel like firing up the DJE, and just want to enjoy a beaut cuppa with a minimum of fuss - The AeroPress delivers on both counts.
As far as grind goes, with the Kony it coincidentally happens to be a setting that is exactly double what ever the setting is for espresso for that particular coffee (generally always avoid 2nd-Crack or just the first few lazy snaps). Have found that for my palate, the upside-down method gets the best all round results in the cup - Rich, deep flavour with plenty of varietal intrinsic nuances going on, no bitterness whatsoever.
Coincidentally, I am also enjoying a very tasty Huehuetenango brew at the moment. Mmmm...
Mal.
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I've found a way to fit my aeropress and porlex mini into a single 1Lt waterproof container. Unfortunately I cannot post a picture, but there is a technique to make it all fit... This will come to work in my case.
MODS, can I put a picture up?
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