Aeropress
Brew Guide
The Aeropress is a great travel brewer. It is relatively inexpensive and nearly indestructible. Use it to get a great cup of coffee camping, traveling, or on the fly!
Steps
- Dose your coffee: Fill the Aeropress filter cap with whole bean coffee and level (about 17g).
- Grind your coffee: The grind should be on the finer side of drip coffee – just a bit coarser than table salt. You’ll want to dial it in to your liking. Tastes bitter? Use a coarser grind for your next brew. If it tastes sour, use a finer grind.
- Place the paper filter in the cap and rinse with hot water to eliminate any paper taste.
- Twist the filter cap on and add your ground coffee.
- Set Aeropress on mug and slowly add water just off boil. As you fill the Aeropress there will be a faint line of separation between the coffee grounds and liquid. Keep pouring until this line is at the top of the number 3.
- Steep for 1 minute, then stir the liquid and grounds three times.
- Insert plunger and press down slowly. Brace yourself. It’s going to take a significant amount of pressure. Stop when it starts hissing.
- Enjoy!
If you are sharing… double the dose and use the same amount of water. Once the brew is done, split between 2 cups and dilute with more hot water until it tastes right to each of you.