AreoPress Coffee Press

[Too Late]

So who has one of these bad boys?



Very impressed with mine!

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[essayer]

I've been tempted before. How does it compare to a cafetiere or a moka pot?

[Too Late]

Its so easy to use and clean.

I paid £20 and think its great...

Get one today!

[Zod]

I bought one recently because my espresso machine is in for maintenance. It's the next best thing, but I want my machine back. Aeropress is great for travel.

ETA: does anybody actually follow the instructions? I found them useless. Google and talking to coffee shop people introduced me to the inverted method, which is much better.

Edited by Zod on Wednesday 30th October 14:45

[paranoid airbag]

Yup, I prefer mine to cafetiere or percolator :-) only possible issue is that you can't make much in one. Agreed that the factory suggested method isn't much cop.

[cqueen]

They are really good. I would say they optimise body and after tase, but you lose some clarity/acidity compared to a drip filter.

[Digger]

Inverted method? What's that then Zod?

[cqueen]

Zod said:

ETA: does anybody actually follow the instructions? I found them useless. Google and talking to coffee shop people introduced me to the inverted method, which is much better.

I use the standard (instruction) method way for making an Americano.

[Zod]

Digger said:

Inverted method? What's that then Zod?

Insert the plunger just enough to make a seal, then invert the Aeropress. Put the coffee in, pour on enough water to cover it, give it a bit of a stir, then fill to the 4. Leave for a minute to brew, then put on the end cap with a wet filter in it. Push down just enough to remove the air gap. Then invert the Aeropress again to the right way up over your cup and spend 30 seconds pushing down the plunger.

[new_bloke]

Zod said:

Digger said:

Inverted method? What's that then Zod?

Insert the plunger just enough to make a seal, then invert the Aeropress. Put the coffee in, pour on enough water to cover it, give it a bit of a stir, then fill to the 4. Leave for a minute to brew, then put on the end cap with a wet filter in it. Push down just enough to remove the air gap. Then invert the Aeropress again to the right way up over your cup and spend 30 seconds pushing down the plunger.

Yup, that's the way I've used mine since day one. Also, I don't use anything like as much coffee as the instructions say. I use one scoop with the plunger at '4'.
I understand that you can get a metal filter, rather than the paper ones, but this won't work for the inverted method as far as I can tell. Also, it's likely to let some fines through, whereas the paper ones do not. I just rinse the paper filters and re-use.

[Zod]

I use a metal filter with the inverted method. It works fine.

[Digger]

Thanks Zod. I won't really work it out until I have one. Luckily a good friend asked me last night what I might want for Xmas so I sent them the amazon Aeropress link. If she does go for it, it should include 350 filters. Happy days.

[Mobile Chicane]

All components will need to be cleaned very thoroughly (in the dishwasher) to avoid the coffee tasting stale from the oils that get trapped in various nooks and crannies.

It seems like far too much hassle to me compared with a ceramic filter cone and papers.

[Zod]

It doesn't have nooks and crannies. It's just a smooth tube. A touch of detergent and a rinse and it's good to go.

[new_bloke]

Zod said:

I use a metal filter with the inverted method. It works fine.

how does the filter stay in then? Where did you get your filter from? I'd be interested to give that a try myself. Do you find that very fine grounds get through? I don't get any with a paper filter...

[devnull]

wet filter, it just sticks to the end cap

[Zod]

devnull said:

wet filter, it just sticks to the end cap

The mesh is so fine, no grounds get through. Mine is from Kaffeeologie and I bought it on Amazon.

[RizzoTheRat]

Another satisfied user here, I use the cafetiere if there's several of us but for 1 or 2 cups the aeropress makes a very nice cuppa and its nice and easy to eject the grounds in to the composter rather than washing them down the sing. Also use the inverted method.

[F-Stop Junkie]

I use mine as instructed, 1 scoop of coffee and water upto 2 before stirring, but have recently stopped pushing the plunger to the bottom, but instead stopping when you hear the air rushing through.

Used mine for.... Crikey.... Four years now? Lives at work, and saves me a fortune over the in house Costa.

[RizzoTheRat]

DO you not find the water dribbles though before you press the plunger if you use it as per the instructions? My mother had taken to using a pair of filters in hers to stop it before I showed her the inverted method.