Covfaffe - the road to despair, calling at futility and disappointment

[Wayward]

Hey, look. I’m just trying to be helpful!

[Spenagio]

Used the Aeropress this morning, slightly hung over so kept it simple (after fucking up the first one).
Intend to try it the ‘@Wayward Way’ tomorrow, but may have to send the family out to arrive at the appropriate zen-like state.

[edd9000]

Hario V60, Porlex, and stupid kettle ordered. (And some beans)

[browellm]

That’s your day sorted on the 16th

[edd9000]

I have a Cona, that’s good faff too.

[Wayward]

Yay!

[Kevin]

@Wayward

You can make good coffee with an Aeropress, I have tried a few different recipes with subtle variations. In the end I settled on 15grams coffee ground like sea salt/sharp sand - err on the coarser side if anything because emmersion brew reasons. A coarser grind will give you a little more time/ flexibility.

Water at no more than 93°c and 90° will work well. The hotter the water the quicker the extraction.

Remove the basket, Invert brewer, i,e, plunger at bottom, at the opposite end to where the basket screws on, pushed into the sleeve so it is just up to the base of the rubber bit. You do this to avoid an air gap which you get if you use it conventionally. Depending on how gassy your coffee is, this gap can really throw off your brew. The more air, the less water and the more your ratio is fucked.

Put 2 filter papers in the basket- this helps get a ‘cleaner’ cup because it filters better (duh) and also adds a little more pressure. Difficult to describe ‘clean’ but it is a thing. It’s almost like you can taste the water more, I could go further but it’ll only make the natives restless.

Sit the Areopress on your digital scales with the plunger at the bottom as discussed and tip your 15g of fresh ground coffee in. Tare the scales.

Now pour in 30g of hot water (twice the coffee weight) and similtaneously start your timer. Pour GENTLY. This is important. At this stage you need to agitate the grinds but not too much. I pour gently and then stir THREE TIMES with the paddle. You can pour from high and not stir. You can pour the 30 grams of water and then pick the brewer up and swirl. Which ever way, a little agitation at this stage is good. You want to make sure ALL the coffee is wet. I have found gentle pour and three stirs easiest to control/repeat.This is the pre-infusion, bloom, or off-gas stage. Water can’t penetrate the grinds easily until the Co2 has escaped.

When 30 seconds is up, gently pour in water up to the top and screw on the basket with the two filters. Turn the Aeropress upright on top of a mug. Here is another advantage to inverting the Aeropress, the not yet brewed coffee cannot come through the filter because the air won’t flow. It’s fucking annoying otherwise trying to get it in and not loose your drink before the fucker is brewed.

After one minute has elapsed, start pushing gently on the plunger and spend 30 seconds pushing the brewed coffee into the mug. Don’t push the plunger right down to the bottom as you don’t want to wring the grinds, it’ll make the drink bitter - stop when you hear a puff of air escaping. Enjoy your coffee!

30 second bloom, 30 second brew, 30 second plunge. Win.

No wonder a suit costs a fortune and takes so long to make.
If you have four cups of coffee a day you only have time for two hours work each day!

[Wayward]

Without coffee nothing happens.

[Spenagio]

Success!!

Much better tasting result, being a coffee lightweight it is smoother/less bitter. So thank you for taking the time.

Only problem is, the rest of the household thought I was preparing a roast dinner due to the time taken. Sure I’ll speed up in time.

[murrayjohnson]

Haste is the enemy of perfection.

[Wayward]

Haste is the enemy full stop.

[Wayward]

With practice you’ll be able to knock a brew up quickly. Quick is relative of course but there are plenty of quick ways to make shit coffee.
A proper coffee shop making Aeropress will charge a fiver for it and this reflects how much work there is in it to do it properly.

Glad some of my tips helped!

[Gyroscope]

I make an Aeropress coffee in about 30 seconds every weekday morning.

Slosh, scoosh scoosh, pffffrrrrrrtt. Done.

[MrKettle]

@Gyroscope

Slosh, scoosh scoosh, pffffrrrrrrtt. Done.

Coffee or @Jim?

[defride]

‘’…the short blacks are definitely blacker and the crema is clearly more intense and colour saturated for sure tho the shun mooks were even better for me under the grinder.’’

[murrayjohnson]

Not sure that surface is ideal & cables could be better.

VTA also looks a little high.

[Wayward]

Nice.

[chelseadave]

Are you open Sundays?

[Stepmotheratomicbomb]

If I bring my own, do you charge corkage?

[edd9000]

Yay faff.