Aeropress Coffee

James Hoffmann's Ultimate AeroPress Recipe

Quick notes:

• For medium roast coffee, using 90-95°C water will give you better results.
• For dark roast coffee, try 85-90°C water for the brew.

For a much more detailed walkthrough of this recipe, watch James’ original video.

James also has an espresso-like recipe for milk coffee, which you can view here.

Recipe details:

• 3:20
• Paper Filter

Coffee:

• 11g
• Finer end of medium
• Light roast

Water:

• 99°C / 210°F
• 200mL

Instructions

1. Set brewer in standard position on a server. Don't rinse or preheat the brewer (it doesn't make any difference).
2. Start a timer, add 200mL water, aiming to wet all the coffee during pouring.
3. Then immediately place the plunger on top of the brewer, about 1cm in. This creates a vacuum to stop the coffee from dripping through.
4. Wait 2 minutes.
5. Holding the brewer and the plunger, gently swirl the brewer.
6. Wait 30 seconds.
7. Press gently all the way, it takes about 30 seconds.
8. Drink and enjoy!