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Finally brought my Aeropress Go to work, and it IS worth it (self.coffee)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by fdrc_lm to c/coffee@lemmy.world
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That’s actually the only Aeropress I own so I’m not sure if the original one is actually less portable, but I like how compact the whole thing can get, which is ideal in common areas where you do not want to take up too much space

The reverse method is still a little too messy, especially if you need to do it outside home, so I guess I’ll stick with the normal method.

It’s still pretty simple and easy to do, and if finally saved me by local Italian over-roasted espressos 🙏

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[-] nyctre@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

I know the inverted methods seem cool and bunch of people won the championship with it, but let's be honest. There's plenty of recipes for the normal method that are just as good. And Hoffman's simplified method is good enough that at least for me it's not worth complicating things further.

The only thing I do differently is to let it infuse for 5-ish minutes instead of the recommended 2 and put like 15-17g of coffee instead of 11-12. Unless I have some expensive beans, in which case I make one batch with higher amount and one with less and see if the difference is worth it. If it's not, I just use 11 to enjoy it for longer.

And yeah, as a pastry cook by trade I too thought at first that playing it by ear and not following the recipe to the letter was blasphemy. But I realized I was just introducing unnecessary stress to the whole process.

[-] blomvik@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

I bought an Aeropress Flow cap for funsies, and that's makes it easier to brew inverted.

If I have time I brew the 10 minute style of Lance Hendrics(?).

[-] fdrc_lm 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I’ve tested it for a while. My thought is that Aeropress really saves you in situations where actually you can’t have precise measurements and fancy equipments, that is an office where you can’t weight things and you have to measure quantities very roughly by eye

In this kind of situation I really can’t see how the reversed method improves the process. Everything is so simple and approximate that loosing some drops of water on the bottom really doesn’t change much.

Also, just using a 2 filters and creating a vacuum I guess is enough to cancel even that issue

[-] nyctre@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I agree, it really is. It's really one of the reasons why I bought it. It's really easy to make a decent cup of coffee.

[-] Marvelicious@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

Same, Hoffmann style, but with 17 grams and I go for 3 minutes. 12 grams just seemed too thin.

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