#Unpacking brew some coffee how to
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I followed the instructions for the water and coffee ratio. I figured that a finer grind size probably would fit the AeroPress better than the coarse grind I usually use for other cold brewing methods. I used DripBeans Everyday Hero beans and I did grind them to a very fine grind. The first thing I wanted to try was to brew some cold brew using freshly grinded high quality beans. Try 1 – AeroPress Cold Brew with Whole Beans So, I was not sure that the extraction would be high enough. With an AeroPress it only takes about 1-2min (!?). Why would I do that? Well, the AeroPress cold brewing is extremely short in comparison with many other brewing methods. I also wanted to try a double filtration sort of method, which would be where I made the cold brew as instructed and the loaded the AeroPress with the cold brew again and filtered it through the same coffee ground twice. I was curious to see how big the difference would be. Since I’d thought about buying an AeroPress for a long time, I’d already had planned that I would want to try this new device with both ground coffee and freshly grinded beans. I almost ran to the kitchen with it and started the brewing process right away. I’ve read a lot of reviews, but I really wanted to try it out myself.

These parts are all either essential or very helpful, and they felt much more robust than I thought they would do from just looking at pictures online.Īfter unpacking my AeroPress, I was eager to try it out.

Funnel – makes loading the AeroPress with coffee less messy.

Stir paddle – for stirring, which gives a better extraction.

Scoop – makes scooping and measuring quite easy.

Filter cap – which sits on the bottom of the chamber and holds the filter.

Plunger – used to press through the water through the coffee.

Chamber – the main part holding everything together.

There are 6 main parts in the standard AeroPress kit+ 350 paper filters and a filter holder. The first thought when I got it and unpacked the AeroPress was that it looked well designed, and even the packaging looked well thought through. So, this Monday, instead of a new recipe, you will get a review and really a guide for a new cold brewing method – cold brew using an AeroPress. I heard about this from one of the members in the DripBeans Facebook-group, Eric, and after some chatting, I decided that I had to try it.

#Unpacking brew some coffee how to

However, it can also be used for cold brew coffee, and there is even a guide for how to make cold brew in the AeroPress box. AeroPress is a coffee brewing device that lets you brew low acidity coffee fast and easy, and it is specialized in espresso-style coffee. Weighed the beverage: 98,5g at 2.34% TDS, so about 19.7% extraction.Hey DripBeans community and cold brew lovers, today I’m writing about a new brewer I bought last week – an AeroPress. A nice sight, like marble.Īfter this, I weighed 20g of beans, turned the upper burr a quarter turn clockwise, so ground a little finer. After the centrifuge separation, the sediment was tightly packed in the bottom tip of the test tube and a faint cloud, maybe some remaining ultra fines, hung in the crystal clear coffee fluid. A metal filter usually allows some fine solids to pass and be part of the brew, which can help to provide 'body' to the overall taste. įorgot to weigh the beverage weight but centrifuged a sample anyway to measure on the VST Refractometer: 1.97% TDS. Very very nice and quite amazing for a first try-out shot.

Hot water dripping from the coffee grinds into the cupīright, sweet and soft with a noticeable caffeine 'kick' to it. Wetted the grinds in the metal filter container, waited 30 seconds and then poured in 110g of water that I heated to 90✬ in the Russell Hobbs water heater that's specially made for these temperature sensitive processes.Ĭoarse coffee grinds in filter, water heated in the HobbsĪfter 4.5 minutes I pulled the top cup and tasted the coffee that was shining in the drinking cup.

#Unpacking brew some coffee full

The HG One grinder, I turned the top burr a full 360º turn counterĬlockwise to get from the espresso into the coarser filter grindįaro kept warm while I grind aaway (grinder not in picture) For the first test I tried 18.5g of 'Unwashed Costa Rica'īeans from Trakteren here in Amsterdam, roasted for filter brew.