woman makes coffee with aeropress sraight into a blue cup surrounded by brewing equpiment

How to use an AeroPress - Single Cup

 

RECIPE
Makes 1 Cup

EQUIPMENT REQUIRED
AeroPress
AeroPress filters
Brewing vessel
Coffee Grinder
Pouring kettle
Digital scale
Timer

INGREDIENTS
15g Whole beans coffee
300ml (300g) Filtered water

BREW TIME
2.5 -3 Minutes

BUY COFFEE
AeroPress Compatible Coffee

Before getting started, gather all your equipment into one place.

Boil 300g/ml of filtered water.

Artisan coffee co aeropress single cup brew guide boil filtered water beans scales

Set your grinder to the appropriate setting for ‘AeroPress’ and grind 15g of coffee.

 

Artisan coffee co aeropress single cup brew guide beans scales grinder pourAssemble your AeroPress. Position a fresh filter inside the cap and place on top of your brewing vessel. Put assembled brewing equipment onto a set of scales, zero, then rinse the filter paper with 50g/ml of fresh hot water. This will flush any unwanted paper residue and will warm the brewing vessel. Discard the water.

 

Artisan coffee co aeropress single cup brew guide fresh water paper filter scales pourPour your freshly ground coffee into the Aeropress, place brewing equipment back onto the scales, and zero.

 

Artisan coffee co aeropress single cup brew guide scales zero brewing equipment

Pour 250g/ml of boiled filtered water into your vessel. Give the coffee a good stir for 3 seconds to make sure it's evenly dispersed within the water.

 

Artisan coffee co aeropress single cup brew guide scales grinder pour vessel filtered water boiling

Remove the brewing equipment from the scales and insert the plunger (do not press down on it yet). Allow the coffee to brew for 2 minutes.

 

Artisan coffee co aeropress single cup brew guide plunger brewing equipment

After 2 minutes, slowly press the plunger. It should take about 20 seconds to push all the way down. Stop when you hear a hissing sound.

 

Artisan coffee co aeropress single cup brew guide push plunger down hissing sound grinder

Give your coffee one final stir and serve immediately.

 

Artisan coffee co aeropress single cup brew guide serve imediatley
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