The rumour is true, and I've been really bad at not getting back to the person who sent me those newer filters. I have been testing two out of a batch of eight for a month, and found some issues with them, but also overall some really good things.
AndyS Senior Member Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 485 Location: NY
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Posted Mon Apr 21, 2008, 3:51pm Subject: Re: Another person sold on the Aeropress (used like that famous device)...
MarkPrince Said:
The rumour is true, and I've been really bad at not getting back to the person who sent me those newer filters. I have been testing two out of a batch of eight for a month, and found some issues with them, but also overall some really good things.
Posted Wed Apr 30, 2008, 4:32pm Subject: Re: Another person sold on the Aeropress (used like that famous device)...
MarkPrince Said:
- Boil fresh water. - Wait until the kettle starts rolling (but not yet shut off) - Invert the Aeropress, without the filter (black) part attached. extend the tube almost all the way. - Add roughly 15g of coffee for the approximately 8-9oz I'm brewing. Coffee is ground to slightly coarser than moka (ie, between drip and moka grinds) - pour off-the boil water into the device, slowly, completely saturating the beans. - bloom is an issue - you have to pour, let it puff up, stir quickly, then pour again to "top off". - Assemble filter holder to the aeropress. (btw, all this is done fairly fluid - so I'm up to about a 30 second steeping time here) - carefully flip the entire device so it's sitting on a coffee mug. - wait another 15 seconds (roughly a 50 second steep time now) - plunge, nice and steady - probably about 20-25lbs of pressure (not as hard as my normal tamping pressure.
I actually followed your brewing profile this morning using some Ethiopia Organic Idido Misty Valley DP from "Sweet Marias" . I cut up a Swiss Gold filter and got no fines in the bottom of the cup. Fantastic coffee.
Posted Wed May 14, 2008, 8:08pm Subject: Re: Another person sold on the Aeropress (used like that famous device)...
If you google "photo etched filters", there is more than 1 company that make them. One company even has different hole shapes to accomplish different flow characteristics. I didn't contact them, but apparently you can buy a sheet. They have a lot of different size holes. Do you happen to know the size of the ones you had?
goschool Senior Member Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 45 Location: Los Angeles, CA Expertise: I love coffee
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Posted Wed May 14, 2008, 10:47pm Subject: Re: Another person sold on the Aeropress (used like that famous device)...
Waynen Said:
If you google "photo etched filters", there is more than 1 company that make them. One company even has different hole shapes to accomplish different flow characteristics. I didn't contact them, but apparently you can buy a sheet. They have a lot of different size holes. Do you happen to know the size of the ones you had?
Posted Thu May 15, 2008, 8:43am Subject: Re: Another person sold on the Aeropress (used like that famous device)...
That was a very interesting thread on the photo etched filters. There certainly are some very strong opinions about it. One thing seems quite apparent to me; Alan has no intention of giving people what they want. I won't comment as whether I think that's admirable or not, considering his reasons.
They have cone shaped holes in some of the offerings that facilitate back flushing, which seems to be an issue.
Maybe someone will put something together and offer it to the public.
ppopp Senior Member Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 277 Location: Boulder, CO Expertise: I live coffee
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Posted Fri May 16, 2008, 8:32am Subject: Re: Another person sold on the Aeropress (used like that famous device)...
Mark, or others:
If I could ask a few questions to clarify your technique for me, do you invert the brewer simply because the photo-etched filter would allow too much premature dripping before the plunge? Or do you do it for a different reason?
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that the reason you're seeing improved flavor is that you're deviating from the stock directions by using hotter water and brewing for a shorter time. Am I correct here? If this is the case, could you duplicate your method (and results) without the photo-etched filter and using the stock paper filters instead? I guess this would assume that the paper filters aren't contributing anything to the taste in the cup.
Peter
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