CaptainCowPie Senior Member Joined: 12 Dec 2005 Posts: 53 Location: Charlottesville, VA Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: Mypressi Twist for now Grinder: Super Jolly Vac Pot: Not Yet, Prefer Moka Drip: Aeropress only Roaster: Heat Gun / Bread Machine
Posted Tue Jun 17, 2008, 12:56pm Subject: Re: Aerobie Aeropress - Americano
tinseljim Said:
If you want to be more precise (a.k.a. geeky) then I would suggest weighing everything. This is what I do so that I can get repeatable results everytime.
It's funny, but I am just the opposite. I test things out with different grinds and amounts, but I never weigh or truly measure. I sort of eyeball the amount of beans using the top of my Mazzer Jolly's black sleeve (I don't use the hopper). The Aeropress is pretty forgiving.
When I was making espresso, things had to be much more precise, but that is one of the things I like about the Aeropress.
Posted Fri Jun 20, 2008, 1:01pm Subject: Re: Aerobie Aeropress
I'm playing "catch up" since September. Dang lot o' posts...
WonderClown Said:
Now there's an idea, ...
If you want to get the fullest possible extraction, I suggest that you eat the beans. Or brew it however you like, drink the brew, then eat the spent grounds. And the filter. Yum! Maybe you could make brownies with the spent grounds.
I eject my spend groups (pucks) into a plate for later transfer to the garden/compost bin... the kids have gotten used to seeing this beautiful, almost perfect pucks stacked fairly neatly where I ejected them. Sometimes new friends will come by and ask about them... I have had to stop more than one kid from trying to bite into one after the boys have assured them that they're "little coffee cakes"... Not a lie, but I wouldn't want to eat one.
I've been AP'ing for over two years & a half, I need to dig out my records. The neatest dealy is Rasqual's poly filter disk, which came in Dec '07. I have been using the one he cut all this time, rinsing after each use, occasionally manually laundering w/ a little dish detergent. When I remember, I drop it in the silverware holder in the dish washer. It's looking like it's seen better days, but it's still going strong.
I have one of the two sheets that he sent, but I've already mangled one third of it through bad measuring and using the wrong tools to try to cut it. Either one of those would be a death knell, and I scored a double.
At work I use the paper filters, and am so cheap that I routinely get 8 pressings from one paper, rinsing and drying it between pressings. I think that the most I've gotten was twenty out of one, at which point I realized how silly it was. I don't mind re-using, but the AP Olympics or the AP Book of Records will be taken by someone else. My geekiosity has limits.
Regarding pressing for larger groups, I can see me doing sets of three, using (and rinsing, and drying) three filters at a time... That would be pretty fast and I would still get the re-use that I like. Double shot, double shot, double shot and hot water. What could be better? Double shots with no water, but not many people appreciate this as much as I do.
A couple folks at work favor the "more water than coffee" philosophy, but even with carefully controlled temperatures, I find that to produce a noticable degredation in taste. I recommend Americanos for those that I shoot for, but when I loan my press out, I see them using one scoop and filling to the 4 shot water line. Oh well, they're heretics. My own children think they have more experience that I do, so I shouldn't wonder.
;-)
Really enjoying decaf iced coffees in the afternoons... I think that decaf may be a good way for me to go.
(edited to correct the spelling of the name of the patron saint of poly filter)
RT Senior Member Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 3 Location: Brooklyn, NY Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Aeropress
Posted Sun Jun 29, 2008, 1:56pm Subject: Re: Aerobie Aeropress
I just got my Aeropress. So far my family loves it!! It is living up to what we read about it. One question. The plunger does not have any markings on it. Any idea why that would be?
Posted Sun Jun 29, 2008, 4:25pm Subject: Re: Aerobie Aeropress
RT Said:
I just got my Aeropress. So far my family loves it!! It is living up to what we read about it. One question. The plunger does not have any markings on it. Any idea why that would be?
Some people were confused by the presence of markings on both the chamber and the plunger. So we decided to simplify.
Just add water to the number on the chamber which corresponds to the number of scoops of coffee (for example with two scoops of coffee, add water to the 2).
RT Senior Member Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 3 Location: Brooklyn, NY Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Aeropress
Posted Sun Jun 29, 2008, 9:22pm Subject: Re: Aerobie Aeropress
Hi Alan,
Thanks for the response. If I add water to the chamber, as I am pouring the water in, it is already dripping through into the mug. This makes it a bit harder to experiment with the correct amount of water for the perfect cup. I, for one, would prefer to have the markings on the plunger.
By the way, since my last post, I have tried two other blends in the Aeropress and, so far, I have had the BEST cup of coffee that I have ever had.
WonderClown Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 206 Location: NC, USA Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Gave away a Saeco Via Veneto... Grinder: Baratza Virtuoso, Zassenhaus Drip: Buchner funnel + vacuum... Roaster: WB Poppery I
Posted Mon Jun 30, 2008, 6:35am Subject: Re: Aerobie Aeropress
RT Said:
If I add water to the chamber, as I am pouring the water in, it is already dripping through into the mug. This makes it a bit harder to experiment with the correct amount of water for the perfect cup. I, for one, would prefer to have the markings on the plunger.
A little dripping is to be expected. If you are getting a lot, consider using a finer grind. Also, you can measure the water in a standard measuring cup if you like before pouring it in -- I think Alan's reccomendation is 45ml or 1.5 fl.oz. per shot, so that would be an even 3 fl.oz. for a double. Precision is not critical here, and some people prefer using a little more water than Alan recommends anyway. Many Aeropressers heat their water in a glass measuring cup in the microwave, so you have a convenient way to measure and heat in the same vessel.
By the way, since my last post, I have tried two other blends in the Aeropress and, so far, I have had the BEST cup of coffee that I have ever had.
If it's that good, perhaps you don't need to be worried about the drip-through or imprecise measuring. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. ;)
Posted Sat Jul 19, 2008, 3:07pm Subject: Re: Aerobie Aeropress - Caffeine Level Similar To Other Brewing Methods
Hi All,
Several people have asked about the caffeine level of AeroPress coffee.
Shawn Steiman of Coffea Consulting (http://coffeaconsulting.googlepages.com/) recently measured the caffeine content of AeroPress, Clover, Drip Paper, Drip Gold and French Press. He reported his results at the 2008 SCAA convention.
He measured caffeine = 0.64 mg/ml for a single scoop AeroPress Americano, brewed per our instructions with 175F water and grind between drip and espresso.
The other four brewing methods were all quite similar at 0.6 mg/ml.
Page 170 of "The Joy of Coffee" by Corby Kummer shows a table of caffeine content taken from "Caffeine Pharmacology". The table lists 100 mg as typical caffeine in 6 oz of brewed coffee. A 6 ounce AeroPress Americano would contain 110 mg using Shawn Steiman's measurement.
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