How to use the AeroPress coffee / espresso maker - Aeropress review Aero Press

[dergitarristde]

not espresso, though.

[animation508]

you should try fuel coffee, its really yummy :). I can't wait to get my aeropress!

[ArthurCorp1]

Its a penis pump.....

[klarinetta]

It's an offense to the art of making espresso in a quality pump driven machine to call this an espresso and do it repeatedly. For espresso you need 9 bars of pump pressure. That does not come close to achieve that.

[killerwill55]

uh i dont think you can heat water in the microwave 

[AutoItKing]

I see you're using Sweet Maria's! Do you roast it yourself?

[doesitworkdotnet]

@AutoItKing Yes, on a very small scale with the SR-500 that Sweet Maria's carries. Before that I was using the FreshRoast 8 which roasted smaller quantities but in fact was a bit less of a hassle, as Sweet Maria's makes clear on its site the SR-500 (and SR-300) require some manual intervention to get even roasts.

[AutoItKing]

@doesitworkdotnet Very nice. I have a FR 8, works pretty dang well for me!

[Kuimera]

WoW, and it just takes 10 minutes to make one cup of coffee... :X

[doesitworkdotnet]

Update: I started using a Coava "DISK" metal, reusable filter and am very pleased. It fits into the Aeropress workflow quite nicely, both in prep and cleanup. I will be doing a short video in the near future demoing the use of the DISK, as well as my thoughts on experimenting with their "inverted" method as seen if you google "site:coava.com aeropress inverted disk method" and go to the page on the Coava site.

[Strider2112]

i just bought this thing and so far i love it. and aeropress can take that as a compliment from a canadian. i love your video, it's awesome. i do have a question though; are not 1 scoop of unground beans and 1 scoop of ground beans two entirely different amounts? (due to the reduction of air space in the scoop) thanks if you respond, if not thats cool too.

[doesitworkdotnet]

@Strider2112 Hey there Strider. What I've read and what has seemed to work for me is that 1 scoop of unground beans gives you the desired amount, and when you grind it I'm not sure that it'd be to exactly the same level as pre-ground beans but I think the common wisdom is that you can talk about these interchangeably. I had the same thoughts when I first read about this and am still not 100% certain on it but I can tell you I've heard the advice from multiple reliable sources. Thanks :-)

[psychotichealth11]

I got a great tip for homemade espresso at coffeeloverstipandtricks (.) com

[dureyes]

Great video, I clicked on the like icon but it was disabled. I will take your word on it that it makes a great espresso, but its too much clean up for me it seems. I use the Bialetti when Im in the mood for a strong espresso. Have you used the Bialetti Moka Express ? And how would you compare taste? Thank you.

[doesitworkdotnet]

@dureyes Thanks for the compliment. I have used other brands of Moka Pots and similar stove-top brewing methods. In my opinion the Moka Pots / stove-tops make fine coffee, although the Aeropress seems to emphasize the sweeter, lighter notes that come from a particular variety of beans, while the Moka pots / stove-tops seem to end up leaving a more bold / acidic cup. The Aeropress will give you very low acidity pretty much with any beans. And clean up is super quick & easy, by the way.

[dureyes]

@doesitworkdotnet Thank you for the response, I just ordered one via Amazon, always in search of the perfect cup of coffee.

[mrpv]

Malakia, pare filter cafe

[WickedBadKid]

Penis pump?

[MaltaLumpie]

lol he said "screw this"

[SoylentGreenISHUNGRY]

I hope the hair on his arms doesn't slough off into the coffee. ;-)

[nitsudg]

wow, your arms are hairy lol

mines in the mail now.. cant wait to get mine. a coffee newbie.

[metaspherz]

I'll leave a comment since the previous one was nearly a year ago.

Thanks for the demo. I own many coffee gadgets including a French press. I don't have an aeropress but if it's not too expensive I might buy one to try it out. I started roasting my own beans about a year ago using just about every inexpensive method that youtube presents but 2 mos ago I got the Behmor 1600. I've had good & bad roasts btw. The Aero looks like it might be a welcome member of my pantheon of coffee memorabilia.

[mrlizzard94]

nice view

[alzathoth]

nice vid!

i really like your coffee grinder. what kind is it?

also wondering if there are any canadian stores that sell the aeropress...?

[getezra]

it looks like a Zassenhaus mill. You can get them at Sweet Maria's and other specialty shops. As for the Aeropress, try Amazon.

[UrielMaArav]

Thanks! Well Done. Took your advice - AeroLatte on order.

[bigdaddydaug]

sasquatch making coffee @ home

[exceem]

did you fart at 6:54 ? , just ordered one

[ASFx2600]

Best demonstration i've seen on the Aeropress. Thank you. Now im off to check out your other videos and website.

[messfeeder]

BTW, nice to see your bag of Sweet Maria's beans! Do you home roast too? This thing would be good for camping, but I had to laugh when I got my Aeropress in the mail and saw all the testimonials on the box. You'd think it would cure cancer, or something! Again, nice vid.

[doesitworkdotnet]

yes, I do home roast although I just have a model that does like a tiny bit at a time, so it takes forever to roast a good amount..so I usually end up being lazy and ordering from counterculture

[messfeeder]

I have the aeropress and it is a pretty neat little coffee gizmo. But I don't consider its product to be real espresso (it takes 9 bars of pressure to do it right, which I doubt you can attain with an aeropress). But it is still a good cup. Nice demo. I just purchased a moka pot, and now that is my preferred brewing method. I actually like a little body to my coffee, and the aeropress tends to produce too "clean" a cup for my taste. But it makes a nice brew for iced lattes or for use in cooking.

[doesitworkdotnet]

you're right, it's not quite espresso, it probably doesn't meet the technical definition, but for someone who isn't an expert, the stuff it produces is a reasonable approximation of espresso.

[Boodieman72]

@doesitworkdotnet It is a tenth the price of even the cheapest real espresso machines.

[odranoelxxxx]

@messfeeder I would agree, it's not really espresso. However when I heard about this the first time, it was while listening to Leo Laporte (The Tech Guy) and on the show they described it as a "coffee maker", not as an espresso maker. They used it to make cups of coffee (I guess you could say American style), and everyone raved about it. I purchased it based on that and it has been an absolute success for me. I have a decent pump driven espresso maker I use for cappuccino and lattes.

[doesitworkdotnet]

@odranoelxxxx yep, I was pretty much an espresso noob at the time, and I 100% concur that it's not true espresso. Though it does still make delicious concentrated coffee that, with some nicely foamed milk, will stand in for a true latte in a pinch

[Strider2112]

@messfeeder wow! is that true? thats 131 PSI!

[evaldas325]

superman!

[RodCornholio]

My latest Americano experimentation:

-- Dialed in the Zassenhaus as per their "official" instructions to a little coarser than a drip grind.

-- TWO Aeropress scoops of beans to about 12 oz. of water.

-- BREW at 175 degrees BUT heat the rest of the water to 205 degrees

-- ADD the rest of the hot water to the Aeropresso

Smooth AND hot. Damn fine coffee!

[doesitworkdotnet]

Interesting you should mention this. Lately I have been getting my water to about 205 and spooning in maybe 4 or 5 spoonfulls of it, and then mixing it around to saturate the ground coffee...and then adding the rest of the water (at that point probably hovering in the mid 190's or low 190's and doing the full mix. Works well. This 175 stuff is just not on target.

[RodCornholio]

For a while, I did the 205 (brewing temp) thing. It produced a more "French Press" style; bolder flavor but also more of the "off" flavors. Like many things in life, it's about trade-offs, compromise, "n'er the twain shall meet", you can't have your cake and eat it too.

Maybe I'll try making half in the plunger pot, and half in the aeropress. The quest for the perfect cup continues.

[speedgraphic]

How much milk did you add to make the latte?

[doesitworkdotnet]

I just eyeball it, but for a double latte (i.e., one with two shots of espresso) it's wise to use 1.5 cups of milk. Totally up to you though, try different amounts.

[scottishrosette]

thank you for this video! I saw this online and want to buy it but didn't know how to use it. Awesome.

[RodCornholio]

Fcuk YEAH. Zassenhaus MILL rocks!

[messfeeder]

yeah I wish I had one...

[pschroeter56]

You can put the plunger with the water in the microwave.

[Godsmercyis4ever]

actually, you don't want to be microwaving plastics - any kind, because heat breaks down the plastic and causes chemicals to leach into whatever you are microwaving. Especially if it is made with BPA (#7 plastics).

[giganoto]

@pschroeter56 but i dont recommend it

[pschroeter1]

@giganoto

Why not? I been heating the water this way for about three years now. Its one of the options for heating the water listed in the instructions that come with the Aeropress. And since I can control the time in the microwave precisely, it is the best way to achieve a consistent temperature for the water.

[giganoto]

@pschroeter1 Im not saying you can't do it. you can actualy. i Just don't recomend using it. And i Recommend something that is seperate from the product. and i dont feel comfortable heating the plunger because it has that rubber under it.

[bigDeeOT]

Pretty well done.