Seventeen grams, water at 85 °C up to the 4 mark, sixty seconds and a slow press. Under two minutes, start to finish.
Grind: Medium for pre-ground, medium-fine if you grind fresh — in that case the source drops the steep to 30 seconds.
Served in: Single mug
It does not scale: the chamber is what it is. For a second cup you repeat the brew, which takes under two minutes.
Put the paper filter in the cap and twist the cap onto the chamber.
Pour the coffee into the chamber and level it with a gentle shake, without tamping.
Water up to the 4 mark, then stir gently for about 3 seconds.
3 s
Insert the plunger half an inch and pull up slightly to create a vacuum. Wait 60 seconds.
60 s
Press with gentle constant pressure, until you hear the hissing begin and end.
The AeroPress is a syringe: the coffee steeps for a minute and is then pushed through a paper filter by the pressure of your hand. It is not espresso — the pressure is a fraction of 9 bar — but it is not pure filter either, and it is that hybrid which gives it its body.
It is the only device in this section designed to be carried around: light, plastic, and washed in ten seconds by ejecting the coffee puck. That is why it has the following it has.
Models that declare they cover this grind: the manufacturer states it, we do not measure it.
17 g of ground coffee for one serving.
85 °C. The temperature does not change with the number of servings.
60 seconds. Making more servings does not change the time.