How Do You Brew Coffee With an AeroPress Champion Recipe?

The AeroPress brewing method shared by Tetsu Kasuya, the 2016 World Coffee Championship winner and creator of the 4-6 method, uses a high-concentration, low-extraction approach. A large dose of coffee grounds yields a small amount of concentrated liquid in a short time, which is then diluted with hot water or ice to make either a hot or iced drink.

The recipe is demonstrated with an Ethiopian Hamashu medium-light roast chosen for its floral and fruity notes. Dose, grind size, water temperature, extraction time, and inverted pressure steps are recorded, along with bypass dilution suggestions and flavor references. Any coffee enthusiast with an AeroPress at home can follow the same parameters and adjust dilution to taste.

The AeroPress, with its extremely high playability, attracts many coffee enthusiasts to dive in, and the official organization even holds dedicated competitions every year to see who can "play" it best. In this article, Front Street wants to share a universal extraction recipe from an AeroPress champion—this champion is none other than the 2016 World Coffee Championship winner and the inventor of the famous 4-6 method, Tetsu Kasuya. This recipe adopts a high-concentration, low-extraction approach, using a large dose of coffee grounds to extract a small amount of highly concentrated coffee liquid in a short time, then diluting it by adding water or ice cubes to make a hot or iced drink. Using the Ethiopian Hamashu medium-light roast floral and fruity coffee as an example, Front Street has recorded in detail the dose, grind size, water temperature, extraction time, and inverted pressure operation steps, and provided by pass dilution suggestions and flavor tasting references. Friends who have an AeroPress at home should definitely give it a try.

The AeroPress, as a brewing device, was mentioned by Front Street in a previous post, "It Turns Out to Be the Most 'Fun' Coffee Device." It was created by a retired engineer. Because of its rich and varied ways to brew, it has attracted a large number of coffee enthusiasts who are fascinated by it. The official organization even holds competitions every year specifically to select the person who can "play" the AeroPress best.

For the detailed structure and background of the AeroPress, everyone can refer to the article above, and Front Street will not repeat it here. Today, Front Street wants to bring you a universal champion extraction recipe for the AeroPress—that's right, the person sharing it is an AeroPress champion.

Interestingly, this champion is probably no stranger to everyone. He is both the 2016 World Coffee Championship winner and the inventor of the famous 4-6 brewing method—Tetsu Kasuya.

Judging from the style of this expert's previous brewing recipe designs, the coffee made with this extraction recipe must also be quite delicious. After actual testing, Front Street found that this is indeed the case. So without further ado, below Front Street will talk with everyone about how to operate this recipe specifically.

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This is a high-concentration, low-extraction approach: first use a larger dose of coffee grounds to extract a small amount of highly concentrated coffee liquid, then dilute it with hot water or ice cubes according to personal preference, thereby obtaining a cup of excellent hot coffee or iced coffee.

Because the extraction time is relatively short, and it is a high-concentration, low-extraction method, the parameters we use need to be slightly extreme. Taking Front Street as an example, the bean selected for this sharing is the Ethiopian Hamashu from Front Street's bean list, a medium-light roast coffee bean with floral and fruity notes. In terms of extraction parameters, Front Street made slight adjustments based on the original, as follows:

Dose: 20g Coffee-to-water ratio: 1:8 Grind size: the finest setting on a single-origin grinder (The left is the fine sugar particle size for regular pour-over, and the right is the nearly flour-like particle size we will use this time.) Brewing water temperature: use immediately after boiling Extraction time: 1 minute Extraction method: inverted pressure

Because the inverted pressure method is used, we first need to assemble the AeroPress plunger and chamber, then turn it upside down, that is, with the plunger at the bottom and the chamber at the top.

Next, pour in 20g of coffee grounds and 160ml of hot water in sequence. The hot water can be poured in directly after boiling.

After pouring, stir 10 times with a stirrer, then start timing. When the time reaches 30 seconds, stir another 10 times.

When the time reaches 1 minute, put on the cap—remember to place two filter papers in advance and rinse them with water—then place a sturdy cup on top, and then flip the entire AeroPress over.

After flipping, you can begin filtering the coffee. Press down at a constant speed until all the coffee liquid is pressed out, and the extraction is complete.

Isn't it simple? However, the coffee made this way has a concentration as high as 2.98%, which is not suitable for drinking directly, so next we need to do a by pass—add an appropriate amount of water to the coffee to dilute the concentration.

Since everyone uses a different grind size, even if the other parameters are exactly the same, the final coffee will still differ. Therefore, Front Street suggests everyone try it gradually, adding only a portion of water each time, then tasting it, until the concentration is diluted to your preferred taste (Adding ice cubes works the same way). Here Front Street adds 120ml of hot water (The water temperature is also decided according to personal preference), which is 6 times the dose of coffee grounds.

After adding water, stir evenly and it is ready to taste. The AeroPress coffee made this way has a very full body and a balanced and excellent taste. Front Street tasted clear flavors of strawberry, guava, citrus, and floral notes from it, which is quite good.

The above is all the content Front Street is sharing this time. The operation is very simple, and Front Street truly recommends that friends who have an AeroPress at home give it a try.

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The above content is compiled by CoffeeHunters, a coffee news website.