Your coffee brewing method

Cheesepiece

Cheesepiece

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sev-8 said:
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Can I ask about brew time? I go straight to plunge in the Aeropress as I read somewhere in my research when I bought the thing that the brewing effect is achieved with the vacuum and forcing the water through the grounds at the filter. I never brew for any length of time unless I get distracted by something more important (than coffee, that's irregularly at most).
Do you find brew time changes your cup in any way?

I like a strong coffee and have never found the Aeropress (little to zero brew time) ever to be lacking in that regard.
 
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Cheesepiece said:
Can I ask about brew time? I go straight to plunge in the Aeropress as I read somewhere in my research when I bought the thing that the brewing effect is achieved with the vacuum and forcing the water through the grounds at the filter. I never brew for any length of time unless I get distracted by something more important (than coffee, that's irregularly at most).
Do you find brew time changes your cup in any way?

I like a strong coffee and have never found the Aeropress (little to zero brew time) ever to be lacking in that regard.
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I vary grind size and brew time depending on the coffee, everything else stays constant. I'm not good at describing grind size, which is why I didn't mention a specific length of time. I count brew time as from when I pour the first water in to when I flip my Aeropress and it can be anywhere between 90 and 150 seconds depending on strength of roast and grind. There's up to another 60s while I'm plunging too for some of the coffee to brew.

If I keep the grind size the same, I do taste a difference by going Ionger or shorter. Usually more or less bitter and the same on the flavour notes. For example, sometimes I'll find the flavour notes are not distinct enough so I'll brew longer, then if that makes it become bitter, I'll change to a coarser grind.

If what you do works for you, keep doing it. When I found a technique that worked for me, I became a lot less curious about finding new ways.
 
Twelvefret

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R181 said:
There are 2 types of old style coffee perculators, electric plugin and non electric which are made for use on a stove/hot plate.

Bob
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I’m older I suspect and remember my grandparents stove top.

The church had coffee urns that were electric.
 
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R181

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Twelvefret said:
I’m older I suspect and remember my grandparents stove top.

The church had coffee urns that were electric.
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Yea, those electric coffee urns are just over sized perculators. I do remember that there were electric and non electric perculators that were smaller in size, possibly 8 cup or so capacity, one for stove top and the other for counter top use. We still have one of the large electric urns kicking around the basement somewhere.

Bob
 
Cheesepiece

Cheesepiece

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sev-8 said:
I vary grind size and brew time depending on the coffee, everything else stays constant. I'm not good at describing grind size, which is why I didn't mention a specific length of time. I count brew time as from when I pour the first water in to when I flip my Aeropress and it can be anywhere between 90 and 150 seconds depending on strength of roast and grind. There's up to another 60s while I'm plunging too for some of the coffee to brew.

If I keep the grind size the same, I do taste a difference by going Ionger or shorter. Usually more or less bitter and the same on the flavour notes. For example, sometimes I'll find the flavour notes are not distinct enough so I'll brew longer, then if that makes it become bitter, I'll change to a coarser grind.

If what you do works for you, keep doing it. When I found a technique that worked for me, I became a lot less curious about finding new ways.
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Thanks. I'll allow for a longer brew time on the Aeropress' next outing and see how we go. Another variable to play with.
I'm no connisseur but I do like a strong brew.
 
Paper Plane

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Getting the hang of the Aeropress now and enjoying the coffee.

Was also impressed by their website and the amount of useful and interesting gen therein. I see they don’t recommend (or approve of) the inverted method. Wouldn’t work with the Go version anyway.

steve
 
Chris

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Paper Plane said:
Getting the hang of the Aeropress now and enjoying the coffee.

Was also impressed by their website and the amount of useful and interesting gen therein. I see they don’t recommend (or approve of) the inverted method. Wouldn’t work with the Go version anyway.

steve
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The problem I found with not using the inverted method was that the coffee would just drip through the filter, by the time I'd poured in the water and gotten the plunger in most of it was in the cup already.
 
Dr Watson

Dr Watson

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Had a Kitchenaid Espresso machine which was a complete nightmare, spent more time in repair than in the kitchen! Went back 4 times during the 2 year warranty, never worked right even fresh out the box... Leaky seals, steamed up dials, bubbling paint, dead boilers. The last time they sent it back it was a completely different machine, by the time we realised the warranty had expired so decided not to chase it up and binned the bloody thing.

Have a backup Hario setup but always find it lacking richness and cannot stand coffee out of a press so recently picked up a Bialetti Moka pot which has been life changing, now my go-to method for brewing coffee, so simple too!
 
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chris.hale said:
The problem I found with not using the inverted method was that the coffee would just drip through the filter, by the time I'd poured in the water and gotten the plunger in most of it was in the cup already.
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I heard that they improved the dripping with the Go. I haven't tried one though
 
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