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  • Finally getting into a groove with my AeroPress. It's taken me ages tbh, the first 20 or so cups I made with it were proper wazz.
    I don't have the time or inclination to go full retard with the weighing scales and that, but for a casual home drinker I've now got a fairly-repeatable technique down;

    • Prepare AeroPress in 'inverted' setup with the plunger pressed in between 3 and 4, and put in 1.5 scoops of medium-coarse ground coffee (I buy beans from local posh organic shop and grind it on the shop grinder between the 'Filter' and 'Coarse' setting).
    • Put paper filter in the little 'mesh' holder, sitting it over intended coffee cup.
    • Boil kettle, pour half a cup of boiling water through paper filter, leaving the water to warm up the cup a bit.
    • Wait 30 seconds after kettle has boiled to begin pouring water over coffee. I fill it up past the 1 mark, to almost full.
    • Gently stir for 20 seconds using paddle.
    • Attach filter, and leave the coffee to brew for 1 minute. During this minute I empty the hot water out of the cup and put a little sugar in.
    • Carefully flip the whole AeroPress over onto the cup (I do this right by the sink) and steadily plunge. Takes no more than 20 seconds. I see the water push its way right through the coffee. I stop the moment I hear the sound of escaping air.

    That's it. Content, for now.

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