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My current aeropress method is pretty basic, but I'm working with a number of baristas and need to keep it consistent:
15g coffee grind on 8-8.5 (depending on coffee and desired extraction) EK43
230g R/O filtered water (140-180PPM for london) 90 degrees
Non inverted, standard paper filter.
30 second bloom with 50g bloom water
add 180g more of water (total 230 on scale) while spinning aeropress constantly to immerse the floating coffee evenly
allow coffee to drip through without placing plunger on until 1:30
press slowly from 1:30 to 2:00 (this takes very little effort and isn't forcing it)
This results in a TDS of 1.3-1.4 generally close to 1.35. (depending on surrounding air temp, random fines, age of coffee)
that is a extraction of around 21% according to VST coffee tools on immersion settings.
I feel I should also say that I prefer v60 or chemex over aeropauses for all application apart from camping. it results in a cleaner coffee (most of the time) and is slightly less fiddly to set up.