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Date: 22 Jul 2006 21:08:03
From: Peter in New Zealand
Subject: Aeropress question
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Been using mine for about a month now. Make a pretty decent cup, but there's
one thing about it that frustrates me a little. As soon as I pour the water
into it, it starts easing through the coffee grounds and filter paper disk.
Mostly I make a single cup at a time, and it gets about 80% through in about
30 seconds, just like a simple one cup filter funnel. So I grab the plunger
real quick and get it in there and plunging, but I am still wondering if I
actually bought a slightly souped up filter brewer. If fact, sometimes I
wonder what the plunger is needed for. Any thoughts on this out there?
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Peter in New Zealand. (Pull the plug out to reply.)
Collector of old cameras, tropical fish fancier, good coffee nutter, and
compulsive computer fiddler.
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Date: 22 Jul 2006 11:43:10
From: Coffee for Connoisseurs
Subject: Re: Aeropress question
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>but I am still wondering if I
>actually bought a slightly souped up filter brewer.
Yep.
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Alan
alanfrew@coffeeco.com.au
www.coffeeco.com.au
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Date: 22 Jul 2006 09:18:05
From: SteveC
Subject: Re: Aeropress question
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On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:08:03 +1200, Peter in New Zealand wrote:
> Been using mine for about a month now. Make a pretty decent cup, but there's
> one thing about it that frustrates me a little. As soon as I pour the water
> into it, it starts easing through the coffee grounds and filter paper disk.
> Mostly I make a single cup at a time, and it gets about 80% through in about
> 30 seconds, just like a simple one cup filter funnel. So I grab the plunger
> real quick and get it in there and plunging, but I am still wondering if I
> actually bought a slightly souped up filter brewer. If fact, sometimes I
> wonder what the plunger is needed for. Any thoughts on this out there?
Try grinding finer or using the "inverted brewing method" as described in
the coffeegeek forums.
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Date: 22 Jul 2006 23:51:09
From: Peter in New Zealand
Subject: Re: Aeropress question
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Thank you for that. I'm already using a pretty fine grind, but the inverted
method is new to me. I found a slide show of pics a kind coffee lover posted
and will try it for my cup tomorrow morning. (It's a bit late here to take
in any more caffine at the moment.) It certainly allows for the coffee to be
steeped for a desired period, without removing the advantages of the
Aeropress. Thanks again.
Peter
"SteveC" <nospam@myinbox.please > wrote in message
news:44c1ed4d$0$15883$c16cd8b@news.planetnewsgroup.com...
> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:08:03 +1200, Peter in New Zealand wrote:
>
> > Been using mine for about a month now. Make a pretty decent cup, but
there's
> > one thing about it that frustrates me a little. As soon as I pour the
water
> > into it, it starts easing through the coffee grounds and filter paper
disk.
> > Mostly I make a single cup at a time, and it gets about 80% through in
about
> > 30 seconds, just like a simple one cup filter funnel. So I grab the
plunger
> > real quick and get it in there and plunging, but I am still wondering if
I
> > actually bought a slightly souped up filter brewer. If fact, sometimes I
> > wonder what the plunger is needed for. Any thoughts on this out there?
>
> Try grinding finer or using the "inverted brewing method" as described in
> the coffeegeek forums.
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Date: 22 Jul 2006 19:39:02
From: SteveC
Subject: Re: Aeropress question
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On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:51:09 +1200, Peter in New Zealand wrote:
> Thank you for that. I'm already using a pretty fine grind, but the inverted
> method is new to me. I found a slide show of pics a kind coffee lover posted
> and will try it for my cup tomorrow morning. (It's a bit late here to take
> in any more caffine at the moment.) It certainly allows for the coffee to be
> steeped for a desired period, without removing the advantages of the
> Aeropress. Thanks again.
>
> Peter
> "SteveC" <nospam@myinbox.please> wrote in message
> news:44c1ed4d$0$15883$c16cd8b@news.planetnewsgroup.com...
>> On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:08:03 +1200, Peter in New Zealand wrote:
>>
>> > Been using mine for about a month now. Make a pretty decent cup, but
> there's
>> > one thing about it that frustrates me a little. As soon as I pour the
> water
>> > into it, it starts easing through the coffee grounds and filter paper
> disk.
>> > Mostly I make a single cup at a time, and it gets about 80% through in
> about
>> > 30 seconds, just like a simple one cup filter funnel. So I grab the
> plunger
>> > real quick and get it in there and plunging, but I am still wondering if
> I
>> > actually bought a slightly souped up filter brewer. If fact, sometimes I
>> > wonder what the plunger is needed for. Any thoughts on this out there?
>>
>> Try grinding finer or using the "inverted brewing method" as described in
>> the coffeegeek forums.
I find that I get best results from my Aeropress using the same grind as
for espresso. It does make it slightly harder to "press" though.
Steve.
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