Pro tip: Don't consume caffeine within about 1 hour of waking up. Waiting a bit gives your body time to clean up the sleep chemicals and get started on the being awake chemicals before you start adding to the mix.
There are a lot of articles about this out there (here's one), but they all say more or less the same thing, as far as I've been able to tell.
Sorry I’m bumping a nearly month-old thread here, but big same. Making coffee for myself and my wife in the morning is one of the most enjoyable parts of my morning routine. I guess I should consider when I actually “wake up” and when I start consuming the coffee, but it’s almost certainly less than an hour most days.
I exclusively use the Aeropress and make cups of coffee on demand. Trick is to get a couple of good metal mesh filters so you’re not using an endless supply of paper filters. 197 degree water, 20 seconds of bloom, 40 seconds of brewing and bam, makes amazing coffee.
Yeah when you first start the pour over don’t just fill it up, you want it to all get hot and wet but just enough to start foaming and smelling great, let it do that before pouring in the rest of the water. In a French press or larger brew method you can do the same just do it longer based on the amount of coffee grinds.
Wow this is so cool, I had an Aero Press way back in my college days. Didn't know they were still in existence / popular. Best cups of coffee I've ever had.
Multiple times a day! I like it because it’s quick to brew, makes a clean, tasty cup of coffee, and very little to clean up when I’m done. Haven’t really looked into a Hario or pour over too much but I’ve been fairly happy with my aeropress. IMO it’s like a French press and gives a nice full-body brew but without the oil or fines in the bottom of the cup.
i love mine but i want to ditch pressure+heat in plastic. wondering if moka is the way to go, but really just wish they made aeropress with other materials!
would recommend it to everyone. I don't use it every day, but there are a million and one ways to brew with it, it's very handy for traveling, it's super easy.
I use it particularly for when I'm at the end of a bag of coffee and don't have enough left to do a French Press or a pour-over -- I have a couple of Aeropress recipes that use 10-12 grams.
I might do the same, the drip coffee I make (primarily for my wife who prefers quantity over quality) does not scratch the itch like the aeropress does.
I have a second brewing setup at work for just that reason. The cheapest part, ironically, is the Aeropress. The Aergrind is so good I got a second one so I don’t have to worry about bringing it home in the weekends.
The Aergrind gets you step-less adjustment. I’m not familiar with an electric grinder that offers that at anywhere near the same price point. It’s also very capable of espresso grinds. I have a Solis Barista Perfetta Plus espresso machine, and I can very easily dial in the grind setting for a specific bean/roast and pull some really tasty shots.
Oooh. Haha, you gave me the ol lemmy switcharoo. I was saying that I put the mug in the dishwasher, not the aeropress! Aeropress gets rinsed and stored in it’s caddy/storage rack.
Ah, after reading whole thread again it makes perfect sense. I was fixated on washing aeropress because I quite recently had a debate with my family about alternative coffee brewing methods and how easy it is to clean after them. That’s why I thought it was about aeropress, not the mug haha. Sorry for the confusion.
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