Championship Winning Aeropress

This is the recipe Jennifer Rui Ping Ho used to get 3rd place in the Aeropress Championship.
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Set Up:
Brewer Position: Inverted
Dose: 18g
Water: Perfect Coffee Water, 84°C (183°F), 200ml
Filters: 1 AeroPress Classic Filter, No Rinse
Grinder: Comandante 30 clicks (coarse)
Time: 2 mins
Coffee: Quietly Coffee x Cafe Imports Colombia Finca Juan Martin, Natural, Striped Red Bourbon
1. Pour grounds into chamber.
2. Pour 100ml of water and stir gently.
3. Bloom 30 secs, add 100ml. Stir gently.
4. At 1:30, flip and press for 30 seconds. End brew at 2 mins.
5. Aerate and serve.

[@jt411]

Ahhh the classic inverted method, challenging each day until you get burned

[@kingkurtis]

never been burned year in to using inversion, maybe it's skill dif

[@rivitril5440]

@@kingkurtisinversion makes 0 difference

[@kingkurtis]

@@rivitril5440 I would agree with you but there is a technique that you can combine with the inversion method which you can't with the regular, James Hoffman's french press guide suggests stirring crust after an amount of time so you can scoop out the foam which is caused by co2 escaping the grounds which imparts a negative sour flavour then I top up the mixture with a little more water as freshly ground coffee tends to produce a lot of foam. From there it doesn't really matter which way up the container is. If you want to try the method I'd suggest just waiting 1 minute before the stir and removal, then 8 minutes either way up, give it a lil swill and place it on your cup, wait a minute and gently press. I usually get some cleaning done during this process since it takes 10 minutes once you have ground coffee and a boiled kettle. Reason why you can't do this with non inversion is that without the vacuum that's created by having the top on water will be trickling through the filter.

[@pepperbreath35]

​@@kingkurtistheres flow control cap. IMO worth the price if you have extra money, esp if you work with boiling water

[@brucebolduc3403]

One thing I learned is to do this in the sink. Second point, use hot water to make sure that coffee grounds are not where the filter should lock in. Hammered my thumb on both of those.

[@redvenomweb]

Title says "championship winning" but video says this method got third place.

[@maximiliandort3489]

34 C is cooler than what you'd use in a bathtub. The subtitles are wrong, but the method - with the correct temps - is great.

[@OBA-TRoN]

Hah I was just about to say 84 or 34 , not sure 34 will produce a drinkable cup 😂

[@dannydinthemountains]

Bypass water is yummy. I find it slightly mimics my V60s tastes without inverting. The inverted method to me is more French press like which isn’t what I’m going for. Most real pour overs have bypass so bypass in your aeropress isn’t a big deal.

[@CricketShots6]

I was short on time this morning but wanted to try out the inverted method for my morning coffee. This guide was perfect! Thank you ❤

[@yuechuanchen]

How is channeling possible? And whats the point of Bloom The ground is going to be fully soaked...

[@himdailungpamei983]

Channeling can happen if too much pressure it applied when pressing down, the filter paper can't handle that pressure and will fold, creating an uneven bed. Blooming and not blooming yields very little different, but the stirring and swirling makes a notable different. James Hoffman explains these 2 concepts really well on his youtube channel called understanding aeropress episode 2

[@toni0555]

Great idea to turn it around; otherwise I have had a lot of water rinsing trough

[@j.a.styles547]

Nice inverted ,filter miss alignment, get ready for floating bits.

[@JoeZUGOOLA]

"shut up and chew your coffee!"

[@lastchanceihave]

3rd place isn't good enough for me

[@dragowoo]

Set the temperature at 84 deg C or 34 deg C? The subtitles and videos mention different things

[@zainabsiddiqi3444]

My guess is 84 deg C! If it was 34, it would not be hot enough to brew coffee. Typically, the best brewing temperature for coffee is going to fall just under boiling. I normally go for around 90 deg C/ 200 deg F

[@cafefabrique]

It's 84 deg C :)

[@bluemystic7501]

I feel like some of these recipes would be fairly inconsistent from brew to brew.

[@RobBrogan]

Is this better with a medium roast? From YT at least, I hear that light roast you’ll want higher temp to get better extraction. Just curious what type of bean and roast would excel here

[@cafefabrique]

It does extract better on a medium roast but I found it worked for the light roast as well.

[@Rolandogsd]

how many comandante clicks?

[@LightSpinAngler]

I just don’t like the idea of inverted first thing in the morning. I need a way to control flow so my “shot” doesn’t start pulling and I can “steep” without inverting. If I grind too fine it becomes too hard to push. Maybe this device isn’t for me.

[@cafefabrique]

Can be dangerous while half asleep haha. There is the Fellow Prismo and Aeropress Flow Control to allow you to steep without the inverted method.

[@martinzember8721]

Why not using two filters. They can be recycled so it's not even an extra cost. Two metal filters work well, too. Or stopping the flow by putting the plunger on top. Moreover, it keeps temperature, too.

[@ibrahnsubuga1614]

Using 18gm of coffee and 200gm of water then wats the ratio?

[@JasminT249]

1:11

[@johncharlesfarrell3144]

The ratio 10-1, almost.

[@MrAbpian]

nice technique

[@misho_dev]

What kind of coffee is recommended? How fine should the grind be?

[@cafefabrique]

The coffee used was a light+ Colombian natural coffee. Grind size in the pour over range.

[@paulallenscards]

Is it meant to be drank at essentially room temperature?

[@cafefabrique]

You can drink it right after brewing, it’s good down to room temperature!

[@TheHandThatBites]

Good cold if it's good coffee

[@kyosefgofa]

But what beans did she use? 😅 A recipe is built around a bean.

[@Asmonix]

Why stir gently?

[@cafefabrique]

To make sure all the grounds are properly saturated.

[@Asmonix]

@@cafefabrique but why 'gently'?

[@cafefabrique]

I couldn't tell you, that's what the recipe calls for. Maybe because if you go too hard, the coffee flies out the press 😜

[@Asmonix]

@@cafefabrique haha, i've seen in one place a guy (James Hoffman) claiming that stirring too much is worse than too little. Can't imagine why this could change anything. When the author said "gently" it reminded me of that

[@JasminT249]

Could be because of fine particles migrating to the bottom when agitating too much. This clogs filters in V60s.

[@ronaldsilalahi8150]

Rinse your filter!

[@cafefabrique]

It’s overrated.

[@bagingospringo4396]

Lol thats...way too much work for a cup of coffee. I use the scoop that came with my aero press, and add hot water lol dudes measuring in grams like its ❄️

[@minecraft13149]

And thats okay :), personally i prefer a complex coffee that tastes different