[williape]

V60 brewing is great but my best and most consistent results have been from a recipe shared by a friend which uses an Aeropress and freshly roasted (<2 weeks old) single origin light roast beans.

Here’s the method as shared to me 0) pre warm your mug and rinse your aeropress filter 1) course grind - more than normal aeropress, more like v60+ grind - 35g of you fav and fresh light roast coffee bean into aeropress. On a Comandante C40 hand grinder, this is about 25-28 clicks out. 2) pour 150g of 85c water into aeropress 3) stir for 10 seconds 4) put aeropress end and filter on 5) wait 1:00 6) press coffee into mug, aim to finish at ~1:30 mark 7) pour 100-150g of 85c water into your mug, diluting to taste enjoy a very flavourful coffee

[timerol]

I'm very confused how you get to the point where water and coffee are mixing in your Aeropress before adding the filter. I know that people like messing around with their coffee, but I assumed that the process had to be 1) filter, 2) coffee and water, 3) plunger end cap. (I guess you could switch 1 and 3, but I'm pretty sure liquid physics means that you need a container before you add the water)

[bee_rider]

It isn’t in the instructions for some reason, but some people put the plunger into the Aeropress first, flip the whole thing upside down, and then put the beans and water in what normally would be the bottom. It makes more sense to me, although it is probably just silliness. Some water escapes before brewing if you go filter down!

[qbasic_forever]

Yeah I have both a V60 and aeropress and enjoy them for their unique strengths, neither is 'better' than the other. The V60 has a learning curve and is much more fussy, kind of like using a manual espresso machine, where you really have to rely on grind size and technique to get consistent results. When you dial it in and nail it a good V60 brew with a light roasted but flavorful coffee is just amazing.

The aeropress is awesome in it's great consistency at putting out good cups with little fuss. I use my aeropress multiple times a day and never get a bad cup.