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Aeropress by WHC 2K10

Written by Domtron

QUICKSTART AEROPRESS GUIDE

Get your coffee cup, Boil a kettle of H2o, Paper filter in black lid, 4 heaped tsp of coffee, brew house blend at 91 c and light roast at 89 c, 250 ml of water, No stirring, Plunge, Drink, J

THE COMPLETE AEROPRESS BREWING GUIDE

STEP 1 – BUY FRESH COFFEE

CHECK THE ROAST DATE of your coffee when you buy it, at WHC we believe that our best experiences with coffee have been with coffee that has just been roasted. We truly believe that the first week of a coffee’s life is when its vibrant natural character is most rich and sweet, so always insist on FRESH ROASTED COFFEE!

STEP 2 – PREPARATION

Never rush, your coffee is a time to treat yourself, so don’t cheat yourself, TAKE YOUR TIME.

Get your COFFEE CUP or mug, boil a KETTLE of H2o, try and use water that hasn’t been boiled before as more of the minerals of the H2o will be retained, rather than using twice boiled H2o.

If you want to get super serious you can use FILTERED H2o.

Place one of the PAPER FILTERS in the BLACK LID of the Aeropress, twist it into place on the brew chamber part of the unit. Place the Aeropress on top of your mug, making sure the cup is snug and ready for the journey ahead.

Once the H2o has boiled pour a long DASH OF WATER INTO THE AEROPRESS that is sitting on top of your coffee mug.

This gives the brewer greater thermal stability, something which is vital for brewing coffee, it will also heat up your coffee cup allowing your coffee to stay hotter longer! Yum!

By doing this we will also remove any papery tastes which may come through from the paper filter.

EMPTY THE H2o FROM THE MUG once the water has passed through the paper filter.

STEP 3 – BREWING

If you buy your coffee pre-ground ask for a METAL FILTER GRIND SIZE at WHC we use 6.5 on our DITTING grinder. For those of you that are super keen and have a grinder at home make sure you grind the coffee as the kettle is boiling.

Place the coffee into the Aeropress, using a teaspoon we recommend 4 HEAPED TEASPOONS OF COFFEE. Its 16 grams for those wanting to achieve the WHC precision in their brew. Give the Aeropress a tiny WIGGLE to distribute the coffee evenly inside the Aeropress.

By this time the BOILED WATER SHOULD HAVE COOLED, which is a good thing, if you want to use a thermometer as we do at WHC it is highly advised for OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD-TASTING-COFFEE.

We brew our HOUSE BLEND at 91 C and our LIGHT ROASTS at 89 C.

The cups we use at WHC can accept 250 ml of WATER nicely so that fits best for us but you may have to experiment with how much water to use for your own mugs at home.

START POURING IMMEDIATELY at the optimum temperature if you have measured it. POUR SLOWLY so as to promote a nice even saturation of all of the coffee in the brewer. You can pour in a SLOW AND CIRCULAR MOTION to achieve best results. Once all of the water has been poured into the brew chamber we PLUNGE IMMEDIATLEY.

The WHC standard is NO STIRRING; we find inconsistent results and occasional over-extraction when we do.

WHEN PLUNGING, DO IT SLOWLY, we want to encourage all of the oils to be extracted into our cup, plunging nice and slow will ensure of this. A VACUUM NOISE will sound when it’s time to STOP PLUNGING, remove the Aeropress from the mug and STAND AEROPRESS UPSIDE DOWN so it doesn’t drip.

Add, sugar, cream, milk or soy to taste or why not ENJOY IT BLACK so you can enjoy the delicate tastes you have just extracted.

STEP 4 – CLEAN UP

Easily the best coffee maker to clean the Aeropress trumps its rivals here. Simply REMOVE THE BLACK PLASTIC CAP from the brew chamber, hold the Aeropress over a compost or rubbish bin and PUSH THE PLUNGER BIT IN A LITTLE.

The coffee puck and the filter paper will pop out, RINSE the end of the Aeropress and the inside of the chamber, VOILA!

You can even just wipe it with a towel which makes the Aeropress convenient for travellers, hikers and people on the go. J

STEP 5 – FURTHER DISCOVERY

The internet is filled with guides, YouTube videos, opinions, stories and legends of how to brew Aeropress coffee and how good it tastes, from using espresso fine grinds to long steep times and even the infamous inverted brew method the Aeropress is definitely a fun limitless coffee brewer, be it for a novice or seasoned home barista!