The AeroPress XL, released in 2021, doubles the capacity of the original to 473 ml. It is built for people who find the standard unit too small for a single filling of a travel mug, or who want to make two solid cups in a single plunge without chaining back-to-back brews.
The extra volume changes the brewing decisions. A larger coffee bed means longer contact time for the same grind setting, so recipes that worked at 15 g on the classic tend to need a slightly coarser grind at 30 g to avoid over-extraction. Dose, ratio, and temperature can scale linearly — 28–35 g of coffee to 400–450 g of water works as a starting band — but the press itself needs more patience: aim for a steady 30 to 45 second push instead of racing through it.
Think of the XL as a small-batch immersion brewer rather than a bigger AeroPress. If you want one brewer that covers solo mornings and casual brews for two, this is the size that keeps the method honest without switching to a different tool.
