Light Roast

by AeroPress for AeroPress XL original source (aeropress.com)

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An AeroPress XL recipe tuned for light roasts: near-boiling water, a finer grind and a long steep push extraction on dense beans to draw out sweetness, landing a floral, citric cup for two.

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25g Coffee0.9 oz

400g Water14.1 oz · 1:16

96°C Temperature205 °F

3:00 Time

Medium-fine Grind

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You need

AeroPress XL
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Water at 96 °C (205 °F)

Notes from AeroPress

Light roasts need more extraction energy. The XL's larger chamber allows a longer steep time that helps develop sweetness from dense light roast beans. Use water just off boil.

Steps · 3:00

6 steps · 1 pour

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Step 1 of 6, 0:00until 0:15 400 g

Pour 400g (14.1 oz) gently in a spiral.

Fill gently 96 °C
Step 2 of 6, 0:15until 0:35

Stir gently 3 times.
Step 3 of 6, 0:35until 2:25

Let it steep.

1m 50s
Step 4 of 6, 2:25until 2:30

Insert the plunger to create a vacuum seal.
Step 5 of 6, 2:30until 3:00

Press down slowly and evenly.

30s
Step 6 of 6, 3:00

Press complete.

When it's done

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Bitter or dry? Coarser, or a shorter steep
Sour and thin? Finer, or a longer steep

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AeroPress The AeroPress is a plastic cylinder, a plunger, and a paper filter — sold as a travel brewer in 2005 and quickly adopted by people who'd never travel with one. Its trick is that it sits across the filter/immersion line. Closed at the bottom by the filter and your stand, it's an immersion brewer. Once you press, water and grounds separate fast. The grind range it accepts is enormous, and the cup is clean but with body. How coffee is roasted Roasting is the chemistry that turns a green seed into something that tastes like coffee. A green bean is dense, vegetal, and sour — undrinkable in any meaningful sense. Heat applied for the right amount of time transforms it into the aromatic, brown, brewable thing on the shelf. Almost everything you taste in a finished cup was either created or shaped during the eight to fifteen minutes the bean spent inside a roaster.

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