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Long Steep

Coffee researcher and astrophysicist Jonathan Gagne designed this AeroPress method around an unusually long immersion. Patient contact and restrained agitation seek high extraction and sweetness without astringency.

1:14.4 Ratio
10:10 Total
18g Dose
100°C Temp
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You'll need

  • AeroPress valve cap Optional

    A valved cap that replaces the AeroPress stock cap to stop dripping, hold water for longer steeps, or build back-pressure for espresso-style shots. Common models: AeroPress Flow Control Filter Cap, Fellow Prismo, Joe Presso (for a true espresso shot, the Prismo’s pressure valve).

    Recommended AeroPress Flow Control Filter Cap · Fellow Prismo · Joe Presso

Parameters

18 g
Coffee
260 g
Water
1:14.4
Ratio
100 °C
Temp
3 fine
Grind
10:10
Total
~260 ml
Yield
Grind · 3/10 · fine
FINE COARSE

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Method

10:10 · total
  1. Pour 1 / 8
    0:00
    15s

    Pour 260g gently over the centre of the bed.

    +260g→ 260g Fill gently 100°C
  2. Swirl 2 / 8
    0:15
    20s

    Stir gently to settle the bed flat. Let it steep.

  3. Prepare 3 / 8
    0:35
    5s

    Rest the plunger on the surface — don't press down.

  4. Steep 4 / 8
    0:40
    4m20s

    Let it steep.

    4m 20s
  5. Swirl 5 / 8
    5:00
    15s

    Swirl gently.

  6. Steep 6 / 8
    5:15
    3m45s

    Let it steep.

    3m 45s
  7. Press 7 / 8
    9:00
    1m10s

    Press gently with the weight of your hand.

    1m 10s
  8. Done 8 / 8
    10:10

    Press complete.

Notes

Use 100°C water and stir vertically and front to back, never in circles. A Fellow Prismo helps limit early drip-through, though some leakage is harmless. Keep the bed level and let the full 10 min steep do the extraction work.

Grinder

13 clicks Comandante C40

Original source

Recipe by Jonathan Gagné, published at aeroprecipe.com.

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