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Stock Zuppa Lunga

Lance Hedrick's clear-column "Zuppa" percolation on a completely stock AeroPress — no attachment. A second paper filter disperses the pour and the plunger doubles as a tamper, brewing the clean, high-extraction 1:10 cup that usually needs a Joe Presso or Prismo.

1:10 Ratio
1:05 Total
15g Dose
93°C Temp
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Parameters

15 g
Coffee
150 g
Water
1:10
Ratio
93 °C
Temp
6 medium-coarse
Grind
1:05
Total
~150 ml
Yield
Grind · 6/10 · medium
FINE COARSE

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Method

1:05 · total

Before you brew

  1. 1 Add 15g of grounds.
  2. 2 Tap the side to settle the bed flat.
  3. 3 Lay a second paper filter flat on top of the grounds.
  4. 4 Push the plunger down to tamp the bed, then twist and draw it out slowly.
  5. 5 The filter comes up stuck to the plunger — peel it off and press it back down onto the bed.
  1. Pour 1 / 4
    0:00
    20s

    Pour 150g gently.

    +150g→ 150g Fill gently 93°C
  2. Prepare 2 / 4
    0:20
    5s

    Insert the plunger to create a vacuum seal.

  3. Press 3 / 4
    0:25
    40s

    Press gently with the weight of your hand.

    40s
  4. Done 4 / 4
    1:05

    Press complete.

Notes

No attachment required — that is the whole point. A stock AeroPress works with two paper filters and a plunger tamp. Tamp trick: dose, level the bed, lay a second paper filter on top, then push the bare plunger down to tamp. Twist and pull it out slowly so the puck stays intact. Press that top filter back onto the bed. It is a dispersion screen — pour onto it so the stream never craters the grounds, building a clear column of water above the puck. Use rested coffee so you can brew hot. Fresh, gassy coffee lifts the top filter and forces immersion; drop toward 70°C if that happens, at the cost of extraction. A hard, fast push drives fines into the cup, so keep the press gentle. Lift to break the vacuum once it bottoms out. Insert the plunger carefully after pouring: knock the brewer and the top filter unseats, which lets the immersion in. Ratio is to taste: anything from 1:3 up to 1:13 works. Grind matches Hedrick's OXO Zuppa — go finer if water shoots through, coarser if it stalls.

Original source

Recipe by Lance Hedrick, published at youtube.com.

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