AeroPress
Stock Zuppa Lunga
Lance Hedrick's clear-column "Zuppa" percolation on a completely stock AeroPress — no portafilter attachment. A second paper filter disperses the pour and the plunger doubles as a tamper, so a bare AeroPress brews the same clean, high-extraction 1:10 cup that usually needs a Joe Presso or a Prismo.
Parameters
- 15 g
- Coffee
- 150 g
- Water
- 1:10
- Ratio
- 93 °C
- Temp
- 6 medium-coarse
- Grind
- 1:05
- Total
- 1
- Servings
Method
1:05 · total-
Pour 1 / 30:00+150g add
To
150g
20s SlowPour 150g of water onto the top paper filter so the stream disperses without cratering the bed — start gently, then steady, building a clear column above the puck.
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Press 2 / 30:2045s
Lift out the top filter and insert the plunger. Press very slowly to keep the cup clean — do not force it.
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Done 3 / 31:05
Brew complete. Lift to break the vacuum.
Notes
Original source
Recipe by Lance Hedrick, published at youtube.com.
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- 03 Cold Brew AeroPress Ratio 1:5 Time 2:25 Dose 20g AeroPress official quick cold brew method. Uses room temperature water and constant stirring to extract without heat. Produces a concentrate in just 2 minutes that's then diluted with cold water. Ratio 1:5 Time 2:25 Dose 20g
- 04 WAC Style 2024 AeroPress Ratio 1:11.1 Time 1:25 Dose 18g Modern World AeroPress Championship style recipe. Medium grind, standard method (not inverted). Quick brew with a 90-second total time. Competition-optimized for balanced, sweet extraction. Ratio 1:11.1 Time 1:25 Dose 18g
- 05 Espresso-Style AeroPress Ratio 1:3.1 Time 0:40 Dose 18g AeroPress recipe mimicking espresso concentration. Fine grind, minimal water, firm press. Produces a ~50ml shot suitable for lattes, cappuccinos, or drinking as a short black. Ratio 1:3.1 Time 0:40 Dose 18g
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- 03 Four Pour 1:16 Cafec Deep 27 Ratio 1:16 Time 2:00 Dose 10g Ratio 1:16 Time 2:00 Dose 10g
- 04 Five Pour Micro Dose Cafec Deep 27 Ratio 1:17.5 Time 1:50 Dose 8g Ratio 1:17.5 Time 1:50 Dose 8g
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View all Aeropress modelsLearn the fundamentals
Definitions, ratios and protocols behind this recipe.
- AeroPress The AeroPress is a steel 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.