AeroPress
WAC 2014 Third
World AeroPress Championship 2014 third place. Inverted, two-temperature pour — a hot bloom and a cooler slow main pour, finished with a gentle press.
You'll need
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Metal filter (AeroPress) Required
A reusable metal mesh filter placed in the AeroPress cap, often stacked over a paper filter, to let more oils through for added body. Common models: Able Disk, Fellow, or the Sowden Softbrew micro-mesh pre-filter.
Recommended Able Disk Coffee Filter · Fellow metal filter · Sowden Softbrew pre-filter
Parameters
- 18 g
- Coffee
- 270 g
- Water
- 1:15
- Ratio
- 82 °C
- Temp
- 7 coarse
- Grind
- 2:00
- Total
- 1
- Servings
Method
2:00 · total-
Pour 1 / 60:00+40g add
To
40g
5s SlowInverted: add coffee, then pour 40g of 82°C water for the bloom.
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Swirl 2 / 60:05
Shake gently to break any dry spots.
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Pour 3 / 60:30+230g add
To
270g
60s Slow 76°CSlowly pour to 270g total with 76°C water over 60 seconds.
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Wait 4 / 61:30
Cap with the paper plus Sowden filter and flip onto the cup.
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Press 5 / 61:30
Press gently for 30 seconds; leave around 50g of slurry in the chamber.
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Done 6 / 62:00
Serve.
Notes
Grinder
8 on Mahlkönig EK43.
Original source
Recipe by Jeff Verellen, published at worldaeropresschampionship.com.
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- 02 Bypass ACE Coffee Roasters Ratio 1:8 Time 2:00 Dose 30g Competition-style bypass method. Brew a concentrated 120g with coarse grind, then dilute with 120g of hot water. Produces an exceptionally clean, tea-like cup with high clarity. Ratio 1:8 Time 2:00 Dose 30g
- 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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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.