AeroPress
WAC 2023 Third
by Leon Zhang
World AeroPress Championship 2023 third place. Upright, with a cotton-and-linen filter combination and a vacuum-soak technique on the plunger.
Parameters
- 18 g
- Coffee
- 235 g
- Water
- 1:13.1
- Ratio
- 93 °C
- Temp
- 4 medium-fine
- Grind
- 2:40
- Total
- 1
- Servings
Method
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0:00 01Pour
Upright with the cotton-plus-linen filter cap. Pour 100g of 93°C water.
To 100g 10s Slow -
0:10 02Stir
Stir 15 rounds.
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0:30 03Wait
Insert the plunger and pull back slightly to create a vacuum. Soak for 45 seconds.
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1:15 04Press
Press for 5 seconds, then pull the plunger out.
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1:25 05Pour
Pour 135g of 75°C water (total 235g).
To 235g 5s Slow -
1:30 06Stir
Stir 5 times.
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1:35 07Wait
Insert the plunger again, pull back to create a second vacuum and soak until 1:40.
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2:00 08Press
Press down at a constant speed.
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2:40 09Done
Serve.
Notes
Original source
Recipe by Leon Zhang, published at worldaeropresschampionship.com.
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- 02 Bypass byACE Coffee Roasters 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
- 03 Cold Brew byAeroPress 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
- 04 WAC Style 2024 byAeroPress 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
- 05 Espresso-Style byAeroPress 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
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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.
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