WAC 2024

AeroPress by George Stanica

George Stanica's winning recipe from the 2024 World AeroPress Championship uses an inverted chamber and Melodrip-assisted pours to soften agitation. Its concentrated brew and staged bypass are tuned for clarity, sweetness, and precise strength.

1:5.6 Ratio

2:15 Total

18g Dose

96°C Temp

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You'll need

Melodrip Required

A handheld dispersion screen you pour onto; it softens the water stream so it does not agitate or bore into the coffee bed.

Recommended Melodrip

Parameters

18 g
Coffee: 100 g
Water: 1:5.6
Ratio: 96 °C
Temp: 8 extra coarse
Grind: 2:15
Total: ~100 ml
Yield

Grind · 8/10 · coarse

FINE COARSE

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Method

2:15 · total

Before you brew

1 Set up inverted.
2 Add 18g of grounds.
3 Set up the Melodrip — you pour through it over the bed.

Pour 1 / 8
0:00

36s

Pour 50g through the Melodrip so the stream disperses evenly and never strikes the bed. Let it steep.

+50g→ 50g Fill gently 96°C
Pour 2 / 8
0:36

6s

Make the last pour to 100g through the Melodrip, keeping the bed calm.

+50g→ 100g Fill gently
Swirl 3 / 8
0:42

38s

Stir gently. Let it steep.

10s
Prepare 4 / 8
1:20

8s

Cap the chamber and press out the air before flipping.
Swirl 5 / 8
1:28

5s

Swirl gently.

4s
Prepare 6 / 8
1:33

2s

Flip onto the cup.
Press 7 / 8
1:35

40s

Press gently with the weight of your hand.

30s
Done 8 / 8
2:15

Concentrate ready. Dilute to taste, or serve over ice.

Notes

Rinse one Aesir filter and use the Melodrip for both 50g pours, keeping saturation gentle. Dilute Aquacode water to roughly 85-90ppm with zero-mineral water. From a ~76-79g concentrate, add warm water to reach 130-135g, then finish with 20-30g of room-temperature zero-mineral water.