Description
- Light, portable coffee maker
- 3 different brewing options including traditional, inverted and the perfect brew
- Makes 1 Americano or enough for 4 espressos
- Gives you the freedom to play with the ground coffee to water ratio to produce your perfect brew
- Set includes a plunger, a chamber, a seal, a filter cap, a filter holder and 350 micro-filters, a scoop, a stirrer and a funnel
- All parts are dishwasher safe
Traditional:
In the traditional method, the press is popped on top of a cup, grounds and water added, and stirred. The coffee begins to drip into the cup immediately, along the same lines as a filter coffee machine, and then pressure is added to force the rest of the water through the grounds, as with espresso.
Inverted:
In the inverted method, the whole apparatus is turned on its head, and grounds and water are added to the mixing chamber, with no drip-through. These are stirred for a few seconds for pre-infusion then, with a cup on the top, the entire thing is flipped over, and pressure is applied to force the water through the grounds.
The perfect brew:
The same rules apply to AeroPress coffee as it does to filter and espresso: the water to ground coffee ratio changes according to what kind of coffee you like. Two scoops will make a double espresso, 1 Americano, depending on the amount of water you add. Pour water in, up to the 2 mark, then stir. If you're making Americanos (or have used more grounds for more coffees), then add more water.