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You don't really... Espresso makes highly concentrated brewed coffee that people consider to be closer to espresso. The 'debate' is that any coffee pulled und
by JasonCEC 12y ago
You don't really...
Espresso makes highly concentrated brewed coffee that people consider to be closer to espresso.
The 'debate' is that any coffee pulled under pressure is technically espresso - but (real, read: not home machines) pull espresso shots at ~9 bar. Aeropress generates about 1.5 - 2 bars of pressure, and thus is... something between coffee and espresso. Most people have taken to calling it "Espresso style coffee" which is like calling Tofurky meat style tofu. WAT?
Anyway, most people (but not me) dilute their Aeropress coffee in water to make a Americano-style drink, so its not really comparable at this point to a true pour-over anyway.
All that said, I think aeropress makes quite good coffee - but its not a replacement for a pourover, and there's a lot more batch variation due to the lack of control in an aeropress.
Hope this helps!
- swah 12y agoI love my Aeropress. I make a single cup from 20g of lightly roasted coffee beans, that I grind in a blade grinder because thats the one available around here (Brazil). I don't dillute this very much - sometimes 10% to just to fill the cup. This "pourover renaissance" is very surprising - its how everyone "down here" does their coffee[1] for the last hundred years and, at least with my way of doing it, doesn't produce anything as flavorful as the Aeropress...
- stevewillows 12y agoIf you use your Aeropress daily, check out the S Filter from Kaffeologie -- it's a mesh filter. It allows for more oil to come through instead being absorbed by the paper. I find it's best with an inverted process, but that's personal preference. The filter is pricey for what it is, but it does have a lifetime warranty. http://www.kaffeologie.com/shop/s-filter-for-aeropress-coffee-makers http://www.kaffeologie.com/shop/s-filter-for-aeropress-coffe...
- jeroen 12y agoWhat do you mean by "home machines"? My espresso machine goes up to 16 bar.