Hoffmann Ultimate AeroPress

Step by step

11 g of coffee to 200 g of water: a 1:18.2 ratio. Water at 100°C, about 3:00 min in total.

1. 1

   Rinse the filter

   Optional - rinse the paper filter. Hoffmann skips it, it makes no meaningful difference.

2. 2

   Grind the coffee

   Grind 11 g on the finer side of medium and add it to the chamber. Standard orientation, brewer sitting on the cup.

3. 3

   First pour

   • from 0:00
   • pour 200 g
   • for 0:10

   Start the timer and add all 200 g of water, wetting every ground on the way.

4. 4

   Tip

   • from 0:10

   Immediately push the plunger about 1 cm into the chamber. The seal stops the coffee dripping through while it steeps.

5. 5

   Steep

   • from 0:10
   • for 1:50

   Leave it completely alone until 2:00.

6. 6

   Swirl the brewer

   • from 2:00

   Hold the brewer and the plunger together and gently swirl. Swirl, do not stir.

7. 7

   Wait

   • from 2:00
   • for 0:30

   Let the grounds settle for 30 seconds.

8. 8

   Press

   • from 2:30
   • for 0:30

   Press gently all the way down.