AeroPress Coffee and Espresso Maker
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The AeroPress is an entirely new way to make coffee, American style or Espresso style for use in lattes, cappucinos and other espresso based drinks. AeroPress brews simply delicious coffee, 1-4 cups per pressing. Ideal water temperature and faster brewing yields rich flavor with lower acidity and without bitterness. Other brewing processes use near boiling water and long exposure to coffee grounds. Quickly brew a variety of coffee drinks including an Americano or an espresso-style shot for use in lattes or cappuccinos. Its total-immersion system permits extraction at a moderate temperature and a short brew time. Water and grounds are mixed together for 10 seconds, then gentle air pressure pushes the mix through a micro-filter in just 20 seconds, which avoids the bitterness of long processes such as drip brewing. The air pressure also gently squeezes the last goodness from the grounds, further enriching the flavor. The total brewing time of only 30 seconds results in an exceptionally smooth brew. more info
I like this coffee maker
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Well, so much has been said already there is not a whole lot to add. I bought this with the idea that I would use it mainly when camping… away from electricity. When I received I used a couple days just to see what it was like. I used it every day after that unless we had company (and I needed more coffee at one time). The coffee is very good. I am no connoisseur but have learned to like strong flavorful coffee. Making coffee this strong in a drip maker is not as good… more bitter I guess.
I have a pattern… this much water in the microwave for this long, this much coffee, pour the water this way, plunge. I get very good coffee in a short amount of time. Very good. I may have to buy another as the rubber part of my plunger is getting hard and not sealing well. But I have been using it around 3 years.
The Best Coffee
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought this for camping because I hate camp coffee. Now I use it everyday. It rivals the best coffee I’ve ever had, which was when I was in Costa Rica. My automatic drip is going in the trash.
Very good coffee but…
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
First off I’ll say that the Aeropress does make a very good cup of coffee. It’s fairly easy to use and much easier to clean than your average french press. After a week I was very happy and was ready to come on here and leave a 5 star review (maybe 4 stars just for the fact that they advertise it as an “espresso maker” which it clearly is not). Then I started looking at the size of the coffee scoop. It was sitting on the counter next to the old scoop from my french press and it was MUCH bigger. Time to get out the kitchen scale. One Aeropress sized scoop of ground coffee was 15 grams and you use two of those for a double shot which makes once decent sized 8-12oz cup of coffee depending on how strong you like it. Now knowing what I do about espresso machines the ideal amount of coffee to pull a double shot from a machine is 14 grams. That means a double shot from the aeropress uses twice the amount of coffee as a standard espresso machine. If you pay $10/lb of coffee and drink two cups a day over a year you’ll spend over $250/year more just on beans. I think I may just spend that money on a decent espresso machine like the Saeco Aroma…
Cool, but **NOT** a good coffee maker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I am a little confused by this item’s descriptions and some of the reviews. Let me make one thing clear: THIS IS NOT A GOOD MACHINE FOR HIGH QUALITY ESPRESSO! If you want the most bang for your buck for espresso, pay another $115 and get the MyPressi which makes espresso rivalling the thousand dollar machines with good crema, etc. they way it is supposed to be…. so that leaves the evaluation as a coffee maker…. THIS IS NOT AS GOOD AS A FRENCH PRESS FOR MAKING COFFEE. 1) It only makes a partial concentrated cup that you have to dilute with additional hot water to get ONE (YES 1 MAX) cup of coffee. This is more of a gimmick than anything. Any french press will make better coffee and MORE of it. I did not expect a plastic toy when I ordered this.
Great coffee made simple
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Very happy with my purchase after about 3 months of use. From grinding (small electric grinder) to coffee to cleanup, about a minute total time (not including nuking my milk in the microwave).
Tips:
I like latte-style, so I heat up milk (plus sweetener) in my mug first–2 mins in the microwave. I don’t get a froth (though I could buy a frother) but the milk goes through a similar chemical change. Then make the coffee in the AeroPress. Since I’ve got an instant-hot water tap (near boiling) I don’t have to wait for water to get hot.
Cleanup is about 20 seconds. You can’t beat it.
And the whole thing is small enough to easily travel in my suitcase.
Bottom Line: I could have spent close to a thousand bucks on a great Espresso machine, but I didn’t think I’d want to go through the daily hassle to use it well. That’s not an issue with the AeroPress. It’s less hassle than my drip coffee maker, with much better results.
Best Coffee Machine Ever!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Although this looks like you are going to science lab, this portable/ manual/small/ingenious gadget has replaced all of the other brewing methods at both my house and work. It prepares the best cup of coffee ever – smooth, low acid, with no bitterness – and has express fast cleanup! The machine write-up says it prepares “espresso”, but I don’t consider the result to be espresso shots. Unlike espresso, the shot doesn’t get bitter or rancid in 20 seconds or so. What it does produce is a concentrated coffee base very similar to Cold Brew (which has slipped to my second favorite brewing method after purchasing the AeroPress). AeroPress concentrated base can be added to heated/whipped milk for a latte or diluted to the strength of brew you prefer with water for an Americano. I make two triple shots in the morning and use a double shot to make a latte for the drive to work and put the rest into a thermos for two more cups of coffee at work. I use between half to three-quarters of the coffee the instructions recommend and I use two filters at a time to help reduce the coffee that drips through before it is time to press. My AeroPress has finally gotten the coffee budget under control and easily paid for itself within two weeks.
Finally… An Awesome Home Coffee Maker
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I really, really enjoy good coffee. Unfortunately, I am the only one in my household that drinks coffee. So, making a pot of coffee never makes sense for me. For the last 10 years, Starbucks has been my standard by which I measure all other coffee. I purchased a Keurig single serve coffee maker nine years ago and it was surprisingly good. After many fine years of service, it unexpectedly stopped working about two years ago, so I bought a new fancier Keurig… Unfortunately, the new model really sucked – the coffee was very weak and drop size inconsistent. So, I returned it disappointed to Costco and went on a search for an acceptable replacement. I found a web site, [...], and researched the different makers available. While I had been a K-cup user with the Keurig, I found that there are pods and t-discs as well. After much research, I landed on a Grindmaster OPOD – one of the highest thought of makers in the single serve coffee sub-culture. I have enjoyed the OPOD as it has served me well… but the coffee has never approached the intense quality of my Starbucks standard.
During a casual review of [...], I found a review of the Aerobie AeroPress. The review was off the charts favorable. And the verbatim responses from users agreed emphatically with the review. The inventor even answered a question someone had in the thread. I continued to read more about the inventor – he’s a professor at Stanford who used engineering know-how to create a simple, well-made, coffee maker that makes coffee that is better than my Starbucks standard! And for $25! Completely and totally awesome.
This is a manual process that may be worrying some of you – don’t let it, it’s very, very straight forward and takes just a couple more minutes than the Keurig or the OPOD or any other single serve maker out there. You basically follow these steps:
1. Get your Aeropress out
2. Heat water to 175 deg F (takes 2 minutes in my microwave)
3. Place filter in press
4. Place press onto your coffee cup
5. Scoop coffee into press
6. Pour water (equal to number of scoops)
7. Stir 10 seconds
8. Press water through coffee into cup
9. Pop coffee “puck” into trash
10. Rinse your press off with water in sink and let air dry on towel
11. Top off your espresso with hot water to make American coffee
12. Enjoy coffee better than you would buy at Starbucks!
Totally blows my mind it’s that simple.
I highly, highly recommend you try the Aeropress if you enjoy coffee.
Hope you enjoy as much as I do.
It can make a great coffee!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
When I first time saw it, it looked like a kid’s science kit. But it really makes a good coffee. It’s simple to prepare, and fast to make.
Awesome!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I make a latte almost every morning and for the last 4 years have been using an electric espresso machine. When it began to not work properly a few weeks ago, I began researching replacements, but did not want to spend as much as we had on the machine that we currently had. When I saw this item and read the reviews, I figured it was worth a try since $25 is a far cry different than the $150 we would have spent on an electric machine. I just have to say that this product is amazing! The espresso that it makes is so much smoother than an electric machine and it is much easier to make the exact strength of your preference. It’s also an easy clean up and you don’t have to worry about clogs or other malfunctions. It’s so small and is perfect for space-saving. I highly recommend this product!
Using the same one for 3 years and love it
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Just thought I would share my method for morning Americano.
Start with a good quality coffee and grind it fresh with a burr grinder. A burr grinder is essential for getting the consistent fine grind necessary.
1. I put 2 scoops of coffee into the aeropress.
2. Heat 150 ml of water in the microwave. For me 1:15 gets me to about 185 degrees, which is perfect for me.
3. pour in slowly to wet out all the coffee, then stir vigourosly changing direction a few times for about 20 seconds.
4. Let it steep while you rinse the stirrer.
5. Press it out quickly and press for a few seconds past what you think is necessary to get all the liquid out that you can.
6. another 150 ml of water heated for 1:00 while I rinse everything out. Perfect strong Americano in about 5 minutes, even with half open eyes.
Love the aeropress. I just broke the stirrer after 3 years, and I’ll be buying another one.
Best coffee ever
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
The coffee from the Aeropress is the best coffee I have ever had. It’s easy to use and quick to clean up.
Once you have this, you’ll never go back
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I’ve tried dozens of home coffee systems, and this blows them all away. I can’t even go back to my french press, my Keurig or Senseo, the coffee from those systems tastes too bland. This makes the perfect cup of coffee every time. The only problem is that is can be a bit messy and can take longer to make than some of the other coffee makers, but is worth it IMHO.
One tip, when you go to brew the coffee. Pull the plunger out all the way. Then turn the chamber upside down and put it on your table with the plunger base down so that the plunger end is resting on your table and the opening is facing up (basically an upside down version of the photo without the mug). Then put your coffee and water in there and stir it. Then put the filter and cap on, invert it into a mug and press. Doing this prevents the coffee from starting to drain through the filter as you stir it, which produces a better brew.
good coffee
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Makes a good cup of coffee. If you want to make espresso, I would look elsewhere.
A useful one-cup coffee maker. Nowhere near an espresso maker.
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
The Aeropress makes a tasty single cup of coffee, faster and with easier cleanup any other device I have. You do need a little practice with grinds and timing. It’s also easy to travel with. I recommend it.
But, people: “espresso,” by definition, is made by forcing water through grounds at very high pressure — like 9 atmospheres. This is not a technicality: the special flavor of espresso depends on it. You need a serious (and, sadly, expensive) machine to produce those pressures. So don’t believe *any* manufacturer who tells you that a small or cheap device can make espresso.
Waste of money
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I really like a good cup of coffee in the morning. This does make one decent large cup at a time. However, the water runs right through the grounds and filter. There is no time to stir and no time to use the press – the water has already run through. This is no better than the old fashioned Melitta cone with paper filters. “No better” including taste. I used the Amazon “four for three” special which means that I would only get back about $5.00 if I returned this, so it’s not worth the effort. I suppose just letting the water run through – like with the Melitta cone – saves the time of fitting the press in and pushing.