AeroPress
Ben Kaminsky · 2009
AeroPress’s published 2009 second place recipe, with its documented technique and measurements.
By Ben Kaminsky · View source ↗
Source note: This routine re-tares the scale and restarts its clock after adding coffee to water. The current guide cannot reproduce those clock resets reliably; use the primary source rather than its overall timer.
- Coffee
- 14 g
- Brewing water
- 200 mL
Source reference
This entry is a source reference. Its incomplete details, conflicting measurements or unsupported sequence prevent reliable automatic guidance. Read the source notes and primary reference; no missing steps have been reconstructed.
Recipe details & source
Ben Kaminsky · 2009 · second place · Competition recipe
The source alternates 100 mL with approximately 95 g and re-tares the scale during setup. Our manual guide retains the volumetric amounts and does not offer misleading cumulative mass targets.
- Water temperature
- Not documented
- Bypass water
- 0 mL
- Difficulty
- Some practice
Original coffee: Not documented
Published brewing steps
- When ready · Water first
Add 100 mL water before the coffee.
- When ready · Add coffee
Start the brew clock when adding 14 g coffee to the water, then stir to saturate.
- When ready · Second water
Add another 100 mL water.
- When ready · Turn
At 50 seconds on the brew clock, turn the brewer carefully onto the server.
- When ready · Press
Press slowly for about 25 seconds, stopping when air begins to escape.
Source reviewed 2026-10-27. Instructions paraphrased by Solution Coffee.
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