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Carolina Ibarra Garay · 2018

AeroPress’s published 2018 champion recipe, with its documented technique and measurements.

By Carolina Ibarra Garay · View source ↗

Coffee
34.9 g
Brewing water
100 mL

Before you start

Get ready.

Use a standard-position brewer with two rinsed paper filters. Add the coffee and gently level the bed; use a non-preheated receiving vessel.

Grind: Comandante: 15 clicks, fine

Water: 85 °C

Dilution water: 100 mL · keep separate from brewing water

Equipment checklist
  • AeroPress coffee maker
  • Coffee scale
  • Grinder

Brew along

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Recipe details & source

Carolina Ibarra Garay · 2018 · champion · Competition recipe

The 100 mL bypass consists of 60 mL hot and 40 mL room-temperature water. The publisher describes forearm/bodyweight pressing; this guide does not prescribe that handling technique.

Water temperature
85 °C
Bypass water
100 mL
Difficulty
Some practice

Original coffee: Not documented

Published brewing steps

  1. When ready · Pour

    Add 100 mL hot water over 30 seconds.

    Add 100 mL

  2. When ready · Stir

    Stir clockwise for 30 seconds without touching the filters.

  3. When ready · Press

    Insert the plunger and press over 30 seconds, following equipment handling guidance.

  4. When ready · Dilute

    Add 60 mL of 85°C water and 40 mL room-temperature water.

    Bypass 100 mL

Source reviewed 2026-10-27. Instructions paraphrased by Solution Coffee.

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Make it your dose

Scale the documented coffee and water. Temperature, grind, timing and technique stay as published.

Dose adaptation, not the original recipe. Extraction and brewer capacity may change; use your equipment’s limits. The guide above uses the original measurements; its selected mode controls pacing.

100 mL brewing water · 100 mL bypass

  1. Pour: 100 mL added
  2. Dilute: 100 mL bypass

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