AeroPress

Jeff Verellen · 2011

AeroPress’s published 2011 champion recipe, with its documented technique and measurements.

Coffee: 17 g
Brewing water: 270 g

Before you start

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Use the standard upright position with a rinsed paper filter and a preheated brewer. The source’s original coffee was Kenyan.

Grind: Coarse, slightly coarser than paper filter

Water: 80 °C

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Recipe details & source

Jeff Verellen · 2011 · champion · Competition recipe

A small part of the measured water is used before adding coffee, and retained slurry is approximately 50 g. The source’s fractional drainage instructions do not establish a complete absolute timeline.

Water temperature: 80 °C
Bypass water: 0 g
Difficulty: Some practice

Original coffee: Kenyan coffee; specific lot not documented

Published brewing steps

When ready · Wet the filter
Use a little of the measured water to wet the filter immediately before adding coffee.
When ready · Bloom
Wet the grounds slowly with about 40 g water and allow approximately 30 seconds absorption.
When ready · Complete water
Pour the rest very slowly, using 270 g measured water in total.
When ready · Drain and press
Allow approximately one minute or a quarter of the liquid to drain, then press gently. Leave about 50 g water-and-coffee slurry in the brewer.

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

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