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Jérôme Dittmar · 2016

AeroPress’s published 2016 second place recipe, with its documented technique and measurements.

By Jérôme Dittmar · View source ↗

Coffee
20 g
Brewing water
230 g

Before you start

Get ready.

Prepare the brewer with a suitable filter according to equipment instructions; the source does not specify orientation or water temperature.

Grind: Mahlkönig EK43: 7.5

Equipment checklist
  • AeroPress coffee maker
  • Coffee scale
  • Grinder

Brew along

At your pace

Finish your preparation, then start. We’ll show one action at a time.

Voice & sound

Keep your scale in view. The guide waits for you to confirm each action.

How the guide works

This mode adapts the pacing of the original recipe. Confirm each action; any remaining stage time counts down before the next step. It never assumes you have poured the target amount.

Keep this page open and your scale in view. Switching tabs pauses this mode; leaving clears the brew. Browser voice and sound may be unavailable or interrupted when your phone locks. Icons accompany English instructions.

Timing options

At your pace waits for you to confirm each action. Original timing is available when the source has a complete timeline.

Recipe details & source

Jérôme Dittmar · 2016 · second place · Competition recipe

Only relative phase durations are published. Water temperature and brewer orientation are not documented; no numeric defaults are substituted.

Water temperature
Not documented
Bypass water
0 g
Difficulty
Some practice

Original coffee: Not documented

Published brewing steps

  1. When ready · First pour

    Add 40 g over 10 seconds.

    Add 40 g

  2. When ready · Steep

    Wait 20 seconds.

  3. When ready · Second pour

    Add 190 g over 40 seconds, reaching 230 g total.

    Add 190 g

  4. When ready · Press

    Press over 40 seconds.

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.

230 g brewing water · 0 g bypass

  1. First pour: 40 g added
  2. Second pour: 190 g added

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