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Kaye Joy Ong · 2015

AeroPress’s published 2015 third place recipe, with its documented technique and measurements.

By Kaye Joy Ong · View source ↗

Coffee
22.5 g
Brewing water
280 g

Before you start

Get ready.

Use an inverted AeroPress and one paper filter. Heat the brewing water to 79°C.

Grind: Mahlkönig EK43: 4

Water: 79 °C

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

Kaye Joy Ong · 2015 · third place · Competition recipe

Bloom, second pour and press durations are documented, but the first pour’s duration is not. The guide does not turn their sum into a precise complete-brew target.

Water temperature
79 °C
Bypass water
0 g
Difficulty
Some practice

Original coffee: Not documented

Published brewing steps

  1. When ready · Bloom

    Add 56 g water and bloom for 30 seconds.

    Add 56 g

  2. When ready · Long pour

    Pour the remaining 224 g over 60 seconds.

    Add 224 g

  3. When ready · Press

    Turn onto the server and press for 30 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.

280 g brewing water · 0 g bypass

  1. Bloom: 56 g added
  2. Long pour: 224 g added

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