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Martin Karabinos · 2014

AeroPress’s published 2014 second place recipe, with its documented technique and measurements.

By Martin Karabinos · View source ↗

Coffee
18.5 g
Brewing water
215 g

Before you start

Get ready.

Prepare separate water portions: 80 g at 35°C and 135 g at 92°C. Brewer orientation is not specified.

Grind: Mahlkönig EK43: 6.2

Water: 35 °C

Equipment checklist
  • AeroPress coffee maker
  • Coffee scale
  • Grinder

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Recipe details & source

Martin Karabinos · 2014 · second place · Competition recipe

This is deliberately a two-temperature recipe. The displayed 35°C is the first portion’s temperature, not an instruction to use 35°C for all brewing water.

Water temperature
35 °C
Bypass water
0 g
Difficulty
Some practice

Original coffee: Not documented

Published brewing steps

  1. When ready · Cool bloom

    Add 80 g at 35°C, stir well and close the brewer.

    Add 80 g

  2. When ready · Steep

    Leave for three minutes.

  3. When ready · Hot water

    Add 135 g at 92°C and stir once.

    Add 135 g

  4. When ready · Press

    Press slowly over 30 seconds.

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

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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.

215 g brewing water · 0 g bypass

  1. Cool bloom: 80 g added
  2. Hot water: 135 g added

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