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Shuichi Sasaki · 2014

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

By Shuichi Sasaki · View source ↗

Coffee
16.5 g
Brewing water
250 g

Before you start

Get ready.

Rinse one paper filter with warm water. The source does not specify orientation; follow your equipment’s setup guidance.

Grind: Mahlkönig EK43: 9.5

Water: 78 °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.

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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

Shuichi Sasaki · 2014 · champion · Competition recipe

Retained slurry is not a documented beverage yield. The source gives relative phases but does not time the pours or specify brewer orientation.

Water temperature
78 °C
Bypass water
0 g
Difficulty
Some practice

Original coffee: Not documented

Published brewing steps

  1. When ready · Bloom

    Add 40 g, bloom for 25 seconds and stir five times.

    Add 40 g

  2. When ready · Second water

    Add 210 g and stir once.

    Add 210 g

  3. When ready · Press

    Press very slowly for 75 seconds, leaving about 45 g slurry in the brewer.

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.

250 g brewing water · 0 g bypass

  1. Bloom: 40 g added
  2. Second water: 210 g added

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