Got one for my birthday! Fantastic, and loving it to bits.
One query.
When adding water to the grounds, if they're proper fresh, I'm getting a thumping great 'bloom.' Which would be fine and manageable in a broad-topped FP (due to the width of the top and the time of the brew) but is a bit of a headache in the Aeropress - don't really have the room to stir it away, and in a <30s brew don't really have the time to let it settle.
Because of the bloom, I'm not getting much water in to most of my brews at the mo. Even with a '4 cup' brew, I'm probably getting half the volume, max.
They're chuffing gorgeous brews, like, but this morning I tried some older beans (4 week-old SQM decaff) and got virtually no bloom; et voila! A FULL cup of aeropress coffee.
Anyone found any decent ways of addressing this? I'm thinking tight stirring with a small implement, but'm wary of using anything metal and tbh am unconvinced it'll have any great effect.
ty in advance!