HI all
Just bought me one of them new fangled aeropress which our friend Steve (hasbean) has started selling....
Just tried my first 2 cups of coffee from it .... gotta say i'm impressed.
Never been a fan of press-pot...always feels a bit gritty and powery (although never used the proper grinder for pp coffee)
With the aerobie, i just left the madcap on the espresso grind and dosed 2 of the scoops provided into the filter ... poured on around 5oz of water ... stirred ... waited ... pressed slowly ... Results...very tasty, clean flavourful coffee..
It claims to be similar to espresso and in a way it is, there is a "puck" produced and it definitely is more of an extraction of coffee than a brew but the flavour is more that of americano....but a very very nice americano.
I used the Sodade (Jo2 thanks) espresso blend with it...definitely could tast the chocolate notes...i think it would be a very good method for cupping coffee (i did get a spoon and do some slurping)
When i did that i could really taste the different flavours.
Overall...happy bunny ... for days when i just want a coffee quickly but without having to mess around resetting the grinder for press.
The total time to brew a coffee is <1 min and cleanup takes all of 10 seconds ... filters are reusable but you get a whole stack of them anyway.
Definitely worth the £25 asking price ... not one for a dinner table since its more a 1 - 2 cup process so there is still a place in the world for other more "bulk" methods but if you just want a quick cup of nice clean joe....highly recommended.
Cheers all
Jamie