by jon » Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:42 pm
Right, have got an aeropress now. Have been brewing some coffee with it, and the results are OK, but just OK. The coffee's very smooth, and seems strong enough, but seems to have lost some of the sweetness you can get from a french press and maybe the smell's not so strong.
Ground the coffee to the bodum's finest setting (about right for moka pot), moistened it in aeropress, then added water, stirred well, and squeezed. From adding water, this took about 1.5mins to get the coffee out.
Also, the plunger never touched the water - instead, the air pressure pushed the coffee through.
Am I doing something wrong, or is this how it's meant to be?