Hey Friends! Forgot to mention that you can also adjust the ratio. Since the Aeropress behaves more like an immersion brewer (think french press) you may need to up the dose slightly. I adapted my typical V60 recipe in the video for simplicity, 30g coffee 500ml water. If this is too light, adjust the dose by 1 or 2g, as high as 35g. Sorry I forgot to mention this in the video. Cheers!
From my experience it doesn't work like this, there is a limit what water can take from coffee so concentrate would hit its ceiling. This is the issue with bypass methods I think. I wish there would be just 400g aeropress, I don't get it why they would not do it now at this point really.
The reason the final cup is weak is initial brew is not strong enough. When you poured in the additional 175g it dilutes the ratio much higher than 15 or 16 to 1 because the final 175 does not go through the ground coffee. Therefore, your initial brew has to be at least double strength. Your initial brew should be 3.2:1 (45g coffee to 135g water). This will get you an almost espresso strength lungo or triple shot.
Notice you used a vario grinder. What grind setting did you use? You could have just poured equal parts brewed coffee into 2 mugs then added plain water to each mug to get desired dilution.
Thanks for responding. I use grind setting 5Q on my Vario with ceramic burrs and set to factory grind setting of 2Q. My original Vario has been modified by Baratza with the metal burr holder.
Yes I was wondering about this too thanks for the reply, doesn't seem I can find it in red but this is awesome. Definitely keeping it in mind when I'm needing a new carafe
Thank you! The kettle is an electric set to 205F, glass vessel is a Hario 01 decanter, came as a set: www.amazon.com/dp/B000JDGUJI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_K50MVSS7QRT24AVXN46M
It is on the lighter side for this style of brewing. Depending on the coffee you could crank it up to 35, but adding 1 or 2 grams might get you where you want it.
