Was your reaction as big as mine? I hope this made you smile today 🙂 I also want to shout out Wendelien Van Bunnik - the reigning aeropress world champion for this amazing recipe. Link in the description for both recipes.
That's what was so great about this recipe. It wasn't trying to be the best ever but it encapsulates exactly what the Aeropress is about. Simple and straightforward. Don't rinse your filter, don't bother inverting, embrace the hiss and use boiling water. An every day coffee. What a hero!
As I recall, James said that a light roast can tolerate water right out of the kettle, but that medium and dark roasts might benefit from a slightly longer wait to get down to around or even below 200°.
Hilariously he just released something for dark roasts. His recipe (which vastly improved my coffee, as normal) is half boiling water into your preferred method, drop the temp to 80, then pour the other half of the water in.
I thought it was kind of funny that James’ take on the Aeropress was almost exactly what I gravitated into after more than a decade of brewing with it at least once daily, mostly out of progressive laziness and familiarity
Best every day coffee, smooth, easy to drink, perfect strength, no messing around with temperatures etc, I can't be bothered to stand making my coffee for 30 minutes in the morning haha
I had stopped rinsing and inverting way before. I finally stopped blooming and tbh most of my variable on the Aeropress ends up being dose and grind size.
I have been making Aeropress too strong and sloppy for years. James’s recipe changed the way I drink and taste coffee. At first the flavors were subtle and now I realize they were just drowning before in overly bold coffee. This recipe allows things to come forward and leaves the best aftertaste. Brilliant video too Kyle we love ya!
I can't believe I missed your video when it came out. Your intro perfectly encapsulated people I make fun of on there internet while secretly feeling exactly the same.
I tried Hoffman’s recipe but didn’t like it. I prefer med/dark roasts Tim Wendelboe’s recipe is my go to daily. 14g to 200g 95C water using the inverted method then change the grind size as the only variable Idk why but I much prefer inverted brewing.
Wholesome video is lovely. ☺️ (I’ve been using James’ recipe for a while now, and it is indeed perfect for everyday brewing. I use it in my office twice daily in fact!)
Kyle, my man you’re excitement for this video is phenomenal. Love it. I know what I will be doing for tomorrow morning. 🔥🔥🔥 As always coffee over caffeine.
I've been getting more serious and pickier about my coffee lately. I'd been taking my french press to work to make my daily coffee, but wasn't totally happy with it. After watching Jame's Aeropress series I was instantly sold on it. Before I'd seen the Aeropress around, but assumed it was some kind of bougie tool for coffee snobs. I've been using the Aeropress and Jame's recipe ever since and have been trying to sell everyone I know on one too.
This video gave me more questions than answers and left out some context. I don't like research so I will share what I discovered, so you don't have to and add some context. I could not find Wendelien's recipe on her site, but I found it here. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SEOOCkU01A8.html There is one change to the standard equipment, she used an Aesir Filter. If you can't get them you can use 2 normal AeroPress filters. 1. 30g of what looks like medium roast coffee coarsely ground 7/10 in an inverted AeroPress. Note: Everyone at the World Aeropress championship uses the same coffee. 2. Pour 100g of the softest water you can find at 92C within 10 seconds. She used Spa Blauw (30ppm). 3. Stir firmly 20 times within 10 seconds. 4. Put the filter cap with rinsed filter on the brewer and gently press out excess air. 5. At 40 seconds, flip the AeroPress and press out all coffee. 6. Add 120g of 92C water to the extracted coffee. 7. Cool the brew down to roughly 60°C (140°F) by stirring and decanting. I tried Wendelien's recipe with my light roast and felt it was under extracted. I will revisit this with a medium roast or decrease my grind size and raise the temperature of the water a bit. The context missing from James's recipe is that it is based on his bias of lightly roasted coffee. He does address it in his video but it is not mentioned here, so here's the short version. 1. 11g Of close to espresso grind size, light roast coffee in an AeroPress setup for the standard method. As the roast on your coffee increases, so should your grind size. Darker coffee = a coarser grind. 2. 200g of water at 100C. If you have a temperature controlled kettle, shoot for 90-95C for medium roast coffee and as low as 85C for a dark roast. Affix the plunger. 3. Wait 2 minutes, then grab the AeroPress with one hand and the cup with the other and give it a gentle stir. You are trying to break up the crust on the top, not create a vortex. 4. Wait 30 seconds then gently press out the coffee. Pressing out the coffee should take another 30 seconds. I use James's recipe at 15g/260g (it fits), it's fast and simple.
There is no such thing as an "ultimate" recipe for ANY food or beverage. It's a logical fallacy. "Good"? Yes. "Better"? Perhaps. "Best"? Nope. Can't happen. Just by definition. De gustibus non disputandum.
To be honest, James‘ recipe is not that different from what the original recipe was that I learned to brew the AeroPress with: I learned to take 15g medium fine grind for 250g water, letting the coffee steep for 1,5 minutes right after pouring all water in and stirring a little. Thus, the end result to me does not taste that different to what my usual recipe was anyway. Actually, I was even surprised that he chose to use 5,5g coffee per 100g of water since in an earlier video he explained more coffee would be needed to achieve the same extraction for percolation brew methods. However he emphasised that he chose the lower dose to highlight the fruiter notes of the light roast he had. All in all it’s a nice and easy go to recipe.
My ultimate recepi : 11g coffie not very fine grinded and not a very strong coffee, 1 paperfilter washed out, filtered water to 75-80°C depends on coffee, aeropress on cup, stirl 15 seconds and press gently ! Try and give me ur thoughts, every coffee will taste great ! Its not difficult to make great coffee with aeropress and good beans. Greatings from germany !
There are probably a number of reasons to favour one method over the other. Here's one...cost. 30g of beans...2 cups per day...250g bag of beans done in 4 days. Unless I'm robbing a bank any time soon, i'll stick with Da' Hoff...tasty brew, 11 days too... 🤨😄
When I first got my Aeropress last Christmas he was the 1st person I watched (by coincidence). Now that Im trying new recipes I find everything really bitter.
Hi Kyle.. great video 😊 I’d like to know if AeroPress can brew a coffee similar to a real espresso. I know it won’t be the same, but as long as the result is close enough, it would be fine. I’m asking this because currently I don’t have budget to buy a good quality espresso machine. Second question, would you recommend AeroPress or Bialetti Moka Express to make a better espresso-like coffee? Thanks.
I love the 3 cup bialetti, with a clean gasket, new every few months. Moka is set and forget. I like the aero press. But first thing in the morning the moka is an easier ritual to wake up. But I am thinking 2 aeropress allow to compare 2 different coffees beans at the same time, more consistently than with other methods. You can easily find open box bialetti moka pots on auction sites. The 3 cup is the perfect size for a 200 ml cup
James also did a 30g championship brew and said roughly what you said, big, bold flavours to stand out for judges, but not necessarily a daily brew. I have now adopted the JH recipe and am tinkering with grind size.
Tbh a lot of the world championship recipes use absurd amounts of coffee for the amount of liquid you end up with. It’s not really sustainable to be using ~30g for 200ml of coffee every day
This makes no sense. Every coffee type and blend has a different requirement for how it is to be brewed, to bring out the best flavors and avoid excess bitterness or acidity. Just throwing coffee at two recipes and thinking micro-factors like a few grams dosage or ten seconds steeping either way is going to matter is foolish.
4:20 Not sure this is how JH does it. If I rember well, he moves the unit a few times in a circle, making a gentle swirl before pushing the plunger down.
I love both recipes!! I use a medium blend for the world champion brew and a dark for James recipe. I also do a 15 grams to 250 grams ratio inverted for everyday. Works for me
30 g in a single cup? Definitely a recipe designed to leave an impression on judges who take one sip of your brew. I use 30 g to make 500 mL. A large dose at a low temperature would give a nice flavour, though. Worth trying, but definitely not every day.
I think you missed the point of James' recipe - it's supposed to be the best *base* starting recipe and you then tweak it to your own preferrences from there. It's not supposed to knock your socks off. It's supposed to help you find the recipe that does.
Great video. I had switched my daily Aeropress recipe to Mr.Hoffman's, simple & great tasting, just need to tweak the grind & water temp to adapt to the beans that I'm using
There is not "one" aeropress recipe that will suit all people and all sorts of coffee. A recipe will only ever be perfect to suit your personal taste. In Vienna (Austria), we have several roasters that will give you a recipe for each of their roasts and coffees as a guideline, because they know this specific coffee, but this is where you start to get close to what you like. Don't let people tell you, what you like! (That includes me, of course!) :-)
Great video Kyle! Question for you: how does Hoffmann’s aeropress compare to Hoffmann’s V60? Or maybe another pour over recipe you like? I have an aeropress but have always been attracted to the craft of pour over. Just not sure if there’s a huge flavor difference. Love to hear your thoughts!
Good question! A v60 has a vastly different flavour than that of the AeroPress. One being percolation and another immersion... I think having a V60 would be worth investigating.
People in 2121 are going to see this video, and others where they say similar things and ask each other "the WORLD situation? WTF? Did they have a tear in space, which resulted in a mirrored world being visible in the sky?"
I haven't tried Hoffman's yet, but I've made Wendelien's a few times, and I agree. It's a BIG coffee. I love it, but it's a bit much for a daily brew. Great for trying out a new-to-me coffee, though. Also, you seem absolutely wired in this video 😂 How many takes/cups of coffee? haha
@@KyleRowsell If I could go back in time, I'd say that I'm excited for you. When I found the Aeropress, I brewed in nothing else for years. I'm rather stuck on v60 now but rediscover the Aeropress every couple months for a while. But it's my staple at work and for travel.
I tend to use them if I have some really good coffee that I don't think I am able to use fast enough (I am one of those guys who orders way too much coffee at times), only time I'm able to justify 30 grams of coffee per cup (that is like what, 150 grams per liter? Absolutely ridiculous LMAO)
Yeah, I tried both side by side as well. The competition one is like an explosive get in your face military trumpet wake up call cup, James's is a kinder more have a relaxing morning waking up cup that I like on my days off. The competition is a bigger explosion get up there buddy cup I prefer when I am working because it gets you ready to get out the door quick if you know what I mean.
Great video. I like James Hulfman. Want to know his Apress technique. But I just can’t watch 5 videos to see how to make a simple coffee. Unless I’m on vacation and just want some relaxing plane time. You gave it to me in 20 seconds. Now I’m doing it.
2019 , for me is TOO big. I normally drink double shot espresso so appreciate strong coffee taste. James' 11g cup was a suprise to me. Using a med roast Ethiopian been with a cupping note of strong floral tones. These tones came through in a gentle way leaving a pleasing aftertaste which was not the case with the former. I now will be making Mr Hoffman's recipe on a daily basis, and may even forego espresso for the forseeable future.
2019 WAC: Did you say 30 grams? So, we are talking about around 120 grams per litre? Seriously? JAMES' RECIPE: 200 grams of water in is going to get you a cup of about, what, 180 grams? Seems kind of small. As an aside, I cannot understand the problem James has with the inverted method. I find inverted much better. Why have some of your water drain through when you don't need to? Never once have I spilled when flipping. I wonder if certain types of people are drawn to each method?
Have used Aeropress for over 4 years. Inverted method is POA. Have used simular technique as James Holfman, just say his first video today. I do pour just an ounce or two of water in stir then top off to top and press. No waiting.jLove my AeroPress. I do mix up technique every now and then to make sure I am not missing something., but have found basic technique works great every time.
I don't get why everyone feels inclined to put out a video about JH's Aeropress technique vs. world champion recipes. I can only assume this is to freeload on JH's popularity for their own channel. You cannot compare those recipes because they serve completely different purposes. JH would brew totally different if he entered the WAC, and WACs brew totally different at home. At the WAC the purpose is to impress judges with a cup that stands out among the rest. At home you want the best cup of coffee that's easily repeatable and efficient in its preparing. No fuss, economic reasonable amount of beans, little precision (except for dosage) needed. And in this regard I think JH has found the "ultimate techniques" for both Aeropress and V60.
James is about causality of coffee and clarity. It’s the balanced, clear, beautiful cup of coffee you’d want to drink everyday. Who would want to open their mornings with a steak everyday?
