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The AeroPress does two things at once: it steeps like a press, then filters through paper like a pour over. Brew time is under two minutes, the pressure from your hand is gentle, and the paper takes out the oils. The method flatters clarity and forgives almost everything else, which makes it the most tolerant device most people own and the reason the coffees here skew light and medium with fruit and citrus worth showing off.
Inverted or standard barely matters. The grind does: finer than French press, coarser than espresso, roughly fine sand. Try 15g to 220g of water at 85C, stir for ten seconds, cap and steep to 1:30, then press for 30 seconds and stop the moment you hear air. Pressing past the hiss drags bitter fines through the paper. If a bright coffee comes out sharp, drop the water temperature before you shorten the steep.
The full method sits alongside the others in our brew guides.
