The Ultimate AeroPress Technique (Episode #3)

James Hoffmann · 3.3M views · 2021-04-21 · 5:13

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Overview

James Hoffmann demonstrates his AeroPress technique with a short recipe: 11g of coffee, 200g of just-boiled water, a 2-minute immersion, then a press. He explains why he skips rinsing, preheating and inverting.

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HN coffee fans cite it as a forgiving, repeatable recipe that gives good results.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2021–2025

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qbasic_forever · 2023-02 · Strong recommendation
I don't like the stock aeropress recipe. I too found it wasn't very consistent and sometimes gave wildly different results. I've found James Hoffman's aeropress technique to be fantastic though and much more repeatable--give it a shot: [VIDEO] The big difference with James' technique is that it spends more time immersion brewing, almost like a french press, vs the stock technique that's really rushing you to extract and then percolate with the push. I find the longer immersion brew is a lot more forgiving and repeatable as a technique.
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techwizrd · 2025-12 · Recommendation
I've had good results from the James Hoffman recipe [0], although I brew inverted. You can push the plunger down with just the weight of resting your arm on the plunger. For something very different, you can brew something not-quite-espresso using the Fellow Prismo cap for the Aeropress. 0: [VIDEO]
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recuter · 2023-02 · Recommendation
In the spirit of no over complications: don't bother inverting. Here is a weird coffee person succinctly explaining: [VIDEO]
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