The Green Roaster Weblog

      Just in time for Christmas - We have the AeroPress coffee making system in stock and ready to ship from our store. Aeropress is a unique brewing system that really does make a great cup. The key to its success is the short brewing time (limits bitterness) and the fact that the manual pressure required to plunge the coffee forcibly extract lots of flavour. The paper filter is nice too because it stops the sediment from reaching the cup - the downside of the French Press.

     We love the coffee that the Aeropress makes: very smooth in flavour, lacking bitterness, no sediment and it’s really fast to make. You do have to play with the quantity of coffee and the volume of water used. Just ”tinker” with these variables a bit until you find right “formula” for your taste. I prefer 2-3 taplespoons of fresh, fine ground coffee and I fill the hot water to the #2 mark, stir and then plunge. Once plunged, top up your cup with hot water like an americano. The process is a bit more dramatic for the home roaster because freshly roasted coffee will release lots of CO2 when the water is added and stirred, so look for lots of bubbles. This is a great system for those making a single cup at a time because there is no waste and no coffee sitting around getting bitter. It’s so easy to use and clean that you just have to repeat the whole process to make another cup - you won’t mind since it tastes so good.

Check out the aerobie website for their video demo.