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We have an espresso maker now but still handy to have.
The Aeropress is chuffing awesome, and so easy to clean up. My best tip on that is to unscrew the filter piece after you've squeezed the coffee through, and it is nearly always clean. Then prize the plunger back a few centimeters, hold above the bin and give it a whack. Hey presto, all the granules and filter paper come out in one lump. Then you just rinse the pieces and you're done.
13g (ish) beans, ground to slightly finer than cafetiere, fill aeropress with off the boil water to the brim (upside down aeropress), put filter and cap on, put mug on, flip, wait a few minutes, press for a wonderful alternative to a cafetiere coffee that's far easier to clean, has less sediment and is consistently excellent.
Wonderful device. Although it complements my stovetop, not replace it I don't like shots from the aeropress, they are always underextracted and a bit sour to my tastes. But I'm a coffee snob, and fully appreciate that makes me a mega douche.
and if you have not done it yet, try the inverted method
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Always make it inverted method so it brews for longer.
And buy the metal filter, it lets more of the flavour through. £6ish off Amazon.
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Can I make a cappuccino with it?
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you can make intense coffee with the aeropress but strictly speaking it is not an espresso.
Not close really.
However, you *can* get these nifty travel manual espresso gizmos like the miniPresso. It uses a bike pump style thing to generate pressure, then infuses the coffee at something near the 9ish bars needed for a good brew. Obviously temperature management goes out the window, but it's a smaller, cheaper and maybe a quieter way of getting something close.
There is also that Rok Presso which is okay, but again, no temperature management. If you want to do it old school and properly you could get a la pav lever espresso machine... But expensive and big
The minipresso is a neat thing though.
I'm sick of the coffee pods we currently have (expensive and not the greatest coffee, although it is consistent) and was looking at the Aeropress vs going back to grinding beans and making espresso/ristretto/cap from scratch.
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Yeah, i have had loads of pod coffees at work/friends and they are not amazing.
Espresso is quite an art unto itself... I like brewed methods that are easy, but they definitely have more caffeine versus an espresso with water or milk. Especially the moka pot!! Gets me buzzing uncomfortably every time...
If I am going to pay £60 a month for coffee then I want it to be amazing.
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4 weeks cost me £28, for quality real coffee.
Indeed.
That's a lot of coffee!
Does it need to travel? If not, you can pick up modified, serviced gaggia machines. They're a cheap machine, but decent bits. People mod them with a PID and often a new system for pressure regulation. Basically means you won't burn coffee after steaming milk, and you'll get a better shot once you've got a good, consistent grind and tamp.
*Nerd hat on* https://coffeeforums.co.uk/showthread.php?11488-Gaggia-Classic-Modifications
Yup, I'm a member...
Anyway, they're solid machines and highly recommended.
The other one is the sage duo temp pro, which has all that stuff stock but costs a fair bit more. Still less than a pro level machine mind...
Apologies for thread derail. I do love my aeropress more than most