Veneziano Brew Guides
How to perfect the Aeropress inverted brewing method
This style of brewing is so versatile, allowing for both immersion and drip methods. The main benefits are its portable size and minimal equipment requirements. You don’t need a fancy kettle or pour technique, making it an ideal travel buddy!
What you'll need
- Kettle
- Scales
- Timer
- Aeropress
- Custom paper filter
- Mug to plunge into
Recipe
- 15g coffee
- 250g water
- Total brew time: 2 min
- Grind size: medium (coarser than pour over)
Method
- Bring your kettle to the boil.
- Place filter paper in filter cap, rinse and set aside.
- Place plunger into large chamber ensuring black rubber is not visible ( it should reach just below the inverted 4)
- Weigh out beans, grind, place ground coffee in chamber and level off.
- Place Aeropress on scales and tare to zero.
- Begin your timer and add 50g of water (or if you’re not using scales, fill to just below inverted 3).
- Saturate all the grounds at the same time, then leave coffee to bloom for 30 seconds.
- Add remaining water to take you up to 250g or to the top of the chamber. Carefully screw on filter holder, remove from scales and place on the bench.
- Holding the top chamber with two hands, slowly pull down until you see water poking out the holes in the filter. By doing this you are removing the air, which can make plunging the coffee difficult.
- Steep for 2 minutes
- Pick up mug and place upside down over the filter. Holding firmly in place.
- With the other hand pick up Aeropress and with one quick movement flip Aeropress and mug up the right way, sitting mug on the bench.
- Slowly begin to push plunger down into chamber to extract the coffee into mug.
- Once finished, pull up on plunger to create a vacuum and prevent drips when removing from your mug.