Brewing Perfection: A Beginner's Guide to Using AeroPress Coffee Makers

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Are you wondering how to use AeroPress coffee makers? You’ve come to the right place.

If you’re a coffee fiend like we are here at HEXNUB, then you’ve probably heard of the AeroPress. These compact, affordable, full-immersion coffee makers are adored by coffee connoisseurs worldwide, and for good reason. So...

What Makes Using an AeroPress so Great?

For starters, the AeroPress is one of the most portable coffee makers on the market that can still provide top-quality coffee. Weighing less than a pound and only 11.8” x 4.5”, the AeroPress is the coffee maker for frequent travellers, and a stellar choice if you’re looking to take your coffee machine camping or on a road trip. It tucks into a backpack or duffel with ease and requires no electricity, fuel, or anything else to work. Best of all it’s extraordinarily simple to use. No matter who you are, you can figure out how to use AeroPress machines to make bomber coffee. 

All it takes is some coffee grounds and hot water, and an AeroPress can pump out a delicious cup of joe in a minute or less, whether you’re at the office or on the side of a mountain (this author has used it in both settings). 

A single AeroPress can whip up coffee, cold brew, espresso, and other espresso-based drinks like lattes and cappuccinos with ease. It also offers dozens of ways to adjust the taste of your coffee, whether via inverting the maker, fine-tuning your grounds to water ratio, or adjusting your filters. The AeroPress is known for rich, smooth coffee, remarkably low acidity, and its extremely fine filters, which keep your coffee 100% grit-free.

Don’t stress about how to use AeroPress equipment either, because like we said, it’s all extremely simple. 

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How to Use AeroPress Makers

Many folks are surprised when they learn how to use AeroPress machines because you literally brew the coffee on top of your mug. The entire apparatus just sits on top of your mug, and you press (get it?) to push the coffee into your mug through the filter. 

To use your AeroPress, first, you'll need to take out the “press” (or plunger) from your AeroPress tube. Then attach a filter to the filter cap (every AeroPress machine should come with several hundred filters), and screw the filter onto the bottom of the chamber. Then put the chamber on top of your coffee mug, and fill it with a scoop of ground coffee. You can use more or less here, depending on your style of coffee, just make sure to shake the coffee to settle it evenly around the chamber. 

Next, you want to add water up to the respective level on your chamber. You’ll add water up to Level 1 if you added one scoop of grounds, Level 2 for two scoops, and so on. Be sure to add hot water for standard coffee, or room temperature tap water for cold brew. For the hot water, AeroPress specifies 175°F (80°C), which is just a few degrees under boiling, but this isn’t a hard and fast rule, and many folks simply use boiling water.

 

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Now, if you’re making hot coffee, stir your mixture for around ten seconds. If cold brew, you’ll need to stir for up to a minute. At this point, you’re ready to “press” your coffee! Insert the plunger and press down gently until the plunger reaches the coffee grounds, slowly expelling the coffee into your cup. 

Voila! You’ve successfully made your first cup of AeroPress coffee! Be sure to remove the filter cap, change filters, take out the plunger, and rinse everything off for next time.

Too confusing? Don’t worry. AeroPress themselves released this helpful ten-step guide to all customers to explain how to use AeroPress coffee makers.

 

Step 1
Push plunger out of chamber.
Step 1. Push plug out of Aeropress

Step 2
Put filter in filter cap.
Step 2. Place filter in cap

Step 3
Twist filter cap onto chamber.
Step 3. Twist filter cap onto chamber

Step 4
Stand chamber on sturdy mug and put one rounded scoop of fine drip grind coffee in the chamber.
Step 4. Add a scoop of ground coffee
Step 5
Shake to level coffee.
Step 5. Shake coffee level

Step 6
Add water up to Level 1 on the chamber. 175°F (80°C) water for hot brewing or tap water for cold brew.
Step 6. Add hot water
Step 7
Stir about 10 seconds for hot brewing or 1 minute for cold brew.
Step 7. Stir and allow to brew

Step 8
Insert plunger and press gently, pausing when you feel resistance, until plunger reaches grounds.
Step 8. Insert plunger and press gently

Step 9
Remove filter cap, push plunger to eject used coffee and rinse seal.
Step 9. Remove filter cap, push plunger to eject used coffee

Decide exactly what style of coffee you want to make:

  • Espresso
    • You're already done, you can drink your coffee as is!
  • Americano
    • Add water to fill an 8 oz. (237 ml) mug.
  • Latte
    • Add dairy milk, almond milk, or another substitute, to make an 8 oz. (237 ml) latte
  • Cold Brew
    • Add tap or ice water to make an 8 oz. (237 ml) mug of cold brew

Now you can sit back, relax, and enjoy! You’ve learned how to use an AeroPress.

But don’t forget, the AeroPress is good, but it isn’t perfect. Not without HEXNUB that is...

Why Use an Hexnub Accessories for AeroPress?

At HEXNUB, our flagship products include coffee accessories, and our best-selling items are the AeroPress Gadgets. While the AeroPress coffee maker is already a world-renowned product, we believe there are still plenty of ways to enhance it. So, if you already know how to use the AeroPress maker, we invite you to explore our accessories that can make your AeroPress experience even smoother!

In our recent article, we delve into the Best Aeropress Accessories, which covers filters, grinders and even a device for making cold brew, plus much more. 

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Numerous individuals enjoy utilizing an AeroPress in their kitchen or home office, but due to its distinctive shape and design, it may not fit easily in standard kitchen areas like other coffee makers. Hence, our Bamboo Aeropress Organizer is a fantastic purchase since it presents a practical and fashionable way to store your AeroPress and its accessories at your office or home. We also provide a Compact Organizer that takes up less space. This organizer keeps everything in order so that you don't misplace any of your components.

 

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If you own an AeroPress and want to learn how to make the perfect cold brew coffee from your own home, check out How to make AeroPress Cold Brew

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