Ultimate Guide: Brewing Prowess With AeroPress XL Coffee Maker
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- Join me as we explore the world of one of the most recognizable coffee brewers, the AeroPress, and its newest addition to the AeroPress universe - the AeroPress XL. Shop AeroPress: alternativebrewing.com.au/pro...
00:00 The Ultimate Guide: Brewing Prowess With Aeropress XL Coffee Maker
01:07 AeroPress XL Accessories
02:03 Quick 3-Step AeroPress XL Brew Guide
03:24 AeroPress XL Recipe
05:54 AeroPress XL 4-6 Cups Brew Guide
07:15 Cleaning the AeroPress XL
Hey everyone, what's up! Josh here from Alternative Brewing, and today we're brewing coffee with the AeroPress XL - the long-awaited and extra-large addition to the AeroPress family.
This upscaled and enlarged model of the original AeroPress boasts a 600ml capacity, doubling the previous 300ml, while retaining everything we love about an AeroPress - durability, lightweight, and the ability to make great coffee with a straightforward approach or as intricate as you prefer, giving you full control over all the parameters.
Despite its increased size, the AeroPress XL remains a fantastic portable option for making coffee while on the go. I've even found that my 1zpresso K-Max Grinder fits perfectly inside the AeroPress XL.
Plus, in the box, you now get an AeroPress Coffee Server designed specifically for the XL, holding half a liter. You also receive 100 XL paper filters, a bean scoop, and an extra-long stirrer. However, note that the carafe is the only component cross-compatible with other AeroPress products at this stage. Nevertheless, I'm sure accessories like metal or cloth filters and additional caps for espresso or cold brew are on their way.
Now, let's kick off our AeroPress XL brewing session!
For those unaccustomed to the AeroPress, whether you're an espresso lover, prefer a longer black coffee, or enjoy a milk-based fix, the AeroPress XL can be adapted to suit your tastes.
As a quick guide:
Step 1: Add the coffee and water.
Step 2: Stir the brew.
Step 3: Press the coffee into the carafe slowly and enjoy.
This process results in a smoother, more enjoyable French-press-like coffee. Using a paper filter provides a cleaner taste with less silt or sediment in the cup, enhancing the overall experience.
You can make brewing with the AeroPress as easy or as complicated as you like, but following a recipe helps achieve consistency. Since the AeroPress XL is an upscaled version of the regular AeroPress, I'll use a similar recipe and double everything.
We begin with 40g of filter-roasted coffee, ground to a medium-coarse consistency. Set your water temperature to 95ºC, rinse the paper filter, and add your ground coffee. Pour in 500ml of water and stir gently for 10-20 seconds. Leave it steeping for 1.5 to 2 minutes, adjusting the grind size for your preferred strength.
Cleaning up is super easy - unscrew the filter lid, press out the wet grounds, rinse under hot water, and dry it off. Keeping the plunger out of the brew chamber helps maintain its softness.
While AeroPress advises against it, you can brew using the inverted method at your own risk. Stay tuned for more content by smashing the subscribe button, and if you enjoyed this video, hit like. Thanks for watching till the end, and we'll see you in the next one!
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I love to use my original Aeropress with a Fellow Prismo (and a paper filter) to give me the benefits of the inverted method, with none of its downsides: I.e. no loss of capacity or danger of some kind of hot water accident. Making coffee for just me, 20g of coffee and 295g of water is a perfect amount. If it’s me and my wife, I have to make a second batch. Sometimes that’s nice, as we always split each batch and it means I can have two different coffees to start my day. But it would also be nice to sometimes only have to make one batch for the both of us. As such, the XL is very interesting to me. I reached out to Fellow, when news of the XL first surfaced, to see if an XL Prismo was in the works. They replied, but unfortunately, they had no plans to make an upsized Prismo. I wonder if Aeropress themselves will upsize their own. Or will I have to get one off of Etsy?
Is that James Hoffman? 😂
There is a resemblance there 😀
James has "cartoon hair"
Love the Tshirt!
Been using aeropress for many yrs now. Definitely my favorite way to make coffee. I got the xl version to play around with. I make a 20 oz black coffee every morning. I figured with the xl I can run almost all the water through the grind with one go. And you definitely can. It tasted terrible to me. Had a bad grassy aftertaste. Tried several different beans and roasts levels. I roast my own so its easy. Did not like the results of running all the water through. So I did a concentrate like I do with the original and man was it good. All was right with the world again. I now think the xl makes a better cup than the original. I think one reason is the puck of coffee or bed of coffee however you want to call it is thinner. The height of the bed is less. Therefore the water doesn’t have to go as far in the bed to exit. I think it picks up less of the off flavors to me. I make a bigger concentrate with the xl. So less dilution water is needed. I dont like calling that bypass. Bypass and dilution are two different things. Bypass is water that escapes around your bed and doesn’t extract for you while brewing. The aeropress is absolutely a zero bypass product. Dilution is water added after brewing to fine tune the strength of your brew. The recipe I found that works for me is to grind medium fine 32 grams. Use the normal brew vertical method. I pour 190 degrees water to the 6 mark on the xl. I stir and let sit till the crust forms. Then I stir again. At 1:30 seconds total time almost half the water has dripped out on its own. Then I press the rest out. I then dilute till Im at about 19 oz. This ratio is really nice black. I roast most beans to about medium dark. Full city plus. Love the xl now. Cant wait till the pressure cap is made for them. Love the one on my original AP.
thanks so much for sharing 🙌 great info ! will be trying this 100%
Oh I gotta get one of those! I have 4 regular aeropress makers. Blow the cold brew through it super fast.
100% the cold brew would be amazing - with the extra capacity you could make so much more of it 👌
The KinGrinder K6 also fits perfectly into the AeroPress xl.
what about a XPro ?
Xpro would very easily 🤘
I see it comes with XL size drip thru as well! Love my standard AP, some of the most enjoyable coffee I have had. Also Hoffman equation T shirt - approved! ✔
Right on! 😂 thanks
We need a clear XL!
hahaah i'm sure they'll bring it out one day 👌
@@AlternativeBrewing I sure hope so!
seriously, where do I buy that t-shirt??? 😂
1:00 does comandante c40 fits inside?
no it doesn't :(
@@AlternativeBrewing 😢
Any news on a fellow prismo kind of thing for this ?
Not yet :(
too complicated and lots of parts, prefer the old French press
Josh, with the greatest respect, this is an embarrassment - the problems are many! Firstly, unless the user is extremely careful, they are in danger of spilling a lot of very hot water everywhere - including their skin. The finished product looks very weak, Conduct this simple test to determine if your brew is too weak: Shine a torch-light through the glass, if the beam travels through the glass and out the other side, then you have failed.
What you don't say is if you use a finer grind, much more force is required to press down on the plunger. I guess you used a course grind for this demo as the brew looked like tinted water! And paper filters may remove sediment, but you also remove most of the beneficial oils and flavours - not good!
Thanks for your comments 👍 I understand - perhaps I didn't do quite a good enough job at suggesting that you can make an AeroPress however you like. And that's one of its greatest benefits - that it's so adaptable. ~ I do think I say this though 🤔
Also: at 3:32, I did not fail to specifically talk about avoiding a fine grind, and how it will make things more difficult.
In terms of the coffee colour. It's a grey area of assumptions until you taste the brew. This one you see in the video - was of a light roast coffee - that had very fresh summery fruit flavour notes -, not my typical brew - and recommended a similar brew recipe to the one I used in the video - upscaled. Tasted insanely sweet, clean and vibrant (not like coffee 😂 ) alas - the colour had no detriment to the experience.
2:34 i just cant stop repeating lmao