AeroPress recipe that survived a month of travel

[Quiet Stacks]

Brewer and filter: AeroPress Original; AeroPress paper
Grinder, burr and calibration: Timemore Sculptor 078; 078 turbo burrs; setting 8; touch point checked
Bean, roaster, process and roast date: Peru Cajamarca decaf; local specialty roaster; EA decaf; roast date 2026-06-26
Dose and water mass: 15.0 g coffee; 240 g water
Temperature and water profile: 94°C; filtered tap water, about 85 ppm TDS
Pour/agitation schedule: 52 g bloom for 40 s, then three pours; no stirring after bloom
Drawdown time: 2:35
Expected and perceived flavour: expected caramel and stone fruit; perceived cup is sweet but slightly muddy
Changes already tested: changed grind one step coarser; kept everything else fixed

Putting this here mostly so I can find it again, but also because I would like other people to try it and tell me where it breaks. The recipe is simple enough that I have now repeated it more than once, which is already progress.

[Quiet Stacks]

The cleanup detail matters more than reviews admit. A tool used every day gets judged in the sink as much as in the cup.

[Safety 81]

This is exactly the kind of note I want in a forum: date, setup, what changed, and what happened. Future searchers can do something with it.

[Tomas on Tour]

The bean is innocent until proven overextracted.

[Coldwater Knots]

This is exactly the kind of note I want in a forum: date, setup, what changed, and what happened. Future searchers can do something with it.

[Seed-Saver]

I am less convinced by the flavour claim than the workflow claim, but that may be because my water is different.

[Lentil-Seamstress]

That tracks with my experience. The useful part is that you wrote down what stayed fixed, so somebody else can actually test it.

[Lentil-Seamstress]

I am less convinced by the flavour claim than the workflow claim, but that may be because my water is different.

[Coldwater Knots]

This is exactly the kind of note I want in a forum: date, setup, what changed, and what happened. Future searchers can do something with it.

[Wrench And Jab]

The cleanup detail matters more than reviews admit. A tool used every day gets judged in the sink as much as in the cup.

[Recipe Attic]

The cleanup detail matters more than reviews admit. A tool used every day gets judged in the sink as much as in the cup.

[Fermenter]

I support this experiment mainly because it does not require buying another shiny cylinder.

[Quiet Stacks]

That tracks with my experience. The useful part is that you wrote down what stayed fixed, so somebody else can actually test it.

[Wrench And Jab]

That tracks with my experience. The useful part is that you wrote down what stayed fixed, so somebody else can actually test it.

[Recipe Attic]

That tracks with my experience. The useful part is that you wrote down what stayed fixed, so somebody else can actually test it.

[Safety 81]

Every hobby eventually becomes labelled freezer bags, apparently.

[Tomas on Tour]

That tracks with my experience. The useful part is that you wrote down what stayed fixed, so somebody else can actually test it.

[Seed-Saver]

I am less convinced by the flavour claim than the workflow claim, but that may be because my water is different.

[Fermenter]

I would keep the current recipe for another two brews before changing anything. One good cup can be luck; three similar cups is information.

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