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and even though I’m tired, things are all right!
Pro tip: Don't consume caffeine within about 1 hour of waking up. Waiting a bit gives your body time to clean up the sleep chemicals and get started on the being awake chemicals before you start adding to the mix.
There are a lot of articles about this out there (here's one), but they all say more or less the same thing, as far as I've been able to tell.
Oh, interesting! I’m very, very guilty of doing the opposite of that. Making coffee is always the first activity of the day for me.
Sorry I’m bumping a nearly month-old thread here, but big same. Making coffee for myself and my wife in the morning is one of the most enjoyable parts of my morning routine. I guess I should consider when I actually “wake up” and when I start consuming the coffee, but it’s almost certainly less than an hour most days.
No apologies necessary!
that's a great tip, thanks for posting
Aw I have the same cup!
I will admit, washing it kinda sucks lol
Weirdly, I’ve never had an issue with it. The dishwasher seems to get it clean every time. shrug
It must be a hand-washing problem that you are too dishwasher to understand
How often do you run your dishwasher if you drink two aeropresses a day?
How do people like aeropresses overall?
Dunno but I love mine!
Honestly I love mine, it's cheap, easy, and there are many variations of the brewing method you can use to suit your tastes.
Only downside is that it makes ones cup at a time if that matters to you.
Only downside is that it makes ones cup at a time if that matters to you.
I mean, you can make 4 cups at a time if you use the OG instructions instead of the French press type methods.
They're amazing honestly. Extra good for travel.
would recommend it to everyone. I don't use it every day, but there are a million and one ways to brew with it, it's very handy for traveling, it's super easy.
I use it particularly for when I'm at the end of a bag of coffee and don't have enough left to do a French Press or a pour-over -- I have a couple of Aeropress recipes that use 10-12 grams.
Love mine. Especially for cleanup and time it takes to brew. Very happy with it. I have a French Press and a ceramic filter I use once in a while, but if it’s just me the aero press wins over.
Same reasons why I ditched my French Press. Moka Pot can be messy and seems like a more involved process. Aeropress is such an easier and cleaner process.
Making a batch of coffee with the moka pot is really easy, but making good coffee is really tricky though. You have to know exactly what you’re doing or you’ll get mediocre or even bad coffee out of it .
The aeropress is a very easy, forgiving and robust method, and messing it up would require some extraordinary conditions. Making small mistakes here and there won’t be a big deal.
Have you tried inverted method? It allows you to steep longer, thus extract more coffee.
I have tried that too, but never really saw the value in that, although that could be because my lack in tasting skills.
I’m grinding fairly fine (1.1 in the Aergrind), which seems to clog up the paper filter to such an extent that dripping is very slow. I also stir a lot to make extraction a bit faster, so I would say that I haven’t had trouble with extracting enough in the upright configuration.
I usually grind a little bit coarse, hence using the conventional method will drain my water fast. That's why inverted is a suitable method for me.
But, if you prefer finer ground, then I suggest conventional upright method.
That's the beauty of Aeropress, you can modify your brewing method to suits your needs.
I have! although I prefer the plunger/suction method. 95% of the water stays in and I don't have to bother with flipping it!