James Hoffmann demonstrates his AeroPress technique with a short recipe: 11g of coffee, 200g of just-boiled water, a 2-minute immersion, then a press. He explains why he skips rinsing, preheating and inverting.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN coffee fans cite it as a forgiving, repeatable recipe that gives good results.
“I've found James Hoffman's aeropress technique to be fantastic though and much more repeatable”HN comment, 2023
“I've found James Hoffman's aeropress technique to be fantastic though and much more repeatable”
Immersion-heavy technique that is more forgiving and repeatable.
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I don't like the stock aeropress recipe. I too found it wasn't very consistent and sometimes gave wildly different results. I've found James Hoffman's aeropress technique to be fantastic though and much more repeatable--give it a shot: this video The big difference with James' technique is that it spends more time immersion brewing, almost like a french press, vs the stock technique that's really rushing you to extract and then percolate with the push. I find the longer immersion brew is a lot more forgiving and repeatable as a technique.
RecommendswindsurferApr 2021
“James Hoffmann has a video on this technique (jump to 2:00 to see the start of the recipe)”
James Hoffmann's AeroPress technique; recipe starts at 2:00.
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Yes, a minimal amount of water will escape but I haven't found it to negatively impact my brew. One of the best things about the aeropress is the experimentation and variety, so I encourage you to try this and see if it makes a difference. James Hoffmann has a video on this technique (jump to 2:00 to see the start of the recipe): this video
RecommendsrecuterFeb 2023
“don't bother inverting.”
Succinct explanation of why not to invert the AeroPress.
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In the spirit of no over complications: don't bother inverting. Here is a weird coffee person succinctly explaining: this video
RecommendstechwizrdDec 2025
“I've had good results from the James Hoffman recipe”
Hoffmann's AeroPress recipe gives good results.
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I've had good results from the James Hoffman recipe [0], although I brew inverted. You can push the plunger down with just the weight of resting your arm on the plunger. For something very different, you can brew something not-quite-espresso using the Fellow Prismo cap for the Aeropress. 0: this video
