Was it as good as a coffee made carefully with a French press? Well, I’ll draw a line there. In fact, it was a lot better that most coffees I am served from drip brewers.

The coffee was far from being the awful, bitter brew that detractors of percolators warn about. The result? Much better coffee than I had anticipated In other words, slowly does it.įrom the time the water first perking into the globe, I left the pot on the stove for an additional five minutes, over that lower heat. I then reduced the heat to a point where I saw the globe “perk” once every two or three seconds. And perhaps that’s one of the reasons it has fallen out of favor.Īnyway, I first set the stove top at medium to high heat, until I saw the water begin to bubble up into the globe. This means making percolated coffee takes longer than using a drip brewer. The key to making decent coffee with a stove top percolator is to raise the temperature of the water slowly, and then reduce the heat once the pot starts perking. And I like that, because it means I never have to buy paper filters, or worry about plastic reusable filters. In a basic percolator there is no filter beyond the holes in the steel filter basket. Don’t grind it too fine, or you will get grinds in your coffee. With a percolator, you use a coarse grind. No plastics! Add water and ground coffee to your percolator.Īs with other brewing methods, you add one tablespoon of ground coffee for every cup, or 8 ounces of water. And, of a course, a lid with a small glass globe in which you can see the water and coffee as it is pushed up through the stem.įor anyone trying to make coffee in a brewer with no plastic parts, you’ll be interested to know that in the stove-top model I have, the water and coffee comes into contact only with stainless steel and the glass globe. Just the pot, a stem, a basket and a basket lid. Why a stove top model? Because I wanted to make some coffee the way it was brewed by my parents and their generation.Īlso, a stove top percolator is simplicity itself. Electric percolators automate the process, controlling both the temperature of the water and the length of the percolating process.

To spice things up a little, I decided to make life a little harder by getting myself a stove-top percolator. Certainly, I have never owned a percolator. At least, I don’t remember ever having had any. That’s right, I had never tried percolated coffee before. However, percolators still have a solid following of coffee drinkers who swear by them, and applaud the deep, rich taste they deliver. If you have a standard household kettle use fresh water every time and try turning the jug off just as it begins to boil to achieve a lower brew temperature.Their argument is that the water temperature is too high and that the process of percolating coffee results in an overly bitter brew. Blooming exposes the ground coffee to a small amount of water encouraging it to begin to release it's flavour's before the total volume of the brew water is added.ĭo your best to ensure the correct water temperature is maintained throughout the whole brewing process - this will help ensure a more even extraction. We recommend adding 2g of water for every 1g of ground coffee. Start every brew by initially blooming the coffee for 30 seconds. Purchase fresh coffee beans from your local cafe or roastery, grinding as required using a hand or electric grinder. Lock disk and filter into place and leave to brew for 90 seconds.Ĭarefully turn the AeroPress over onto your mug and press the plunger down until all water and air is expelled. Stir the grounds into the water ensuring that all of the coffee is wet. Place 14g freshly ground coffee into the chamber.Īdd roughly 28g of water and leave to bloom for 30 seconds.Īdd the remaining water (up to 200g). Place an AeroPress filter paper into the black diffuser disk and rinse with hot water. Stand the AeroPress upside down with the hexagonal end facing up. Here is our favourite recipe for making the best coffee with your AeroPress:įit the plunger into the chamber with the rubber seal lining up with the top of the number 4. AeroPress delivers delicious and smooth coffee and is the favourite of travellers and the time poor due to its fast brew time, ease of use, compact design and attractive simplicity. The AeroPress Coffee Maker is loved by coffee connoisseurs and professionals around the world.

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