How AeroPress Fans Are Hacking Their Way to a Better Cup of Coffee

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Post by sudoscience » Wed, Apr 15, 2015, 2:50 PM UTC

How AeroPress Fans Are Hacking Their Way to a Better Cup of Coffee
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Re: How AeroPress Fans Are Hacking Their Way to a Better Cup of Coffee

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Post by csours » Wed, Apr 15, 2015, 7:42 PM UTC

I would like to "hack" together a stainless steel AeroPress, at least the outer tube, I think the press is fine.

I don't know whether I've been pressing too hard or what, but I've noticed that my cylinder is expanding.

Re: How AeroPress Fans Are Hacking Their Way to a Better Cup of Coffee

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Post by philip1209 » Wed, Apr 15, 2015, 7:48 PM UTC

csours wrote: post #2

I would like to "hack" together a stainless steel AeroPress, at least the outer tube, I think the press is fine. I don't know whether I've been pressing too hard or what, but I've noticed that my cylinder is expanding.

Even a Pyrex one would be interesting.

Re: How AeroPress Fans Are Hacking Their Way to a Better Cup of Coffee

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Post by jkyle » Wed, Apr 15, 2015, 7:51 PM UTC

csours wrote: post #2

I would like to "hack" together a stainless steel AeroPress, at least the outer tube, I think the press is fine. I don't know whether I've been pressing too hard or what, but I've noticed that my cylinder is expanding.

I would guess your grind is too fine. It shouldn't take an enormous amount of pressure.

Re: How AeroPress Fans Are Hacking Their Way to a Better Cup of Coffee

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Post by csours » Wed, Apr 15, 2015, 7:56 PM UTC

jkyle wrote: post #4

csours wrote: post #2

I would like to "hack" together a stainless steel AeroPress, at least the outer tube, I think the press is fine. I don't know whether I've been pressing too hard or what, but I've noticed that my cylinder is expanding.

I would guess your grind is too fine. It shouldn't take an enormous amount of pressure.

It doesn't, I'm just impatient.

Re: How AeroPress Fans Are Hacking Their Way to a Better Cup of Coffee

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Post by mesozoic » Wed, Apr 15, 2015, 7:56 PM UTC

So it's a french press made of plastic?

Re: How AeroPress Fans Are Hacking Their Way to a Better Cup of Coffee

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Post by subpixel » Wed, Apr 15, 2015, 8:00 PM UTC

philip1209 wrote: post #3

csours wrote: post #2

I would like to "hack" together a stainless steel AeroPress, at least the outer tube, I think the press is fine. I don't know whether I've been pressing too hard or what, but I've noticed that my cylinder is expanding.

Even a Pyrex one would be interesting.

I'd prefer that to any sort of plastic, based on my own non-scientific but resilient worries about leeching chemicals.

Re: How AeroPress Fans Are Hacking Their Way to a Better Cup of Coffee

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Post by stbtrax » Wed, Apr 15, 2015, 8:01 PM UTC

mesozoic wrote: post #6

So it's a french press made of plastic?

french presses don't use air pressure

Re: How AeroPress Fans Are Hacking Their Way to a Better Cup of Coffee

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Post by Afton » Wed, Apr 15, 2015, 8:01 PM UTC

mesozoic wrote: post #6

So it's a french press made of plastic?

Sort of. The finer grind, increased pressure, and shortness of steep time make it different. It's more like a cross between an espresso machine and a french press.

I bought it thinking it would be a novelty item. I was mistaken.

Re: How AeroPress Fans Are Hacking Their Way to a Better Cup of Coffee

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Post by Afton » Wed, Apr 15, 2015, 8:04 PM UTC

csours wrote: post #2

I would like to "hack" together a stainless steel AeroPress, at least the outer tube, I think the press is fine. I don't know whether I've been pressing too hard or what, but I've noticed that my cylinder is expanding.

If you leave it full of grounds for any length of time, it starts to corrode the interior of the tube (it starts to look 'scratched'). This can lead to seepage.