The Real Sprometheus — Pourover
What happens if you don't press your AeroPress? It may sound crazy, but you can actually use it to make a pourover coffee — and it works really well.
Brew spec
- Method
- Upright
- Cup type
- Pourover
- Coffee
- 15 g
- Water
- 240 g
- Temperature
- 100°C
- Ratio
- —
- Grind size
- Coarse
- Brew time
- 1:16
- Steps
- 6
Grind converter
Coarse · ~900 µmGrinds ~0–1090 µm
Recommended setting
32
dial setting
Settings are approximate community estimates. Use them as a starting point, then taste: more bitter → go coarser, more sour → go finer.
Brew this recipe hands-free
The assistant reads The Real Sprometheus's brew steps aloud, one at a time, with a randomly selected background loop running throughout the brew.
Current phase
Setup
15 g coffee · 240 g water
Place a paper filter in the cap and rinse with hot water.
Press play to start. A randomly selected coffee-room loop plays throughout the brew while the coach speaks each instruction over it.
Ingredients
- 15 grams of ground coffee
- 240 grams of 100ºC water
How to brew
- 1
Place a paper filter in the cap and rinse with hot water.
- 2
Add 15 g of ground coffee to the brew chamber. Give it a shake to even out the grounds.
- 3
Pour 240 g of hot water over the grounds.
- 4
Give it a stir and let the water drip through.
- 5
Once the water level hits about level 1 on the chamber, give the AeroPress a quick swirl.
- 6
Remove the AeroPress once the water level hits the grounds.