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Aeropress $28.77 USD shipped @Amazon (+$21.05 USD for Hario Coffee Mill Mini Slim Grinder)

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My old Camel Camel Camel alert has popped up, get it while it lasts (doesn't go on special very often).

Best coffee you can have without spending a grand on a fancy coffee machine/grinder.

I also noticed the Hario Coffee Mill Mini Slim Grinder is at a low price, might be worth adding it (haven't checked how much it would add to shipping though).

One last tip: I recommend besides the normal paper filters (that come with the Aeropress) to order a re-usable one such as the Able Brewing Disk.

For ozbargainers with an Aeropress already - what's your favorite method or using it?

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  • Strahany on 29/11/2014 - 01:29
    +1

    Could someone please tell me (or direct me to where I can find out) why this is so good? I intermittently hear about this device, and all the praise.

    My coffee involves the Expressi pod machine when I feel like a milk based drink, instant coffee when in a rush, and your basic french press when I have time/can be bothered cleaning up.

    From what I understand, this is essentially a really good quality and quick french press alternative, or…?

    • ssjgesus on 29/11/2014 - 01:43

      Your conclusion pretty much sums it up. Portability and compactness is also a factor.

      I have one of these and it's great for long blacks. I should have gone the french press route though to save on the amount of coffee bean I use (I think im up to around 25g)

    • lepenseur on 29/11/2014 - 04:28
      +11

      I changed to one of these when my last French press failed.

      Although this has a press/plunger action, the coffee is not comparable to French press coffee- it is really filter coffee - that is the style.

      French press coffee is coarse-filtered, not really filtered at all, by the wire mesh that holds back the grounds, but fine particulate coffee gets through, and the result has more of an edge to it.
      The Aeropress has a fine filter paper which filters out all the coffee grounds, even the dust, so the result is smooth. I like strong and dark expresso-style, and the plunger coffee is closer to that intensity of flavour than the Aeropress. I have since got used to the Aeropress.

      I have always found that the disadvantage of classic drip-filter is that every cup, by the time it is made, is lukewarm. The instructions provided with the Aeropress (which is otherwise a well-engineered product) are, in my opinion, deficient and can lead to lukewarm coffee.
      Briefly, the instructions say to screw the filter cap on and hold the device with the filter and cap at the bottom, add coffee and water at the top, stir with the supplied plastic paddle, and then attach the rubber-ended plunger piston and press. Two things are wrong with this:
      (a) the plastic paddle is a massive chunk of plastic whose insertion into the hot liquid drains too much heat out; I ignore the paddle and use a fine wooden stick that you use to test whether a cake is cooked;
      and
      (b) Inserting the piston downwards inevitably traps air which gets blown through the filter paper towards the end of the downward stroke, and this also removes heat. I prefer to use the "inverted" method which is not mentioned by the manufacturer, where you start with the piston on the bench, rubber end upwards, attach the cylinder over the piston, and then add coffee and water and stir with the low thermal-inertia stick. Then you can put the filter paper in the end cap, use a drop of water on the filter paper as surface-tension "glue" to hold the paper to the cap, invert the cap and screw it on the top of the cylinder, and then, hypodermic needle-style, gently press the cylinder down to expel the air from the top of the mixture through the filter paper before inverting the whole thing into a cup and doing the plunger action. This leaves no air inside.

      I suspect that the manufacturer does not suggest this for legal liability reasons, as there is a slightly increased risk of the assembly being knocked over and spilling hot coffee. This has never happened to me but it could, in theory, especially if someone else walks in without realising what you are doing and inadvertently knocks over the column.

      The main advantage of the Aeropress over a plunger is rapid and complete cleaning in seconds.
      You unscrew the cap, rinse it, and set it to dry. Then you push the plunger down to its extremity while holding the end over a rubbish bin, and plug of solid, dry coffee grounds attached to the filter paper is expelled with a bang as if from an expresso machine. You then run water over the rubber end of the plunger to wash off the remaining grounds sticking there, and withdraw the plunger while rinsing the inside of the cylinder with water. Since the rubber plunger end is such a tight fit in the cylinder, no dirt is left in the cylinder and the whole thing is clean without further work. There is nowhere for stale coffee to hide, unlike in a French press where you have to constantly unscrew the entire thing and wash it with caustic powder to get at all the places where bad-tasting stale coffee residue hides.

      Incidentally, the Aeropress seems to use a lot of coffee grounds to produce the result. My coffee grounds consumption has definitely increased compared to when I used a French press, in order to get the same intensity of flavour.

      • beaudilo on 29/11/2014 - 08:46
        +2

        So comprehensive.

        So true.

      • tanabe88gg on 29/11/2014 - 18:36
        +1

        can't you just prewarm the aeropress (and use this water to flush the filter), and stop pressing at the hiss?

        • lepenseur on 29/11/2014 - 20:23

          I haven't tried pre-warming the press. It's one more stage to do and you'd be soaking the filter (I use paper ones which are fragile and single-use); I haven't tried metal filters but I suspect you'd want to reverse-flush a metal filter to clean it, rather than pushing water through in the same direction as the coffee flow.

          "Stop pressing at the hiss of air" - rightly or wrongly, I prefer to to press the plunger all the way to squeeze all the coffee fluid out of the plug of coffee grounds, which then becomes relatively dry and is easy to expel very cleanly in a plug. If you don't press all the way and squeeze the plug dry, when you unscrew the cap the coffee grounds fall out as a slushy mess.
          The dry plug is clean and easy to handle and can sit in a rubbish bin without leakage.

          I'm no expert, but that's my experience.

        • tanabe88gg on 29/11/2014 - 22:13
          +1

          @lepenseur: Don't worry about damaging the filter, it's pretty standard practise to rinse any paper filter first when making filter coffee. Have a look at some of these recipes to get some ideas

          http://worldaeropresschampionship.com/recipes/

        • ilikeit on 29/11/2014 - 23:57
          +1

          @lepenseur: I rinse my filter every time. In fact lots of the aeropress pros suggest this. Also it suggested to stop pressing at the hiss. If you leave it in the sink for a minute or two it will cool down and any remaining liquid will be released achieving a plug.

        • AncientWisdom on 01/12/2014 - 12:27

          @lepenseur: Firstly you can even re-use the paper filters. Secondly you should try stopping at the hiss, and then emptying the rest to the sink or a second cup. The reason is that what comes out when it starts hissing is very bitter (taste it). I was skeptical, but it does produce better coffee.

        • lepenseur on 02/12/2014 - 03:00

          @ilikeit:

          Thanks for all the suggestions.

          I have tried not squeezing the coffee dry, and leaving the Aeropress vertical in the sink to drain as you suggest, but I find that, when I then unscrew the cap, a hot, scalding, sloppy mess spews out and splashes into the sink. The grounds are completely waterlogged. The water behind the filter paper just does not drain out; the filter paper must be clogged with particulate matter. I can't make this work, sorry.

          Your conditions must be different.

        • ilikeit on 02/12/2014 - 07:56

          @lepenseur: I reckon I leave it about 2 minutes while I do other things, you probably can't do it at work.

          Like ory_zm said, if you keep pushing until the end the coffee becomes bitter. This one of the main reasons why converted from a plunger. Maybe stop at the hiss and then put the remaining liwuid liquidin the sink. Just be quick.

        • tanabe88gg on 04/12/2014 - 17:46
          +1

          @lepenseur:
          1. press coffee 'till you hear the hiss
          2. put the aeropress in the sink, dripping side down.
          3. press the plunger firmly
          4. unscrew cap and discard coffee puck
          5. wash the little bit of bitter puck juice down the sink while rinsing the end of the aeropress.

          I use this thing daily, it really isn't that complex

          Edit: for bonus points, go buy a cheap thermometer and scales on ebay (<$5 each), and take some pride in your aeropress technique!

        • fusion17 on 05/12/2014 - 16:17

          @ilikeit:

          I'd go as far as saying the coffee is superior on the 2nd press with a paper filter (rinse it lightly).
          I press all the way till it forms a puck and dont find it any better/worse.

          Also for people wanting a more french press like coffee, you must use a metal filter to let some oils and sadly, mud, through.
          Still, its hardly any mud compared to a french press.

    • cornbeef on 29/11/2014 - 10:15

      I purely bought mine for hiking Strahany. For years I'd been carrying a percolator into south west tasmania and this packs up into itself at a good size+.

      + a good size as far as americans don't seem to do small.

    • skywards on 01/12/2014 - 10:06

      Yes I have an aeropress along with my expressi but I mainly use my stove top coffee contraption. The expressi is used when I am too lazy to use my stove top and I have no idea where I put my aeropress.

  • richox on 29/11/2014 - 02:33
    +3

    comparing this to an espresso style coffee is misleading. its not the same.

    however, i have one and think it makes an amazing coffee, but i drink short black / espresso.

    a different flavour, a different tool in the arsenal, and extreme portability / simplicity. have one at work (i work remotely) and always take t when i travel to make great coffee on the move.

    the porlex mini grinder nests neatly inside if you buy it…not sure about the hario. however the hario and porlex are equal quality grinders that both use identical kyocera ceramic mills if i recall correctly.

    p.s. i bought my aeropress for $40 from some health store in gwelup WA and thought that was a good price. this is a great price delivered.

    p.p.s aerobies other product - their flying disc frisbee alternative - is also excellent.

    • AncientWisdom on 01/12/2014 - 12:28

      The Hario is larger and will not pack in the AeroPress. Reports also say the Porlex is more robust in the long run but have no experience personally.

  • Geewhizz on 29/11/2014 - 06:49

    Does anyone know of a good price for the paper filters?

    • cornbeef on 29/11/2014 - 10:12

      perhaps best to get the metal filter but other than that you will find them here

    • OZB Al on 29/11/2014 - 14:41

      I've got metal filters for all my aeropresses, if you were on Melbourne I'd say drop over and I'll give you some.

      • OZB Al on 29/11/2014 - 14:49

        Australian distributed is Curtis think he's in Queensland somewhere, email him at [email protected]

      • Geewhizz on 29/11/2014 - 18:38

        I've got metal filters for all my aeropresses,

        lol you sound like me …. one can never have too many aeropresses. I travel regularly but can't convince hubby that I really do need one for each place I regularly stay. He's spewing that I forgot to bring one home, and he had to bring his home from work.

        I'd read that the metal filters weren't ideal, but quite a few of you here seem to be happy with them, so might get one and give it a go. Thanks

    • ilikeit on 29/11/2014 - 23:59

      Lots of coffee shops sell aeropresses. Mine sells the filters for about $5-6 dollars.

      • Geewhizz on 30/11/2014 - 06:30

        Yeah, our local store does too, just hoping I could find filters for less than $6 a pop. We go through them pretty fast in our house.

        • ilikeit on 30/11/2014 - 08:10

          If you get them from Amazon they can only be sent as an add-on I believe.

  • missmelb on 29/11/2014 - 06:53

    I have one and use the inverted method. I don't have blacks but use my nespresso milk frother to make a latte when I have it.

    The coffee is the best I could ever attempt to get where I live and I would say the taste is on par with the good coffee shops.

    The only thing that is a downer is how long it takes to make a coffee with it, it is a little slow process and if I'm in a rush, I just use my nespresso, which has nowhere near the taste.

    • AncientWisdom on 01/12/2014 - 12:30

      Agreed, also somewhat a pain to make more than 1 cup.

  • papagoose on 29/11/2014 - 08:46

    Excellent deal for non-espresso coffee. If you don't already have a grinder, I would highly recommend getting the grinder as well. It's good value, and getting a grinder is the single biggest thing you can do to make better coffee, no matter what method of brewing you use

  • gimme on 29/11/2014 - 08:57
    +2

    Also keep in mind most of the reviews are from americans who don't know anything about good coffee. It's a good device for what it is but don't expect great coffee.

    • lepenseur on 29/11/2014 - 20:32
      +1

      I agree that you have to temper what you read about coffee from American consumers and reviewers.

      Despite the noise made by Starbucks' marketing, the US is the land of truly dreadful coffee. Australia has had, on average, better access to better expresso coffee for a long time. Witness Starbucks' entry into the Australian market, and subsequent withdrawal and closure of all their shops except a few in CBD locations where tourists will find them.

  • Strahany on 29/11/2014 - 09:00

    Thanks for all the help, everyone. I'm sold!

  • bostos on 29/11/2014 - 10:41

    I just had a coffee made by Aeropress. I have it for few months and I love it.

  • mls82 on 29/11/2014 - 11:37

    If you're looking for an alternative to pod machines & instant coffee don't rule out a Moka pot. I have an Aeropress but I have more recently purchased a generic electric Moka from eBay for around $40 to use at work (no access to a stove top). The preparation/clean up time is comparable and in my opinion the Moka produces a superior cup of coffee, although it is a bit of an apples with oranges comparison.

    In any case make sure you get a quality hand grinder. I have a Porlex but at less than $30 that Hario would be incredibly good value.

  • missmelb on 29/11/2014 - 13:37
    +1

    was considering getting another grinder and noticed that the aeropress on amazon is cheaper here ($26.62 including shipping)

    http://www.amazon.com/Aerobie-AeroPress-Coffee-Maker-Tote/dp…

    • guyvb on 30/11/2014 - 11:26

      And that one includes a tote bag, which is not common and I'd recommend. It's a really handy little bag. I've found a coffee cup that fits over (upside down) the filter holder/stand perfectly, so then everything (cup, filters, Aeropress) packs into the tote bag perfectly.

      You can also buy the tote bags separately here in Oz for $7 + postage.

    • AncientWisdom on 01/12/2014 - 12:31

      Good find!

  • Savvy on 29/11/2014 - 13:54

    CCC says its $20 USD…. But link days different price. Has it gone up again?

  • Serapis on 30/11/2014 - 03:44
    +1

    As an alternative:

    Amazon
    AEROPRESS only:
    AUD $41.34 shipped

    Central Coast Coffee
    AEROPRESS + Central Coast Coffee ‘Coastal Blend’- 150g
    AUD $43.92 shipped

    http://www.centralcoastcoffee.com.au/aeropress.html

    • ronorboris on 01/12/2014 - 11:21
      +1

      I did basically the same thing from Central Coast Coffee just 2 days ago! Just grabbed different beans :)

  • slow on 30/11/2014 - 07:50

    I still prefer my espresso machine at home, but love this for travelling and camping when the alternative is instant. It is so light and easy to tuck into a bag.

  • rhys100 on 30/11/2014 - 14:05
    +3

    Hi Guys, we are price matching AMAZON till the sale ends.

    Aeropress + Porlex Mini INCLUDING COFFEE = $69 + postage

    http://www.centralcoastcoffee.com.au/aeropress-porlex-mini-2…

    Rhys
    -Central Coast Coffee Rep

    • Relapse on 30/11/2014 - 14:19

      Just purchased, thanks Rhys spectacular customer service!

    • rhys100 on 30/11/2014 - 14:23

      Hi Guys, I had to increase price to $74 - As our usual combo includes 235g coffee. Amazon pricing doesn't.

      I realise some people won't want the coffee. Sorry about that, maybe just buy from Amazon if you want it cheaper without coffee.

      Have a great w/e =)

    • AncientWisdom on 01/12/2014 - 12:32

      Any chance for a deal on just the Porlex?

  • rhys100 on 30/11/2014 - 14:33

    We put up our own ozbargain deal.

    Details here: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/172432

  • Altezza on 30/11/2014 - 15:50

    Anyone know where's the cheapest place to get the Able Disk? Amazon don't seem to ship to AUS.

      • Altezza on 01/12/2014 - 13:33
        +1

        Thanks rhys, got one late last night. Been experimenting with the paper filters so far, can't wait to try the metal filter.

      • impulse555 on 01/12/2014 - 17:03

        which filter is better? fine or standard?

        • rhys100 on 01/12/2014 - 17:05

          I like the fine because im a sweety =p

          but we sell 60% std, 40% fine.

          STANDARD: Fuller body cup of coffee with a bit more fines. Thicker and should last many years of heavy use and is very hard to bend/damage.
          FINE: Very sweet clean cup of coffee with very little fines to none at all. It is thinner (1/3 of the Standard) and should be handled with care as bending/damage is more likely.

          I think we do sell more STD because it does say the fine break more easily…

        • impulse555 on 06/12/2014 - 14:48

          @rhys100:

          Thanks I ordered an aeropress combo on your website. Looking forward to it.

  • snapper on 01/12/2014 - 02:01

    Is there any way to get free shipping from Amazon? Or is it because we are outside USA that we don't get free shipping?

  • pennae on 13/12/2014 - 10:13

    Merry Christmas all! My gift to myself this year was the Aeropress, with the tote bag, following all of your advice above. I used the Amex Amazon shipping deal and chose Amex as my payment method first but then paid with vouchers (purchased with 28 Degrees MC) so that I didn't get hit by the Amex conversion fee. I feel like a true Ozbargainer :) There's also a code to get 25% off any book - so great deal! I now have books to read whilst sipping my coffee…

    Ordered on November 29, received (in Perth) on December 12.

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