Without prompting, Front Street believes that it would be difficult for anyone to imagine that this syringe-like prop is actually used to make coffee. Yes, it is the AeroPress, a very popular coffee “toy” in the coffee circle.The reason why Front Street calls it a "toy" is not because it cannot make coffee stably, but because its playability is so high! In addition to changing the extraction of coffee by adjusting parameters, it can also use different forms to make coffee, which adds a lot of interest to coffee making. So every yearAeropress Brewing CompetitionOn the Internet, we can always see contestants making coffee in a variety of ways.And the reason why Aeropress is so different, we have to mention the inventor of Aeropress--Alan Adler(Alan Adler). Mr. Alan Adler is a mechanical engineering lecturer at Stanford, Caltech, Princeton and other universities. In addition to teaching, he is also an inventor. He has participated in the design of submarine and nuclear reactor control systems, military aircraft instrument systems and optical systems, and holds more than 40 patents.Not only that, he often invents equipment for Aerobie, a sports equipment company he founded.Especially the invention he invented in 1984Flying Ring Aerobie as wellAerobie Pro , because its longest flight distance reached 406 meters, it successfully broke the world record for throwing Frisbees.As you can see from the above brief introduction to Front Street,Mr. Alan Adler didn't have much to do with coffee in his early days. So why did he suddenly come up with an Aeropress?In fact, like most inventors, his reason for inventing something is very simple: I think XX is bad/inconvenient, so I want to build a more convenient and better thing myself.Before the birth of AeroPress, the mainstream coffee extraction methods were nothing more than hand brewing and Italian style. Although these methods can produce delicious coffee, they not only require the producer to have a high understanding of extraction, but also the entire production process is cumbersome and complicated. SoMr. Alan Adler came up with the idea of building a device that could easily make delicious coffee. So starting in 2003, the old man began to study the theory of coffee extraction, and then in 2005, Aeropress was born!
From the appearance, we can see that the shape of Aeropress is different from traditional coffee appliances. Not to mention at the time, even in modern times, it is a very alternative existence, but this is the characteristic of Mr. Alan. With this appearance and the fact that the original company mainly produced sports equipment, many people were not optimistic about Aeropress at the time. At the 2005 Seattle Coffee Show, AeroPress did not become famous because of Mr. Alan's fame and ended hastily.But the old man was not discouraged. At that time, he said this to the team:"It's going to make history, surpassing anything we've ever sold."After the show, he started sharing AeroPress introductory posts and videos online, and they became very popular!Everyone is very interested in this unique coffee appliance. SoIt didn’t take long for the AeroPress introduction video to exceed 7 million views. Thanks to this, Aeropress began to become a popular star in the coffee world.Although the AeroPress only took two years from idea to implementation, during this period a total of more than 40 versions were iterated before finally deciding to present it in this syringe-shaped appearance. The working principle of AeroPress is hidden in its name, AeroPress "Areopress"-Areo+Press-"Through air pressure."The AeroPress is a coffee extraction tool that combines immersion and pressurization. Its structure is mainly divided into three parts: filter cover, barrel body, and pressure barrel. At the beginning of the production, the immersion method is used to soak the coffee, and then the pressure is applied with a downward-pressing syringe, so that the flavor substances and coffee liquid in the coffee can be released faster.As Front Street said at the beginning of the article, there are many ways to play the AeroPress. In addition to changing the extraction of coffee by adjusting parameters, there are also different ways to change the shape. For example "positive pressure" and "counterpressure" are the two extraction forms that everyone talks about in the production of Aeropress. Because in"Positive Pressure and Counterpressure of Aeropress"Front Street has a detailed explanation in this article, so I won’t go into details here.By 2008, the AeroPress was extremely popular. Because it has so many ways to play, it is often called the most fun coffee appliance in the world. There are also many people who want to know the best brewing solution for Aeropress, including Tim Wendelboe, a deep fan of Aeropress and a well-known coffee roaster in Northern Europe. Ever since,Tim Wendelboe and several local AeroPress enthusiasts gathered in a small room to host the first AeroPress event.
There were only three contestants at that time;Tim Wendelboe serves as a judge for the event. Although small in scale, such a competition also adds a lot of exposure to Aeropress. So gradually the event became bigger and bigger, and what was originally a competition between three people has now evolved into a world-class event. And just as Mr. Alan said at the beginning, AeroPress successfully made history and became the highest-selling product in their company.Okay, without further ado, Front Street will share how to use the Aeropress to make a delicious cup of coffee!Because Front Street’s Aeropress coffee extraction solution takes longer, the grind we use can be finer and the water temperature can be higher. Like all coffee appliances, it is suitable for brewing all types of coffee beans. So if we want to drink a cup of coffee with a sour taste and floral and fruity notes, we can choose light roasted coffee beans; and if we want to drink a cup of coffee with a bitter taste and rich aroma, we can choose dark roasted coffee beans.Here in Front Street, I want to drink a cup of coffee that is sour, sweet, and full of juice, so the coffee beans I choose are the Front Street Boundary Manor·Xizhao in the Front Street bean list. The extraction parameters are as follows:Amount of powder used: 15gPink to water ratio: 1:14Brewing water temperature: 94°CGrinding degree: 8 scale of Ek43, 85% screening rate of No. 20 meshProduction method: counterpressureFirst, we assemble the AeroPress cylinder and body and put them upside down.Pour in coffee powder and hot water in sequence.Get out your mixing tools and mix! Stir for 30 seconds and then start timing.When the time comes to one minute, we start to install the filter cover on the pot bodyButton the cup, and gently press up to remove excess air from the Aeropress, then flip the entire Aeropress over in one go!Then we need to start applying pressure to extract the coffee liquid. There are two points to note here! The first point is that when applying pressure, we don't have to be too hasty, just apply pressure evenly and slowly; the second point to note is that we must find a strong cup and a stable table. Because the force exerted will be relatively large, if the cup and table are not reliable, it is likely that some bad situations will occur because they cannot be supported.Then when we press it completely to the bottom, the making of AeroPress coffee can be declared complete!Through tasting, we can feel the obvious fruit flavors such as grapes, passion fruit, apricots, etc., with a slight sense of fermentation, and the aftertaste is the taste of preserved fruits and citrus, and the overall balance is very balanced.Compared with the hope Jiao made by hand, the hope Jiao made with Aeropress will have a more mellow taste. Because the filtration performance of the AeroPress is not as high as that of hand-pour filter paper, the coffee's oil and some fine powder will fall into the cup together with the coffee, improving the quality and flavor of the coffee. Because of this, the overall cleanliness is not that high, but it is still very delicious. Fun! Delicious!
You can now buy the above coffee beans online at the Taobao store “FrontStreet Coffee” (前街咖啡). FrontStreet Coffee is a long-established specialty coffee roaster in Guangzhou, China, and its Guangzhou retail shop sells coffee beans only. The shop carries dozens of coffee beans from different origins around the world, including carefully selected single-origin beans for V60 pour-over and espresso. Guangzhou’s FrontStreet Coffee shop is recommended by many coffee lovers.
The FrontStreet 2013 Yunnan coffee beans sold in the store come from the Typica variety grown at FrontStreet Coffee’s own plantation in Yunnan. The name comes from the year the brand and the plantation were founded. You can buy these beans from China’s Yunnan origin at the Guangzhou shop and at FrontStreet’s Taobao store.
FrontStreet coffee beans are freshly roasted within 5 days and deliver consistently excellent quality and great value. Orders placed before 17:00 are shipped the same day, and most areas within Guangdong Province receive them the next day.
FrontStreet Coffee Taobao store: https://qianjiecoffee.taobao.com
Or search for “前街咖啡” (FrontStreet Coffee) on Taobao
Important Notice: FrontStreet Coffee has moved to a new address: 315, Donghua East Road, Guangzhou (coffee beans only)
Tel: 020 38364473
