Dialed-in starting recipe
Starting recipe for the AeroPress
A new bag shouldn’t cost you half its beans in guessing. Here’s where we’d start on a AeroPress with fresh, roast-to-order specialty coffee — plus how to correct in one cup, not ten.
- Method
- Immersion
- Dose
- 15 g coffee : 225 g water
- Ratio
- 1:15
- Grind
- Medium-fine
- Water
- 82°C — cooler than you think
- Time
- Steep ~1:00, press slowly (~30 s)
The AeroPress rewards lower temperatures: cooler water = sweeter, rounder cup with almost no bitterness. If you only change one thing, change the temperature.
The three steps
- Add 15 g coffee, pour 225 g water at ~82°C.
- Stir once, steep about 1:00.
- Press slowly for ~30 seconds — stop at the hiss.
If the first cup is off
Weak or flat → steep 30 s longer, or grind finer.
Bitter → cooler water (75–80°C) or shorter steep.
Change one variable at a time. A starting recipe is a starting point, not a prophecy — burrs, water and beans all drift. That’s the whole idea of dialed-in coffee.
What we’d brew on it
- Costa Rica — sweet, balanced, hard to get wrong on an AeroPress.
- Ethiopia — Natural — berries and florals with the AeroPress’s soft body.
Skip the guessing entirely
Every Adira order comes with a starting recipe built for your exact machine and grinder — emailed to you and saved to your My Cup account. This page is the generic version; yours gets translated to your burrs. And if the first cups are off, Stefan helps you dial it in personally.
Start with your first dialed-in bag →First bag ships free with code FIRSTBAG · No subscription required
Starting recipes for other setups
Breville Barista Express · Breville Bambino · Gaggia Classic Pro · De’Longhi Dedica · Hario V60 · Chemex · AeroPress · Moka pot · French press · Moccamaster