AeroPress recipe and ratio
Quick, smooth and very forgiving. Set your size and strength for the coffee and water, then press along with the timer.
1 What are you making?
Popular in Perth
Café drinks
Brewed coffee
2 How much?
g of coffee
Weighed your beans? Type the grams and we will work out the water.
3 How strong?
Units
How to make a aeropress
For small (200ml), at balanced strength. Change the size or strength in the calculator above.
You need
- 14g ground coffee, medium-fine, like table salt
- 200ml water, 80 to 92°C
Method
- Add 14g coffee, then pour in 200ml water.
- At 0:10: stir 3 times and pop the plunger on.
- At 1:30: press gently for about 30 seconds.
- At 2:00: stop at the hiss.
AeroPress quick answers
| Size | Mild (1:16) | Balanced (1:14) | Strong (1:12) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small 200ml water | 13g coffee | 14g coffee | 17g coffee |
| Full 250ml water | 16g coffee | 18g coffee | 21g coffee |
These are starting points. Every bean is different, so taste and adjust.
New to this? Read how to make AeroPress coffee, step by step.
