Moka Pot Style Coffee with Your AeroPress Coffee Maker

Step 1

Heat water to desired temperature (I recommend 198-200°F/92-93°C for a medium roast and 201-203°F/94°C-95°C for a light roast.)

Step 2

Add the coffee to the brew chamber, then pour in the hot water up to the number Gently stir 5 times.

Step 3

Insert the plunger into the top of the AeroPress chamber to a depth of about half an inch or 2 centimeters. This allows you to keep the ground coffee in contact with the water for as long as you like. (This good tip was suggested to me by my dear friend Luciano, who works for Nowhere, a cool specialty coffee shop in Milan.) If you have an AeroPress Original, AeroPress Clear, or AeroPress Go coffee maker, you can use the AeroPress Flow Control Filter Cap attachment to extend your brewing time!

Step 4

After one minute, start to press gently. If you use a medium roast, you can start pressing sooner than that.

Step 5

Note: The most important differences between coffee brewed via moka pot and coffee brewed via AeroPress coffee makers concerns the length of brew time and how clean the resulting coffee is. You will spend less time making a cup of coffee with an AeroPress coffee maker, and you will always get a cleaner cup than you get when brewing with a moka pot!