How to use an AeroPress (plus 3 championship recipes)

This guide is the complete Coffee Parts guide to brewing with the AeroPress and AeroPress Go. The AeroPress is one of the most-loved brewers in specialty coffee — cheap, durable, travel-friendly, and capable of producing genuinely excellent coffee with a number of distinct technique approaches. The article walks through the basic standard-method recipe (right-side-up, paper filter, medium-fine grind, 30 seconds steep, plunge), the inverted method that competitive AeroPress baristas favour (flip the chamber, brew with full submersion, flip back over the cup to plunge), and three championship recipes worth trying — Tim Wendelboe's competition recipe, Filip Kucharczyk's high-volume approach, and the more recent Lance Hedrick refinements. It addresses the paper-vs-metal filter question (paper for clarity, metal for body and slightly more sediment), the AeroPress Go for travel, and the right grinders to pair with each. The article reflects Coffee Parts' position as a retailer that stocks AeroPress products across the range and uses them in different combinations on different days. Cross-sells include the AeroPress and AeroPress Go, paper and metal filters, the hand grinders that pair well (Timemore Chestnut, 1Zpresso Q range), travel scales, and the dedicated AeroPress travel kits.