2018 WAC: 1st place

Category: Championship
Creator: Carolina Ibarra Garay Visit

2018 WAC Winning AeroPress recipe by Carolina Ibarra Garay, representing the United States.

Recipe details:

Inverted
1:30
Paper Filter

Coffee:

34.9g
Medium - Coarse
Kirinyaga, Kenya (as used in the 2018 WAC Finals)

Water:

85°C / 185°F
200mL

Equipment:

AeroPress® AeroPress®
  1. Set your water temperature at 85 degrees Celsius.
  2. Prepare your filter paper and grind your coffee.
  3. Pour 100g of water for 30 sec.
  4. Stir vigorously but carefully with wooden pair of chopsticks for 30 sec.
  5. Put the filter cap on, flip the AeroPress and press into a glass server for 30 sec.
  6. Do not preheat your serving vessel.
  7. Top up your brew with 60g of 85 degrees Celsius water and 40g of room temperature water.