2021 World AeroPress Championship - 3rd Place

Name: 2021 World AeroPress Championship - 3rd Place - an AeroPress Recipe
Cook time: 210 s
Total time: 210 s
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 18grams of Medium-fine (18clicks on Comandante) ground coffee (Light); 140 + 80mL of 88 + 75C(NaNF) water

Category:

Championship

Creator: Brandon Smith Visit

This is the 2021 World AeroPress Championship 3rd place, recipe by Brandon Smith of South Africa.

A couple of interesting facts about Brandon's WAC experience, via Brandon's instagram:

1. This is my first time ever competing in any coffee competition so I'm stoked to be placed 3rd in the world 🥉🌍
2. Due to delays with shipping and customs in South Africa, I only received the coffee after the championship was already over 🤯 This means I had to use a different coffee to craft a recipe and hope for the best, I'd say that 3rd in the world is not bad at all!

Some additional recipe details:

WATER: 140g @88C + 80g @75C bypass

BREW TIME: 2:00 + 1:30 cool down

Have you tried it? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

Recipe overview

Recipe details:

Inverted

3:30

Paper Filter

Coffee:

18g

Medium-fine (18clicks on Comandante)

Light

Water:

88 + 75°C / NaN°F

140 + 80mL

Equipment:

AeroPress®

Comandante C40 Mk3 Nitro Blade Grinder

Start timer as coffee hits the grounds. 140g single pour in 10 secs with 88C° water.
Place kettle down to the side and take the lid off.
Stir from front to back 5x gently with AeroPress stirrer.
Rinse 1 paper filter and place cap on.
Press until the air is out.
At 1:25 flip onto a cup and swirl once.
At 1:30 start pressing for 30 secs through the hiss.
Bypass with 80g water at 75C°.
Transfer into a decanter and serve into cups.
Let stand for 1min30sec and serve.