by zix » Thu Sep 14, 2006 5:05 pm
Well, cylindrical shapes do tend to be good throwers if you get a bit of rotation into the throw...
It couldn't replace the espresso machine, but it has replaced my moka pots and surpasses every french press I have tried so far. I even prefer it to the brikka, even though I confess I like the brikka brew a lot. They taste very different, but I wouldn't say one is better than the other.
For me, the aeropress has these advantages:
1. Convenient to travel with. It shares this property with the moka pot, but beats it slightly, since you don´t need a heater for it. Hot water in a thermos or heated with one of those dedicated water heaters will do nicely.
2. Wide spectrum of acceptable coffees due to easily variable brew temp and time. It shares this advantage with the french press (but I don't know of anyone makes use of it in the FP. There is bound to be one here on TMC though).
3. The hot water passes the grounds - they do not stay in the cup/brewer, thus avoiding overextraction and bitter taste. This happens also in an espresso machine or drip brew, and in the vac pot.
4. It extracts a lot of taste, and you can make the coffee strong. It shares this aspect with moka pot, french press and espresso machine, and betters them all but for the espresso machine.
As you can see, it is not alone in any particular advantage, but no other brewer has all of them.
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