I roasted some of Hasbean Steve's Yirgacheffe the other day and myself and a colleague at work have been making it in the Presso. Before you even taste it you get the grapefruit, citrus-y floral aroma. Nice!
I decided today to make one in my Aeropress, and much as I love my Aeropress, I could barely detect all those great flavours - I just got a smooth, slightly sweeter cup of coffee.
I thought the smoothness of the Aeropress usually made it easier to taste the subtle flavours of a coffee, but I was surprised at how the Aeropress seemed to strip them out compared to the Presso.
Blindfolded, I could have spotted the Yirgacheffe made in the Presso a mile off. In the Aeropress, I definitely wouldn't have got it.
Any thoughts?! Is it the oils that the Aeropress is removing that contain those subtle flavours?