You don't want to stir it. Agitation increases bitterness. If it isn't mixing well, pour slower.
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I'd been using the cheapest drip coffee machine I could find for a few years. Got gifted a Keurig machine recently and it's nice, but I really couldn't care less about how good the coffee is cause it's a twice a month pick-me-up.
I put ground beans in, pour hot water on them and start pressing pretty much immediately. How freakin strong do you need your coffee to wait for 4 whole minutes?
So I have an Aeropress (highly recommend because of cleaning ease) but I couldn't even wait more than a couple minutes because it will start draining through the filter almost immediately. If I waited four minutes there would be nothing to even press... Have I been doing this wrong somehow the whole time?
You're supposed to add the coffee and water, then place the plunger into the top of the cylinder to hold everything in, giving the coffee time to steep. Here's a good example of how to use an Aeropress.
So that's sort of where the confusion comes in. The aeropress comes with a stirring rod and recommends stirring before pressing. But if you stir it, more than half the liquid has drained out the filter before you can even get the plunger on.
I will try this next time.
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What are you smoking
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Filtering your coffee through a paper filter removes the cafestol.
Cafestol makes coffee “bad” for you.
Cafestol is not really that well studied, and at least in rats it's an anticarcinogen.
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