Please litter the comments with your experience using this Aeroprecipe! and, leave a like on the video if you're so inclined. all the likes, subs, comments, etc, help loads. thank you!!! EDIT: To go ahead and get ahead of the eventual ill thought out critique: efficiency accusation: if a lower yield cup is less efficient, then what are your thoughts on espresso? I say in the video that you can scale the recipes. You have 20g of a 6 month off roast coffee. Yes, you could make a 20g to 320g pourover and not enjoy it. OR you can be happy with a smaller yield and enjoy it. Or, you could go even smaller and do espresso. This argument doesn't hold much water. I understand breaking a paradigm is difficult, but let's try to! These are completely scalable. you don't need 30g. This is only if you want a bigger cup. The idea with coffee brewing is the brew the best possible cup. The difference is so minute when scaling I probably should not have even noted that as most won't detect it with this type of extraction. Caffeine should not be the goal of a tasty beverage. if it is, then you should be doing like 1:20 ratios on your pourovers with fine grinds. But, it would taste bad. The goal is taste. This is a great option for late day brews, salvaging old coffee, decaf coffee, defective coffee, etc. Give it a try. The arguments don't really hold water but what does hold water is if you simply don't like the taste after trying some iterations at different grind sizes. give it a try and THEN critique the hell out of it ;)

The first recipe that you attribute to Tetsu Kasuya is very similar to the aeropress creator Alan Adler's original directions for a "strong American coffee." About two scoops of beans (~30g), course grind, fill to line 2 on the aeropress with 175 degree water, stir for 10 seconds, add water to the concentrate to taste. Main difference is your use of the inverted method vs standard method. Adler's recipe recommendations get skipped over a lot, I'm assuming because some see him as somewhat outside the coffee circle of knowledge due to him being an engineer and liking dark roasts haha, but this recipe has been my low-effort, high reward recipe for a long time and glad to see it rediscovered in a convergent evolution type of way. Thanks for the video!

I added more than the brew weight of water after the brew but all my coffee friends tell me I'm dilutional.

Just a tip for anyone doing the inverted method - I cannot stress enough that you should not push out the access air uncapped like shown in the video. It's all fine and dandy until it isnt. As many people have unfortunately experienced (myself included), aeropresses have a tendency to have a "loose spot" over time. This will cause the plunger to push up suddenly and aggressively, leaving you with a kitchen and ceiling splattered with coffee grounds at best, and scaling you along the way at worst.

Used your recipe for a bag of coffee 5 months old. Amazing taste. I would have expected a cup like this to be in my local coffee shop. Great way to use up old beans. Thank you!

I tried this recipe with some old coffee I had this morning - it was like drinking something totally different - delicious, light, no bitterness. Thank you Lance!

Wow! I just tried this with a decaf that I really didn’t like at all and had left for over 3 months. It was superb, really sweet and balanced, which it had never been before, only bitter and rubbery. Lance you are a feckin’ legend!

Wow, the results are way better than I expected! This is such a nice way to get more out of coffee that I’ve received through gifts that aren’t my usual taste. This recipe made a very nice cup from some older Honduras coffee that started to go stale in my kitchen. I normally go with super fresh, lightly roasted specialty as a pour over but it’s stressful trying to get the most out of it using the typical methods. This recipe worked out great. Definitely keeping it in my repertoire. Thanks!

No offense but someone NEEDS to make a Hance Ledrick channel ASAP

The best about aeropress is the flexibility, you can do whatever you want with it. But even then I'm astonished by the difference between my recipe and yours. Being used to Brazilian strong coffee, I've always targeted a fauxpresso, so I do 30g of coffee, ground for the coarse end of espresso, 90g water, 2:30, and no dilution. The metal filter helps me push it all through. And it tastes fantastic. Short, but with a thick body, and very fruity, way more than I get on the espresso machine.

I love the exploration! The big takeaway for me is that there's a lot of room for experimentation to find targets in brewing that is very different than what convention might say is "good", leading to entirely different beverages to discover and enjoy. It's an expansion and exploratory mindset that I can definitely get behind. Thanks, Lance!

Perfect! I never thought I could get such a great coffee out of those old coffee beans a friend gave me... Thank you!

I'm a proper noob, my first venture into proper coffee started literally 4 days ago when I bought an AeroPress, hand grinder and a lb of beans, they're dark roast so I'm trying any recipe I can find which mentions dark roasts, I've been blown away by the results so far, even better than I expected, most I've used so far is 17g/220g beans/water ratio so I feel I need to give one of these recipes with more beans a shot too, I think I'm going to be using your channel a lot!

Loved that you distinguishe between roast levels and also gave grind size referenced for all main grinders ☺️ super helpful!

I'm sure like many the aeropress was my first at home speciality coffee maker. I'll always love it

Used a coffee deemed "boring" by my partner and I during a pour over tasting. It came ALIVE in the first recipe here. It gave nutty and bready flavor! Loved it ☺️ I use the inversion method but typically grind finer, less coffee, and longer. I get the reasons for the changes you used, and it's great. Thank you!!

Lance can’t say how happy I am right now. I was away during the holiday and let a bag of coffee “go stale”. I was going to throw it away in the compost but instead I got an amazing cup!

I love that you showcased a high dose, course grind recipe. I typically brew a very high ratio coffee on a finer grind but have tried some Aeropress Championship recipes similar to this recipe and they came out shockingly tasty. Like, different tasty too. I love doing a brew like this occasionally and will probably do so more now with the knowledge it’s useful for old coffee.

Such an exciting video for me, as I AM the kind of person who too often owns some of forgotten coffee on a shelf. Thank You!🎉

I actually have a friend that loves the coffee my Aeropress can make, but he won't have it anymore as he can't fall asleep after drinking any coffee, so this might help with that 😆 It could be a good recipe for decaf which is very bland. Can't wait to give it a try! Thank you Lance, very excited for this!

Tried this with a decaf where I couldn't get the process taste to shift with other recipes or methods, and it worked like a dream. Chocolate and caramel with body, but without the weird decaf taste. I can finally enjoy an evening coffee! Thanks for sharing this 🙏

The recipe for old coffee is great, thank you. I kinda can’t believe it worked.

Thank you Lance for an awesome recipe that helps me use up those bags in the back of my shelf. Super thankful to have a great recipe to use with these!

Wow, that recipe made a great coffee! Brilliant!

Nothing makes me more happy than when Lance launches a recipe right before I’m about to make my morning cup. Aeropress is in my hand…let’s do this. Cheers Lance ☕️

DUDE that's good! I've had some decaf single-dosed in freezer containers for late-night flat whites and have to throw some syrup in there to help it out, this tastes fantastic black

Just brewed with the first recipe for the first time this morning...it really surprised me! Scenario of old bag I just need to get through, and dang. It's texture and flavor is GREAT! Thanks for sharing, Lance! Excited to play with this some more

Can’t wait to try this. Love the demonstration of some of these concepts. Afternoon strength to brew with low quality coffee. Thanks for helping on our flavour journey

Tried this today with some medium roast coffee I bought recently that was a little too dark for me. Completely transformed this coffee. Thank you!

Just brewed up a competition decaf I bought in Slovenia in 2022! It really brought life back into that coffee! Thanks for the tip.

Interesting idea and it totally makes sense. I often intentionally under extract darker roasts when brewing pour over for similar reasons. Increase grind size and the amount of coffee to reduce contact time while dropping the temp just a bit.

Really enjoyed this one Lance. Thank you.

Ever since you introduced us to the sprover I’ve been brewing my aeropress with about a 1:9 ratio - I find it gets that “juicy” characteristic even from old coffees 👍 this recipe looks interesting! Will try!

Really cool! Looking forward to trying this for a half-caf experience

In regards to the inverted method, I've found that you can flip it over onto a cup without putting the cup awkwardly on top first. You just have to do it quickly and with confidence. The Aeropress can sense your fear.

Just tried recipe #1 and it was excellent! Totally different from my usual aeropress method. Thank you!

Spot on, the first recipe is basically how I manage when I visit my relatives

excited to try this recipe- nice video

Perfect timing for this video! I have a jar of stale decaf to use up! Makes for a delicious cup!

Great way to use off coffees, and decafs. Thanks Lance!

This is an amazing recipe. Just used it on some decaf that’s a couple months old. It brought out tons of sweetness! 😮 Thanks Lance!

WOAH. Just made the first recipe and it was leagues above anything I've made on my aeropress before😋. I really appreciate these recipes you've shared for getting the most out of suboptimal gear / roasts. I can live with being less efficient dose-wise if it means I can A) use beans I can get locally and B) stick with the gear I already have. For other people with the Knock Aergrind grinding at a 3:1 got me in the ballpark.

I've thrown away countless bags that I could not bring myself to drink simply because I could not figure out a brewing method that I liked for them, and this worked great for me!

I'm in Guadalupe right now - picked up a batch of locally grown coffee that was roasted darker than I prefer. Using recipe #1, it became very drinkable. Thanks so much!

This is legitimately one of the coolest *and* most helpful coffee videos I’ve ever seen.

Finally I see a video that prioritizes the flavor of the coffee over the numbers!

Hugo, fellow cinematographer here. The b-roll and music choice on this video is fantastic!

This is honestly brilliant.

Thank you Lance, big decaffeinated coffee drinker here. I have a bag of beans that I'm not in love with that I'm definitely trying your second recipe on in the morning!

Always love it when coffee vids make me go undust my trusty Aeropress. Thank you again for sharing your findings Lance :D I have a really cheap decaf coffee that I use for practicing latte art and just sip a flat white in the evening and it's usually a very dark roast so it's an ashy-smoky / dark chocolaty taste and surprisingly with the 1st recipe it almost tasted like licorice on the first sip and is closer to chocolate now with a hint of sweetness without all the unpleasant dark notes. Thanks for saving my old beans 🫡

Tried it. It works. Thanks.

I strangely had two "not great" bags of coffee in ny cupboard that I was slowly sipping through but not enjoying, this has tremendously elevated both, thank you!

I'm so used to high extraction brews, going for low extraction and high TDS then doing a bypass to balance is a fun project to play with, thanks! This makes a TON of sense for decaf, great nod!

This vid is actually perfect for me because I have a 1kg bag of months old lavazza coffee which I've been wondering what to do with now that I've discovered the world of freshly roasted coffee. Just tried the first recipe and the coffee was actually decent. thanks!

Wow. This worked beautifully. I used an oily dark roast that I was gifted, and a light roast strawberry co-ferment. The dark roast came off less burned, and more chocolaty. The light roast was juicy and balanced. Both had a fuller mouthfeel. I used the ZP6 at 6.0 for dark and 5.0 for light. For fun I blended the two after brewing and it's also delicious. Thank you for these recipes!!

Works quite well with the Pulsar, even without pressure. Got rid of 500g of dark roasted beans I was about to throw away but tasted quite nice. Thanks for the inspiration!

Fantastic cup of coffee, thank you, for the recipe, and the braveness to do it differently, and the correctness, to state where you get the idea from :)

Perfect timing! I just tried the first recipe with a coffee that's been going stale due to being darker than I like. As promised, the bitter roasty flavors were reduced, while the bright fruity notes were able to shine!

Thanks for your great recipe It worked, and yes allowed me to drink beans that otherwise will be fully wasted. I just did a minor mods. Putting the lid just after the stir, getting out the air and putting in the right position to wait the steep time.

Whoa dude, I'm so glad I found this video last night. Today I followed the dark roast recipe using some left over mediocre quality dark roast and I got a really enjoyable cup of coffee. Thanks!

I have a decaf coffee that always had that typical aftertaste with PourOver. Thank you very much Lance. With your recipe you can drink it very well.

Hey an underextraction recipe! That’s pretty rare when most recipes is all about maximizing extraction. I was taught a similar technique to brew dark roast coffees with v60 to only extract the front of the coffee and that usually saves the dark roast from being too astringent. Worked decently with stale coffee too.

+1 for the inverted method. I find that doing it this way, the fines are not clogging the paper because they get suspended during the flip and then get filtered by the bed instead of the filter as the water they are suspended in gets pushed through, forming a layer on top of the coarser grounds. Bonus point here is that this means not all of the water is percolated through all of the fines, resulting in a more even extraction. I just love the Aeropress because it takes next to 0 skill & attention (compared to pour over) to get a really good cup and the cleanup is also a breeze. Perfect for my morning coffee.

I watched this when it came out, but just decided to try it for a light roast that I wasn't too excited about in my other brew methods, and wow, this is really good! Thank you for this recipe, I'll for sure be trying it on more coffees. It really highlights the acidity, but in a very pleasant way. My v60 brews just kept coming out astringent with this coffee, but this recipe made it very juicy and balanced.

I received a large bag of over roasted coffee as a birthday present yesterday. Not my typical coffee choice... Now im excited to give this recipe a try!

Had some old dark roast decaf I wanted to get rid of, used the first recipe and it was really tasty. Thank you !

Omg thank you Lance! I received a bag of a ummm.. "popular" pre-ground coffee at Christmas. It's pretty coarse, so makes a pretty grotty pour over. In the french press it was bitter and way too over extracted. My usual aeropress go to recipe was coming out like mud, so I've been using milk to make it drinkable. I tried this recipe this morning and it was delightful. Genuinely a decent cup. I have nearly a kg of this stuff to get through, and now I'm not worried about the experience 😅

Worked like a charm on 8 month old(that’s how I recent it)!Maromas medium dark roast meant for espresso based milk drinks for my daughter. Made in this manner, it became a more than acceptable cup of Joe!! Thanks much, LH.

This video taught me to not press through the hiss of air. I have been getting much better and consistent flavor since. Thank you.

Very nice work on the recipes!! I used recipe 2 and it gave me a cup of light roast that I actually enjoyed! I’m usually not a fan of light roast, so this gave me a way to enjoy some coffees I’ve bought to try and didn’t enjoy other ways

This is fantastic. I've been getting so much sour yield lately and I'd fully given up on this old Trader Joe's can. But when I saw recipe 1, I knew I had to try. I'm getting a nice, sweet cup with a little tinge of acidity. Only had to use 80g of bypass water which was plenty. Any more would have been super watery, Watching videos like this makes me realize how complex the world of coffee is and how little I know. Yes, there are only a few levers you realistically can pull to impact results, yet the unique combination of variables feeing into the formula can vastly impact which levers you should pull in a given scenario - and can often be completely contradictory to what you'd THINK was the right way to do it - and this is no different. Makes me really want to dive in more and learn!

This is pretty much the way I made coffee ten years ago when I first got into this stuff. That was before ever using a scale, or a burr grinder, but I've found myself going back to these ratios on the Aeropress for the coffees I can't get right in espresso or pour over (as well as just old coffees, as stated; a very forgiving method)! Quite fun to see here. ...Also fun to watch the guy I used to order coffees from run a great KZfaq :)

Thank you, Lance. This kind of reminds of that method where you pull a shot of espresso through a filter, pour over the V60, and then dilute with a measure of water to your liking. I’ve been trying this with some of my home roasted coffees and love it. I go with 20 g coffee and 120 ml water. It’s a concentrated flavor bomb.

Now I can enjoy a great cup of coffee thanks to you merci beaucoup 🙏

Well I tried it Lance and I think it's bloody marvellous.

I love the body the aeropress gives. I definitely don’t find the same clarity but the body is remarkable. I’ve been using a dilution method for a couple years now I stole from some competition (don’t remember which) but it’s basically 16g coffee and 165g water in the press then diluted with 80g water. It’s fantastic

I just got the aeropress and i absolutely love it!!! The best brewer ever!! I got the aetomatic app . So many recipes and grind sizes for every grinder made basically. Great video lance

Aeropress is my go to for regular coffee. Like it much better than pour over

Love this for dark roast. Not a fan of dark roast but some roasters idea of a medium is wild. Have been using this technique on the daily. Thanks!

Great information Lance!

Best way to use up old coffee honestly. Just did a similar ish technique with my clever dripper (didn't have my aeropress on hand) and had a great cup with 5 months old coffee.

The oldest coffee i had not frozen was about 10 weeks - it was a filter blend from Square Mile that was stored in an airscape jar - I tried the 30grm recipe for older coffee - the only difference to Lance was the use of an Aesir filter. I diluted with 80grms initially, and there was a touch of sourness. However, a further 10grms of water remedied this, and i enjoyed a lovely fruit forward cup with a pleasant acidity, full body and a lingering finish - nice Great job, Lance - Really interesting to try these quite different approaches to get the best from a coffee. I'm looking forward to trying some more experimenting with this method 😊

I've been trying to drink black coffee this week and changing a variable each morning to make it not taste sour with no success. I tried your light roast alternative and was surprised that the coffee was much more tolerable. Thanks for sharing and I will keep trying to make that perfect cup for me!

Just tried this recipe (the first one) this morning with a medium roast coffee I wasn't a huge fan of. Best cup I've had in weeks. Excited to try these again!

Just tried method 1. Was a bit skeptical as that’s a lot of coffee for a small amount of water but the result is superb. Smooth as silk. Bra you’ve done it again,,

Thank you for this recipe. I have a weirdly bitter light roasted coffee, and as you said next to no bitterness (i used the first 30g method)

I tried recipe 1 on old dark-roasted coffee. Worked brilliantly.

Did the first recipe with a 2 month old anaerobic natural from Costa Rica. Great result and amazing flavour with no astringency really. I ran my coffee through a kruve before hand to weed out and micro fines 200nm. Over poured by 15 g 🤷

awesome, this recipes helped me with some of the coffees which I usually do not like. Especially here in Portugal were the majority of coffee beans is rather low quality and almost always way over roasted. Thanks a lot for this, a live saver video.

Works well with grocery store coffee roasts too! Thanks Lance.

I just did the 1st recipe, had an old Washed Gesha. I did this in the Aeropress XL by: 1. 1:4 of 240g= 60g of coffee 2. Timemore 078 - Setting 12 3. Poured 240 of water at 80°c 4. Stirred and plunged after 1 min. 5. Removed the Aeropress and poured 160g of water for a total of 400g This truly delivers. I never doubt you, but maaaan. I can taste and smell this coffee, a true banger 👌🏼

I've got 2kg of coffee that's a bit too dark roasted for my taste and a new Aeropress, so this feels made for me. So far Adler's recipe was getting a lot of sweetness but nothing else. This got me some body, too. I'll definitely be playing around wiht this. Thanks, Lance.

I only had Cafe Bustelo on hand but realllly wanted to give this a try. Recipe #1 obviously. Totally different cup of coffee and I didn't even bother with sugar! A+++ tips!

I've just tried your first recipe, with supermarket dark roast that I've got for christmas, you really came in clutch at the perfect moment, i dont like dark roasts, but it was very enjoyable, thank you Lance!

I like how this is a sensible recipe to finish the not so great coffee that might otherwise be thrown away. I have a Christmas gift for to finish up that is not to my liking and i will sure give your recipe a try! Also i think it’s funny how this almost looks a bit like an inverted version of aeropress inventor Alan Adler’s original recipe which also uses a low temperature extraction for quite dark roasted coffee and then dilutes it down.

I tried the first recipe with a fresh, dark roast from Indonesia. I usually drink these with 20 clicks on the Commandante with a little milk. Very surprising result, more 'fruity', fresher, I also drank the cup black (which i do really rarely) and it was really delicious. For me, 30g of coffee is a bit too expensive for one cup, but as you said, for older or cheaper coffees that are otherwise just not used, it's certainly great and i will experiment with it further, thank you!

Just tried recpie 2. One of the cleanest cups i had but with amazing body. This is seriously good!

I see aeropress, I come

Lance, thank you so much for posting this coffee hack! I've tried it already and it worked so well with coffee I was truly about to toss out. Much love from Poland!

Thanks for the video. Informative.