AeroPress Espresso Attachment Comparison

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In this video, we'll be presenting a head-to-head comparison of three Aeropress attachments: the Fellow Prismo, the Aeropress Flow Control Cap, and the Joepresso Espresso Attachment. We have previously covered the Fellow Prismo and the Joepresso in separate videos, with the Joepresso coming out on top for its impressive coffee quality. However, with the recent release of the Aeropress Flow Control Cap, we can now compare all three attachments.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 AeroPress Espresso Attachment Comparison
02:08 Fellow Prismo Overview
02:54 AeroPress Flow Control Filter Cap Overview
04:02 Joepresso Espresso Overview
04:49 Grind Size Requirements
05:45 Start of Brewing
12:40 Summary of Tasting
Unfortunately, it seems that the Flow Control Cap is quite similar to the Prismo, yielding similar results. On the other hand, the Joepresso has recently launched a Version 2 of their attachment, which appears to have improved on the original design.
I summarize our findings and evaluate the pros and cons of each attachment, focusing on the espresso-like quality of coffee they produce. Speaking of espresso-like coffee, I always get rolled every time I mention this term because it's not actually espresso, but it's not just straight-filter coffee either. If you have a better word for it, help me out here!
Let's start with the Prismo and the Aeropress Flow Control Cap. The Prismo consists of a stainless steel fine mesh filter, a seal, and a silicone one-way valve. It allows for a small increase in pressure and directs the brew through a single hole at the bottom. Similarly, the Flow Control Cap has a single hole at the bottom, which helps prevent dripping during the bloom and steeping phase. However, the interior of the cap has raised channels for better brewing without the need for a steel filter. You can place a paper filter directly on top and brew coffee that way. On the other hand, the Joepresso has a pressurized filter basket inside, which hasn't changed much from the previous version. The workflow has improved with the new setup.
Each attachment has different grind requirements. The Prismo and the Flow Control Cap require a medium to fine grind, while the Joepresso demands a finer grind, similar to a Moka Pot grind. The Joepresso benefits from a gentle tamping to enhance extraction, as the basket is set at a constant pressure. However, grinding too fine can also affect the taste.
While none of these attachments can truly replicate an espresso shot, they come close in their own ways. In the video, I couldn't help myself and decided to brew all three attachments simultaneously. It's clear that the Joepresso takes the crown for quality and performance, especially with its Version 2 surpassing its predecessor. Transforming your Aeropress into a pressurized percolation brewer, the Joepresso allows you to make a coffee close to espresso at home or anywhere with just an Aeropress. The stainless steel pressurized basket in the Joepresso design is the key to its success.
One of the advantages of the Joepresso is eliminating the need for paper filters and achieving higher pressures compared to the others, resulting in a stronger and more flavorful coffee. While the Fellow Prismo and Aeropress Flow Control Cap have advantages, such as the ability to brew larger coffee and the option to stir the coffee before plunging, the Joepresso excels in delivering a better espresso-like experience.
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@alfredprochaska8601 Жыл бұрын

Hi thanks for the brilliant introduction. In my opinion joepresso is the closest one can get to an "Real" espresso. If you want more texture and body from the joepresso, shorten the brewing time and increase the pressure. It's design is so simple yet durable, you could take it anywhere where there is hot water and brew a espresso style coffee with so much crema it stays in the cup after you finished the coffee. It's my daily driver. It's the most cheapest and compact and durable way to get a shot.

@AlternativeBrewing Жыл бұрын

So true! All great points thanks for sharing 😀

@lucashipkins Жыл бұрын

What about "Aeropresso"?

@AlternativeBrewing Жыл бұрын

Works for the Aeropress well 👌

@DahlenFred 2 ай бұрын

Was about to say.

@ggivensjr Жыл бұрын

❤ Josh, this is an awesome video. Job well done, mate.

@AlternativeBrewing Жыл бұрын

Thanks a ton!

@vincentvega53 Жыл бұрын

Nice! Great work Josh, the block of wood made it extra special 😄

@AlternativeBrewing Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 👍 Had to make it exciting 😂

@invens4442 Жыл бұрын

very useful, thanks! australia? cool! regards from switzerland

@reggiehansen5277 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@AlternativeBrewing Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@robojimtv Жыл бұрын

Would be interesting to see a comparison between the Aeropress metal filter, the Able disks and other metal filters like the IMS.

@wildanrosyada7787 10 ай бұрын

I have aeropress lately i find it funny. I seen my aeropres looks like canonically big syringe it as if it comes from cartoon pr something😂, but the coffee brewed from it is no joke, it is amazing👀

@AHB-lf6lo Ай бұрын

I just love my "Handpresso" coffee ❤

@ignisnatura1067 10 ай бұрын

So, in the end, which of the 3 filters do you recommend to buy to get the best show of creamy espresso coffee?

@ccahua 3 ай бұрын

Concur with my testing as well. Joepresso wins by a mile: crema, higher pressure, fuller taste and more versatility allowing for coffee in basket and above metal filter. I have 3, one of which is the limited edition with steel tamper and non-pressured basket. With a finer grind and sitting on a yoga brick atop the plunger with controlled but full body weight, one can leverage much pressure; Americanos rival my 9 bar manual Espresso Forge.

@ggivensjr Жыл бұрын

@7:07 Very funny, Josh

@brokebassoon 11 ай бұрын

In Italy, you typically just see "caffè" on the menu, because if you're getting coffee out it's all espresso. I like to call all espresso adjacent shots "caffè," because that covers espresso, moka, and espresso-like drinks like the ones in this video.

@ilkayertem1332 11 ай бұрын

Hello nice rewiev just i have a question. I wonder can i use difffent 51 mm basket for Joepresso attachment especially non-pressurized basket? I think i am going to have one.

@AlternativeBrewing 11 ай бұрын

Possibly yes! Get any Joepresso V1 or V2 , and use the LeverPresso or La Pav 51mm basket - and you'll it'll work 👌 alternativebrewing.com.au/products/leverpresso-filter-basket AMAZING haha why didn't I think of this before 😀

@ilkayertem1332 11 ай бұрын

@@AlternativeBrewing by this way i can use more ground coffee

@OdPlomp89 Жыл бұрын

'Condensed filter' could be a good way of describing it. It's not pretty, but I think it summarises the drink you get pretty well.

@importantculturalarchive 11 ай бұрын

Imersion brew is the most technically correct term but I do understand the reluctance since you can get as much as a bar of pressure on an Aeropress. It's sort of in that awkard category as Moka pot coffee although I personally prefer the Aeropress to the Moka Pot

@Tristan_the_ultimate Жыл бұрын

Could you change the pressurized basket of the joepresso into a non pressurized one? And will you be able to create actual espresso in the aeropress with that? I guess thats actually worth looking at.

@ionutmihai7632 Жыл бұрын

I also used the non-pressurized sieve, it sounds like the non-pressurized sieve together with light pressing produces better results, but from the point of view of taste, I prefer the moka pot

@ronaldsampath3689 7 ай бұрын

Do you believe that the metal filter, 16:19 16:20 which you used in the experiment, makes a difference over just a paper filter. I do not plan on switching to 17:40

@AlternativeBrewing 7 ай бұрын

You can use a paper filter - it's just not as full on as a metal filter , when chasing that Espresso-like quality IMO

@JamesWilson-ox1kc 10 ай бұрын

Can the Joepresso be used without screen to increase dose

@AlternativeBrewing 10 ай бұрын

It’s more the filter basket capacity then the screen. You can not really fill beyond the filter basket and tamp down- but what you could do is add more coffee on top - after you’ve attached the joepresso - and then that way you can get more in the dose

@alfredprochaska8601 Жыл бұрын

The thing with the Plank is a funny idea but the joepresso is capable and needs much more pressure if one wants a more concentrated, dense extraction with more texture. It's like one compares a horse with donkeys.

@AlternativeBrewing Жыл бұрын

wow haha! it's true though ! Joepresso is way more capable of brewing up at higher extraction pressures, and with that in mind - i probably would not do it under these thin glass cups 😂

@alfredprochaska8601 Жыл бұрын

@@AlternativeBrewingTrue. But it's a shame you won't see all the crema then.

@jsmith1025 11 ай бұрын

A drawback with the joepresso for me is that the coffee is under a filter, so there's a maximum amount

@kirutrailic8227 8 ай бұрын

Did you try to tamp coffee in Fellow Prismo and AeroPress Flow Control (similar like in Joepresso)? Original recipe makes weaker coffee than you tamp it. I'm interested in this comparsion...

@AlternativeBrewing 8 ай бұрын

Oohhh m, you’re right- no I didn’t tamp it ! Will have to try this now

@kirutrailic8227 8 ай бұрын

@@AlternativeBrewing Flow control with 35 microns filter would be interesting maybe...

@zwordsman 6 ай бұрын

random Question...... do these fit on the areopress go? i assume so...

@AlternativeBrewing 6 ай бұрын

most do yes 👌

@mjardeen 24 күн бұрын

I put a paper filter in the Pismo.

@BigTrees4ever 10 ай бұрын

I vote to call it a “nel mezzo” which means “in between” in Italian.

@AlternativeBrewing 10 ай бұрын

nel mezzo espresso ! 🫶 its gotta ring to it

@coreycannon4511 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if you would have gotten better body with the Joepresso by pushing harder. Or both.

@AlternativeBrewing Жыл бұрын

More likely the grind. I had to keep them all the same grind - so it could have been much finer with the Joepresso I'd admit, but then everything else in the comparison would have been off. it still made the better tasting coffee

@rodriximus 7 ай бұрын

What are your cups?

@AlternativeBrewing 7 ай бұрын

These: alternativebrewing.com.au/products/bodum-pavina-glass-2pc

@kevintanaka4351 Жыл бұрын

How about "copresso"?

@andrewelliott1939 Жыл бұрын

A piece of wood? This is an accident just waiting to happen, I thought. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@cepsita 10 ай бұрын

Since I had a peculiar learning curve when I started using my aeropress (and spilled a not-insignificant amount of very hot water) and took me a while to be able to figure out how to press a good cup without accidents, I thought that too.

@c4li Жыл бұрын

i feel like the prismo and flow control are much better utelised as an alternative to the slightly dodgy inverted method. I have been getting awesome high extraction filter brews with my prismo

@gerryhouska2859 Жыл бұрын

Ditto.

@Mandragara Жыл бұрын

Knocking over an inverted aeropress is by far the largest mess I've ever made in the kitchen.

@coreycannon4511 Жыл бұрын

I love m’y Prismo. But I never use it to make “espressoish coffee.” I use my Prismo with an Aeropress filter to make Johnathan Gagné’s recipe - coffee ground to Moka fineness . It’s really a high extraction filter coffee vs a strong “half strength” espressoesque beverage. For a “half strength” espressoesque beverage, I use a 6-cup Bialetti Moka Express.

@mixeddrinks8100 Жыл бұрын

that is exactly what I use it for... the no flip inverted method... I actually double up the prismo with a paper filter ontop of the metal. Simply lovely to use for normal aeropress recipe.

@danielleanderson6371 Жыл бұрын

Also great for tea, which generally isn’t even remotely close to fine enough for upright Aeropress brewing, making the inverted method the only option without a prismo or flow control cap.

@ggivensjr 9 ай бұрын

Call it aeropress. It's like calling Frenchpress, frenchpress. On a different note, I always use a paper filter when I use the aeropress flow control along with the aeropress metal filter because when I dont use paper I get to much fines in the cup. Just FYI I use a Vario grinder with ceramic burrs and metal burr housing set at 5M to 5Q calibrated at 2Q.

@darylfortney8081 Жыл бұрын

Aeropress flo control leaks around the seal because it doesn't use a silicone gasket. The real problem however is the new Aeropress Clear bottom lip isn't machined smooth and will leak easily. Do the same comparison with the Aeropress Clear

@michaelroastscoffee 11 ай бұрын

Alternative Brewing is the best!

@AlternativeBrewing 11 ай бұрын

thanks 🫶

@houceonfire 7 ай бұрын

Fauxspresso?

@Alley00Cat 9 ай бұрын

Regardless of history, today espresso means coffee extraction with 6 bars and up. “Espresso-like” is anything with pressure below that, so we should probably just call it “pressured coffee”

@sandracampbell9822 4 ай бұрын

Fauspresso?

@hermitgreenn 6 ай бұрын

I think the one flaw in your testing was using distributed pressure on every press, when the different caps have different release pressures.

@AlternativeBrewing 6 ай бұрын

Great obs ! Thanks so much 👌 Yeah - didn't go down as well as I had intended - I do believe the results would have remained the same, or close.

@pandats Жыл бұрын

how just aeropress coffee. makes sense.

@elric4957 3 ай бұрын

It should be a blind test.

@korling99 Жыл бұрын

Did you say Joe Prismo?

@AlternativeBrewing Жыл бұрын

Probably 😂

@lightningandcloud Жыл бұрын

i dont know call it filleso filtesso espilter elito esprilter

@bijou2 Жыл бұрын

Call it "Pressed Coffee", instead of espresso-like?

@vincentvega53 Жыл бұрын

On second thought - couldn't you just give the joepresso a swirl..?

@AlternativeBrewing Жыл бұрын

This is true!

@wreckonthehighway Жыл бұрын

How about pseudo-presso?

@AlternativeBrewing Жыл бұрын

not bad 👌 rolls off the tongue

@eyeintheskyakagod 26 күн бұрын

Now I’m getting musical vibes

@Mandragara Жыл бұрын

I call it a "small strong coffee"

@AlternativeBrewing Жыл бұрын

Simple and sweet nice 🫶

@Mandragara Жыл бұрын

@@AlternativeBrewing Also most Aeropress users I've seen in Aus use it to make a "shot" for milk based coffee. As in they'll add the aeropress shot to cold milk in a mug and microwave it. So I think texture is less important, more just plain flavour intensity

@AlternativeBrewing Жыл бұрын

@@Mandragara Nice yeah! I always get lost in videos - when I make and taste espresso - forgetting 97% of coffee lovers are having it with milk 👌

@Buggy-dn5jf 10 ай бұрын

Airpresso, I guess

@tomscott4438 3 ай бұрын

I purchased the AeroPress version. It was total rubbish, and I’m being very kind. First off, it didn’t properly fit. I tried it on two AeroPress, and was unable to twist it on far enough to secure it. Because of that it leaked. And what a mess to clean up. The puck and paper stick and there were grounds everywhere. I purchased it direct from AeroPress and tried to return it. They refused to take it back.

@AlternativeBrewing 3 ай бұрын

Im so sorry to hear that! If your heart's still in it - try the JoePresso 👌 you'll be pleasantly surprised

@tomscott4438 3 ай бұрын

@@AlternativeBrewing I’ve been using James Hoffman’s recipe, and it works pretty well, but I’d like something a little deeper and with the faintest illusion of crème. The JoePresso looks like it might do the trick. Hopefully it’s available in the US.

@AlternativeBrewing 3 ай бұрын

@@tomscott4438 Comes from the US 👍 you're in good hands 😀

@torry2 10 ай бұрын

Would have gotten more texture had you used a solid mahogany piece of wood rather than the cheap pine piece of wood.

@AlternativeBrewing 10 ай бұрын

hahahaha! 😂 solid mahogany piece of wood 🫶 #facts

@joexxv Жыл бұрын

well, can we just call it an "Aeropresso"?

@nikolausn4443 Жыл бұрын

Me think Aerpresso could be a honest name

@CaveyMoth 4 ай бұрын

Pressurized coffee brewing.

@hashbr6wn 10 ай бұрын

aeropresso

@ggivensjr Жыл бұрын

As far as what to call it, I Iiken it to a French Press. So I vote American Press or just Pressed coffee since there is or was a device named American Press, though I don't think is still on the market.

@felix4525 5 ай бұрын

How about calling it Pseudo Espresso or maybe Pseudopresso :-)

@tummy_fritters Жыл бұрын

How about "pressure-brewed coffee" instead of "espresso-like coffee"

@AlternativeBrewing Жыл бұрын

I like it yeah 👌 works across many brewers

@richardfinestra9218 11 ай бұрын

Why not just call it Aeropresso

@zebjacko9882 11 ай бұрын

😏 "PromoSM"

@AlternativeBrewing 11 ай бұрын

Do you think we need it? 🤔

@peterr8538 Жыл бұрын

its Moka! like the Bialetti. maximum a couple off bar of pressure and cofusiengly calles espresso by people that cant afford a real espressomaker, Moka!

@peterr8538 Жыл бұрын

with the added bennefit of "flow control"