You should let it cool before putting it into the “sink drain”.
Overkill is underrated.
Could make a simple stand to protect the cup but I think the modded caulking gun would be much more low key.
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I travel, sometimes, with my 12oz insulated Klean Kanteen and take a walk for some coffee.
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Yup.
Also, we could have the pressure part of the internal pusher on a small axis. So the presser does not rotate (while the column certainly does) and that lifts possible joint leakage.
Yes, this is it. Make the aeropress twice as long, put the threads in the top and the plunger on bottom. It would work, but the threads would have to be fine pitched to reduce the amount of rotational force required, and then you’d have to screw it fast so that you don’t over-extract. or you could make them course, in which case it would be harder to turn.
And of course all this would make it harder to disassemble and clean.
tl;dr, stop whining and just change your brew method when you travel. pour over, immersion, French press all require no pressure.
I guess, but a 12" C clamp might be prohibitive if you’re wanting to travel light.
OK, I get it, you really like your Aeropress, and you prefer the taste of the coffee it makes, and this post is really about your brainstorm of using screw threads. . . but I still can’t help but think “you know, you can buy a cup of decent coffee at plenty of places. Maybe it won’t be as good as your Aeropress coffee with your hand ground, shade grown Ethiopian beans, but it won’t be horrible either.”
OK, that being said. . .
As I understand it the main point of the Aeropress is to be quick, so the hot water isn’t in contact with the grinds for too long (leading to more acidic brew), and a screw is slower than pressing down, so it might be counterproductive.
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As this clearly bothers you, perhaps include a ceramic mug in your travel kit? Or if that weighs too much, how about cut a plastic cylinder that fits around the paper cup and supports the Aeropress above it?
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If your room has Styrofoam or paper coffee cups. its likely because its got one of those little drip coffee makers. Just brew the aeropress into the miniature glass carafe from that thing.
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Man, people are bitchy here. Maybe they need a cup of joe too.
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It is because the Archimedes family still owns the patent.
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OK, the answer here is really simple. You should be keeping your Aeropress filters in a sealed container. Make that sealed container a little Tupperware or other stiff-walled food storage container. In extremis, remove the filters, brew into the Tupperware, pour that into your paper cup, and add hot water as desired.
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Hold the edges with your fingertips and press the plunger with your forehead / solar plexus / abs.
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My coffee brewer of choice is a mocha pot, but I’ve switched to an aeropress following a major arm injury in January. Because I can’t unscrew the mocha pot with one hand, but an aeropress works fine for me. I just need to shove an edge next to a wall when putting the plastic screen thing on the bottom. And I can pull it apart by holding the outside part in my left armpit and pulling the inside piece out with my uninjured right hand. Threading things would make it much more difficult.
Don’t screw this up for me
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I don’t understand the swipe at upside aeropressers here. What’s the “right way” according to Cory?
If I put the empty press on the cup, put in a filter and grounds, I start losing water immediately. I msut be doing something wrong.
As a result, I put the plunger in the cylinder, rest it on the plunger, fill the cylinder with grounds and water, and then while that’s going on, I pour hot water on the filter and screw the assembly together.
At that point, I STILL have to flip the thing over onto my cup (paper or not) and press the whole thing hard- and support it with my left hand, if I’m trying to do it over a paper cup.
So upside/rightside doesn’t make a difference at all in this case?
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To avoid the gasket seal problems, you could have a cap that threads onto the outside of the sleeve, with an inner thread that the screw-plunger is threaded through. The next issue to address would be the tendency of the plunger to cant. Maybe a secondary guide with an o-ring…
“emergency folding polypropylene cup”
I knew my life was missing something, but I just couldn’t, quite, put my finger on it.
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I guess we’re screwed then.
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Ether a bad horror movie, or a bad porno… either way, it’s bad.
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I do it for practicality and disability reasons. I found I was more likely to spill my coffee when I didn’t make it inverted. I do know that my disabilities aren’t a reason for everyone to do it though, and I doubt it changes the taste noticably for me.
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