AeroPress

Tuomas Merikanto's 2021 Championship AeroPress

Name: Tuomas Merikanto's 2021 Championship AeroPress
Total time: 2 min 30 s
Yield: 200 g
Ingredients: 18 g coffee; 200 g water

Recipe by World AeroPress ChampionshipSource

@coffeemasterJuly 25, 2026

18g

Coffee

200g

Water

1:11.1

Ratio

80°C

Temperature

Medium

Grind Size

2:30

Total Time

Preparation

Rinse the filters

Rinse two paper filters and set the brewer up inverted.

Step-by-step recipe

0:00 → 0:10Step 1

Bloom

Add 50 g of water at 80 C.

0:10 → 0:15Step 2

Stir

Stir three times.

0:15 → 0:30Step 3

Fill

Pour up to 200 g.

0:30 → 0:50Step 4

Steep

Leave it alone.

0:50 → 1:40Step 5

Stir and cap

Stir three more times, press the air out and cap it. Wait until 1:40.

1:40 → 2:00Step 6

Flip and press

Flip the brewer and press.

2:00 → 2:30Step 7

Aerate

Swirl to cool, then pour from a height between two vessels before serving.

Notes

The 2021 winner, and unusual among modern championship recipes for adding no water at the end. Two small stirs, one early and one late, and a long rest with the brewer capped. Pouring from a height at the end is there to cool it and knock the gas out.