@ymeng85,
I love the AP because i don't like brewing the beans for too long.
I do my best to keep my brews under 2:00. Been working hard to keep the timing consistent, then i'll fine-tune the grind (more/less water, higher/lower temp, etc) to get to the beans' "sweet spot", so to speak.
Thus far, i'm happy with the paper filter, let's hope the filter i ordered works as great!

The electric drill thing was just a hypothesis i came up with. I believe it is quite doable, provided you go slow. You don't want go too fast and end up shattering the burr or melting the plastic body.
With that being said, i'm currently happy with cranking it with my hands.
Though, i try to crank as quickly and as carefully as i could, since beans can lose flavor really quick upon grinding.

What's your normal click setting for your grinder?
I'm pretty happy with 7-8 from closed position on the Mini Mill.

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This post has been edited by utraben: Feb 11 2016, 05:44 PM

There's been some talk on other coffee forums about the electric drill hack; in fact, I think you can find a YouTube or two on the subject matter.

I was at a home appliance shop yesterday to look for an air-con; and came across a Kenwood citrus juicer for just over RM100. I would think this motor would be a better "fit" in terms of torque and speed to drive the manual grinder. Need to figure out how to adapt the motor to the grinder though.....maybe rig together a couple of universal socket wrench adapters back to back.

I'm roughly at 7 clicks too (changes each time i disassemble for cleaning ) but I'm surprise you could get away with 2min brew time. It brings out a bitter finish for me when I do that. I usually go with 1min brew time, press and done by 1:30
Is yours including press time?

My brew recipe is more like yours ymeng85:

- inverted, warmed
- 10 sec pre-infusion with just enough room temperature water to cover 24gm of grounds; stir to ensure saturation & cater for bloom
- pour to brim with 85c; stir once or twice (sometimes)
- 1 min brew, 30 sec press

Need to check on the Skerton setting, but because it's a different grinder, may not equate to yours.

24g of grounds is alot! Inverted + poured to top at most is around 250-260gm water. Thats a 1:11 ratio, quite high of grounds to water
For fruity, acidity notes, I like to keep at 16-18grams

I lean higher to 86-88C water nowadays especially on lighter roasts

@ymeng85,

My brew recipe is as follows (ideas taken from Lukas Zahradnik's winning brew):
- 15g beans, pour 200g water in mug and let it sit for about 2-3 mins (i normally grind my beans right after i pour the water). Place filter in cap and rinse with hot water separately.
- inverted AP, pour just enough water to cover the grounds, let bloom for 30s
- 15s turbulent wiggle
- fill the rest of the water in
- put cap on and press for 45s.

1:30 brew time.
The water is ideally 80º, but i don't have a thermometer at the moment.


But of course, this is not to be taken as a gospel of sorts.
Different beans and equipment (even the water you use!) can affect the final taste.
Tweak as you'd like (more bean, hotter water, coarser grind, etc etc)

This post has been edited by AzrinRain: Feb 12 2016, 01:12 PM

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Right on Azrin. Thats the reason why we try to compare notes as much as possible cos the combinations are endless!
You're on a lower water temp so that may be the reason. I'll give your recipe a spin next week and see how it goes

whao, didn't know there's such a big group of aeropress user here
My AP is on bench since I got nomad about 2yr ago, now can't live without creama ahahaha... btw, anyone here do latte art with battery frother? I been practice with those cheap battery operated frother for 2yr ... only can do very simple 1, got any tips to share ar?

Also, what beans you use for your latte? I love Sumantra Mandheling, but last month I tried Columbia Supremo also not bad.

Good day!
Does anyone know where i could buy a good digital thermometer?
Budget is RM50.
Brick-and-mortar preferred over online.

Looking at Lazada and found this Sanwood thermometer, but dang it takes 3-4 weeks of shipping!

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This post has been edited by ASAP: Feb 14 2016, 11:45 PM

I got mine from a baking supplies shop (Bagus; it's a big chain with a number of branches). Looks like this one on Lelong.com.my but very sure it was less than RM50.

Sweeet, thanks Low!
Will give it a shot tomorrow.
Is the thermometer reliable?
I mean, is it consistently accurate?

Hmmm... tough to answer. It has a 0.1 degree readout, but that doesn't mean anything. I had tested using crushed ice in water (to get as close to 0 C) and boiling water (100C); seemed accurate to 1C.

UPDATE: In the interest of being thoroughly geeky, I just measured body temperature (palm of my hand) using two thermometers simultaneously; the baking one and a basal thermometer (in case you don't know, these are clinical thermometers accurate to 0.01 degrees, meant to track ovulation cycles) baking one read 36.0C while the basal read 35.81C. Sorry but I can't test it at the 65C to 90C range as it would fry the basal.

Haha. Geeky indeed. I think k-type thermocouple have come a long way and definitely reliable up till 1C accuracy. Only lacking is the response speed. You will have to give it some time to catch up to actual temps

That's interesting, i keep reading that RTD (and some thermistor) types are said to perform better than thermocouple.

This post has been edited by AzrinRain: Feb 15 2016, 08:09 AM

If you want to go total geek (and also blow your thermometer budget by a couple of hundred) you can get an Arduino, a thermistor and calibrate yourself.

This can then act as the core of an Arduino-based coffee brewing rig.

At which point I will have to bow in your presence (I'm not worthy! I'm not worthy!!).....

I may be a coffee geek, but i don't think i'm capable of more than that, hahaha!

RTD is way more accurate (to the multiple decimal points) but for filter brewing i think it's fine to err by 1-2 degress
Thermocouples are ~1-2C accuracy or 0.4% of your measuring range

Cost and availability wise, thermocouple versions are easier to get too

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermocouple#...arison_of_types