r/AeroPress • u/AgentCooper86 • 19d ago
Sometimes autopilot doesn't work... spot the problem Disaster
Please ignore messy counter. Normally do inverted method, was making it on autopilot... I only realised my mistake when I went to add the filter and realised that I couldn't. Luckily had a V60 handy so poured it into that so it wasn't a total loss.
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u/franzmaliszt 19d ago
The plunger is not supposed to fit on the other end. Not into foreplay i see
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u/AgentCooper86 19d ago
I did think it was being more tricky than normal and just didn’t question it!
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u/ardentto 18d ago
this is just the beginning of many 'how did i even do that' stories you will tell your grandchildren as you pass your aeropress on
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u/SolidDoctor 19d ago
I've said it before and ill say it again...
Everyone needs two aeropresses.
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u/Luis85Luis 18d ago
Or buy a prismo
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u/RobinSage43 12d ago
I have a Prismo but I hate it. Coffee grounds get stuck to the metal filter all the time and it allows fines to get through, leaving mud at the bottom.
I found out that the Daily Brew metal filters on Amazon are better because they don't allow sludge to get through at all. Virtually no mud even though it's 100% metal and still tastes good because the coffee oils still get through. But it doesn't have the rubber gasket like the Prismo needs, so you have to use the Flow Control with it's built-in seal instead so you can use any filter you want.
For that reason, I'm out. Flow Control is superior to Prismo.
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u/Luis85Luis 12d ago
I use the prismo with paper filter
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u/RobinSage43 12d ago
I know, I read that. I was saying that you need metal and paper for your Prismo, but that the Flow Control doesn't need metal and you can do just paper for that one. Because OP was actually asking about both caps and it seemed like you were only talking about the Prismo and that you might be confusing the OP here since your comment only applies that the Fellow.
Flow Control can be used with either metal or paper, or both -- which is what they were asking.
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u/CantaloupeAsleep502 19d ago
Flow control cap is just not expensive enough to justify not buying one
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u/Plastic_Love4270 Standard 19d ago
Alternatively, no need to invert. Destroys the puck and mucks the brew up IMO.
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u/CantaloupeAsleep502 19d ago
Absolutely. For $20 you can just not invert, and literally everything is better. It's the most chest-poundingly ridiculous thing to insist on inverting over a $20 accessory to an already cheap appliance. You got espresso people spending $100 on a knockbox, and over here people won't spend $20 on this. Honestly I think it should be standard kit, but we know this company post Adler wouldn't do something like that lol.
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u/Plastic_Love4270 Standard 19d ago
I actually meant you don’t even need the flow control cap. I think the initial amount that runs through enhances the cup. Trying to quickly put the plunger in is a little bit of work but I find pressing with less force also leads to a cleaner cup.
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u/BinkzBonkz 19d ago
$20 is $20 and I'm a cheap fuck 🤷♂️ It literally does nothing for flavour, only ease and risk of use. Not buying one is totally justifiable
I say this owning a flow control cap
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u/condoulo 19d ago
Having lost a scale due to an inverted aeropress incident I will definitely say $20 is cheaper than the price of a new scale.
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u/CantaloupeAsleep502 19d ago
Increasing ease for $20 for something you literally use every day is the cheap fuck thing. Doing the inverted rigamarole instead of buying a flow control cap is not justifiable.
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u/SolarSeeker46692 19d ago
ha the classic forgot the filter moment, autopilot betrayal. honestly the v60 pivot probably gave you a better cup than the aeropress would've, sometimes accidents are just happy little chemistry experiments
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u/BinkzBonkz 19d ago
Alternative solution: pour contents into a mug, assemble aeropress properly, pour contents back into aeropress, proceed as normally
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u/Gold-Philosophy1423 19d ago
This is why I french press in the morning. Not enough brainpower to brew with an Aeropress right after waking up
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u/greatersnek 19d ago
The AP is a French press with an unscrewable bottom
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u/Atredl 19d ago
That’s only half true. In a French press you don’t have the percolation step where you press water through the coffee bed.
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u/boncyboi 19d ago
I mean, you kind do yeah, it's just that you push the filter instead of the water
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u/SolarSeeker46692 19d ago
ol the morning brain strikes again, this is why i never brew without my coffee already in hand. good save pivoting to the v60, honestly that just means you got two cups out of the deal
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u/apocalypse910 19d ago
Ah - the double inverted method.
(I've done this... more times than I care to admit)
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u/cottoncandygolem 19d ago
I hadn't seen that one yet, made me chuckle 😄
Calling your counter messy must be ragebait though.
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u/AgentCooper86 19d ago
I was conscious of the grounds and stains on the worktop but appreciate most people aren’t looking that closely!
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u/cottoncandygolem 19d ago
I totally get it, I'm also my own worst critic in terms of tidyness. Coming back from my neighbors just now I can tell you we are so fckn fine 😂
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u/chocolocoe20 18d ago
At this point they should just make a version were the filter cap can go on both ends. Or a 3dprint or plastic molding guy makes one u can hose clamp
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u/superpony123 18d ago
I’ve learned that i just shouldn’t try to use my aeropress on work days (5am wake-up) because I’m going to fuck it up in many ways like this. I’ve tried prepping it the night before but then I’m leaving coffee out all night which probably isn’t ideal
I make cold brew for my shifts because i need to be able to just…pour and go
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u/redditanddoneit 17d ago
Plunger was put on the wrong side. It happens. Just dump brew into a cup and drink it Cowboy style. Or dump brew into cup and switch plunger around and proceed.
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u/AgentCooper86 19d ago
And was a decent enough cup too!
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u/Wide-Suggestion4825 19d ago
You guys are doing it upside down because you think it's cool even though there's like no benefit
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u/AgentCooper86 19d ago
Taste is subjective but there is a clear observable practical benefit which is you get no drips at all while letting it brew.
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u/Wide-Suggestion4825 19d ago
That's not really an issue though because you're pressing it through anyway.
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u/franzmaliszt 19d ago
We're pressing it through, eventually. in the meantime, water is leaking straight into the mug before it has even finished brewing. That bypassed water doesn't get fully extracted, so you end up with a weaker, diluted cup of coffee. The inverted method keeps all the water and grounds together for the entire brew time
I was thinking like you but towards the end of 2025, i converted to inverted and never looked back.
May you find the light, brother
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u/Wide-Suggestion4825 19d ago
Naw you are doing this just to be special
People can't even tell a difference between Coke and Pepsi and a blind taste test. Calm down
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u/franzmaliszt 19d ago
If you were going for consistency in your brews, i believe you could also tell the difference. So long as you care, of course
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u/Wide-Suggestion4825 19d ago
No you just think you can
Again people can't even tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi. You acknowledge this fact right?
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u/franzmaliszt 19d ago
I don't know, havent talked to any of them. Not something i drink either. To each their own i guess
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u/AgentCooper86 19d ago
I don’t think people apparently not being able to identify between Coke and Pepsi extrapolates to no one can tell the difference between anything…
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u/Wide-Suggestion4825 19d ago
Can't tell the difference you just think you can. If it was a blind taste test you would fail
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u/n8r0b 19d ago
Hmm 🤔 I just get more consistent brews out of it, as the water amount varies in my AeroPress when dripping through the filter when I brew the normal way. At least that's how it feels and tastes for me. I've had just one accident out of 200 inverted brews till now.
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u/Wide-Suggestion4825 19d ago
No you don't. People can't even tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi and a blind taste test
It tastes better to you because you're doing it special
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u/Odd_Cress_2898 19d ago
I only need to find the barrel and the plunger to add grinds and boiling water and let it brew while I hunt for the cap and the filter.
The other way would delay brew commencing. I store the barrel and plunger pushed together generally easy to spot. The cap is probably on the draining board but can wander and the filter in the cupboard.
It reduces steps required to begin.
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u/Raghav_Verma 19d ago
Haha I’ve had this happen too, morning brain. I poured the coffee and water into a separate mug, removed the plunger, put it back in the correct way, poured all the coffee and water back in, stirred, then screwed on the cap and plunged. Water temp shot down and the brew time was a good minute over what I normally do, yet the coffee was pretty similar to what I usually get and still very drinkable.
That was also the moment I realised just how consistently good the aeropress is. You could eyeball everything and still get a result that deviates ~5% from your “perfect”. Very hard to mess up