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stirfrymojo

Help me, AeroWanPress Kenobi

Question

Y'all. I just can't get this right. For years we used a Melitta-style pour over with pre-ground coffee. I got an itch to taste something (hopefully) better. Enter my Kingrinder P2 and my AeroPress. I'm three months and many cups of coffee into this experiment, cups that ranged from "awful" to "yeah, that's okay, but is it good?" I'd give it to my wife to try and she'd just make a face.

This can't be right. I've tried all the YouTubes and a bunch of recipes and lots of tweaks and iterations.

Is it me? My beans? My process? Do I not actually like coffee? Is my grinder cursed? Does the emperor have no clothes? Is it really about the journey, not the destination?

Beans are high on my list of suspects--I've tried a bunch, but the more standard ones include Organic Ruta Maya, Organic Mexican Oaxaca, Major Dickason Blend, and Costco Kirkland beans. I just can't seem to dial it in.

Look, here's what I'm asking for. I know a big part of the point with the AeroPress is consistency, repeatability.

Instead of troubleshooting my recipes, would you give me one recipe you know is just a good cup of coffee? Just good joe. Which beans do you use? What grind? Temp? Timing? Or just, which beans? which recipe?

Posted Aug 29, 2026, 1:29 PM UTC

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