FAQ

Hi Alan, I'm a huge fan of the Aeropress! I work for Stumptown Coffee Roasters in Portland and brew myself multiple cups a day. I am constantly preaching about how its the best coffee maker that ever existed. Anyway…. I have a strong desire to cut an Aeropress down to the bare minimum size possible. I am thinking just above the "2" on the brew half and just above the "1" on the plunger. Have you ever tried such a thing? Do you have any recommendations on the best device to use to cut an Aeropress? Your thoughts would be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much for your wonderful work! – From Tom G.

I strongly recommend against shortening the chamber. Towards the end of a pressing, the plunger is pushing air through the grounds and extracting flavorful brew. If you shorten the chamber, there will be less air pushed through the grounds and they will be soggy, leaving a lot of tasty brew in the soggy grounds. Incidentally, the amount of brew left is the AeroPress "puck" is about equal to the weight of the dry grounds. The amount of brew left in used pour-over grounds is about twice the weight of the dry grounds. So the AeroPress delivers more good brew to the cup.