2025 World AeroPress Championship · Champion

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The 2025 World AeroPress Championship winning recipe: an upright AeroPress with the Flow Control filter cap and two paper filters. 70 g of 50°C bypass water goes into the server first, 100 g of 84°C water brews the coffee, stirred at 0:25 and pressed gently for about 20 seconds from 0:50.

Illustration of an upright AeroPress with the Flow Control cap on a glass server and a sage-green mug
Coffee
18 g
Brew water
100 ml
Coffee : water
1:5.56
Total brew time
About 1:10

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Preparation

Water temperature by step

0:00
50°C
0:00
84°C
Grind
Comandante X25 Trailmaster 31 clicks
Brewing water
125 ppm (Measurement unspecified)
Dripper
AeroPress AeroPress

Brewing steps

  1. Start 0:00

    Bypass

    Add it to the server before placing the AeroPress on top.

    Water temperature 50°C
    Water 70 ml
  2. Start 0:00

    Pour

    Pour so that all the grounds are wet.

    Until the next step 25 s

    Water temperature 84°C
    Water 100 mlTotal 100 ml
  3. Start 0:25

    Stir

    NSNS-WEWE pattern: north-south twice, then west-east twice.

    Until the next step 25 s

  4. Start 0:50

    Gentle Press

    Until finishing 20 s

Total brew timeAbout 1:10

Brewing tips

  • The source grinds slowly (low rpm), blows off the chaff and sifts the fines out at 200 µm before dosing 18 g. The grind is 31 clicks on a Comandante X25 Trailmaster with Tigershark burrs.
  • Fit two paper filters inside the Flow Control filter cap. The cap holds the water back until you press, so the AeroPress stays upright throughout.
  • The water is 125 ppm, made with an Apax Lab prototype, heated to 84°C. The bypass water that goes into the server first is at 50°C.
SourceWAC Winning Recipes · View guide

Water amounts are shown in ml using 1 g ≈ 1 ml.

Source review and translation: Pourist

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Your beans and gear.

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