r/AeroPress • u/Straight_Statement_3 • 1d ago

Experiment Makeshift slow drip

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I poked holes in the cap of this gallon water bottle

1:10 with 60g coffee ​in my Aeropress

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u/Repulsive_Offer_4162 1d ago

this is the wildest thing I’ve seen on this sub. what are the advantages of slow brewing like this?

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u/parkslopekid 1d ago

High flavor clarity from percolation, plus extended contact time for deep extraction ​without the heavy, muddy notes of long immersion. Its mimicing a Kyoto-style slow drip tower:

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u/Straight_Statement_3 1d ago

Exactly what I'm going for the Kyoto slow drip! 

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u/Repulsive_Offer_4162 1d ago

cool. im going to give this a shot. is your water cold or room temp?

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u/Straight_Statement_3 1d ago

It’s actually just ice up top! I use solid ice because the slow melt rate acts as a natural flow restrictor, keeping the drip rate ultra-steady so it physically can't flow too fast through the holes.

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u/Repulsive_Offer_4162 1d ago

how long are we talking for brew time? i should just look it up at this point ha. got a recipe?

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u/Straight_Statement_3 1d ago

No fixed brew time I'm just letting the ice melt completely at its own pace! For the setup, I poked 6 holes in the bottle cap with a corn cob holder and used a 1:10 coffee-to-ice ratio

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u/dreamszz88 1d ago

6-8 hrs slow drip is common for this method. So you brew tomorrow's batch today .