James Hoffmann vs World Champion Recipe - Ultimate AeroPress Showdown

Was your reaction as big as mine? I hope this made you smile today 🙂 I also want to shout out Wendelien Van Bunnik - the reigning aeropress world champion for this amazing recipe. Link in the description for both recipes.

Love the jumping up and down and waving hands hand in and out showing all the signs of being really excited and heavily caffeinated!😅

There is no such thing as an "ultimate" recipe for ANY food or beverage. It's a logical fallacy. "Good"? Yes. "Better"? Perhaps. "Best"? Nope. Can't happen. Just by definition. De gustibus non disputandum.

YEEESSS! Lol, I love James and I have been using his recipe, which was the only thing that saved Aeropress for me.

I’ve been enjoying Hoffmanns recipe the most. It leaves me wanting a tad more but nothing else gets me as close.

The skit is great! :D

😊😊😊

I think you missed the point of James' recipe - it's supposed to be the best base starting recipe and you then tweak it to your own preferrences from there. It's not supposed to knock your socks off. It's supposed to help you find the recipe that does.

I hear Jay & Sharon music

Daddy Hoff, as Lance Hedrick would say, the current king of coffee. 👑

super wholesome video haha
i like how you were so excited to brew, like it was opening a present

I thought this was going to be a joke video with the huge smile and overall starting presentation here. However it instead was a wonderfully humble and warming video to watch.

James is about causality of coffee and clarity. It’s the balanced, clear, beautiful cup of coffee you’d want to drink everyday. Who would want to open their mornings with a steak everyday?

Haha nice video, I loved your spirit

Overly caffeinated or overly fanboyed? 😂

hand movement is too much. cant subscibe

decaf is for people how like unbuttered popcorn. i get it if ur allergic but if not, why???

When I first got my Aeropress last Christmas he was the 1st person I watched (by coincidence). Now that Im trying new recipes I find everything really bitter.

lol you are moving like you should decrease a lil bit coffee consumption))

I tried Hoffman’s recipe but didn’t like it. I prefer med/dark roasts
Tim Wendelboe’s recipe is my go to daily. 14g to 200g 95C water using the inverted method then change the grind size as the only variable


Idk why but I much prefer inverted brewing.

thx

He probably nut 50 times watching Hoffman’s recipe the first time

Have used Aeropress for over 4 years. Inverted method is POA. Have used simular technique as James Holfman, just say his first video today. I do pour just an ounce or two of water in stir then top off to top and press. No waiting.jLove my AeroPress. I do mix up technique every now and then to make sure I am not missing something., but have found basic technique works great every time.

How come i haven’t seen this masterpiece till now?? Just as i received my aeropress this popped up in my recommended.

30 grams for an aeropress is just expensive.

Gordon Ramsay lil hop and hand sways

I tried Mr. Hoffmann's recipe and really enjoyed it. Will check into Weindelien's recipe next.

If I don't want a bold cup, I drink tea

what's the point to compare 2 different recipes if you're not describing them at all?

wait. put 3 times of coffe.. and that s the difference? 🙄

can you put the recipe in the description

This is the way.

I use his recipie every day. Perfect cup every time.

Great intro! Just curious I was thinking about buying a aeropress. Can the Baratza encore grind the beans fine enough?

Ethicaaaaa!!!

I use Hoffman's recipe but I sometimes get quite sharp tasting coffee. I can't tell if it's the acidity of my beans or if it's underextraction, because there is also a little bit of bitterness there and a pleasant sweet and full sort of aftertaste, it's just sometimes very sharp. But the coffee is a natural Ethiopian so maybe that's normal? No clue, I'm pretty new to coffee

Normally when tasting you go weaker tastes to heavier.

You're summary is exactly how James describes it himself. It's not designed to stand out from 100 other cups for a judge, rather a great cup you can drink twice a day.

Thank very much for this video. Totally appreciate your gentle, humorous and uplifting style !

Cool video, and very gracious of you to give kudos to a fellow YT coffee blogster... I got my first Aeropress today, so am jazzed to be exploring all these options... thanks.

His body language is so Gordon Ramsay in this video 😂

My biggest issue with the WAC recipes is how much coffee they use - ends up being the most expensive 240ml of coffee ever tasted

This was my MOST favorite intro to a coffee video that I’ve seen SINCE Mr. Hoffman’s “The Barisieur” video! Congrats! Super fun. Keep it up!

Was anyone else expecting a breakdown of the recipes? What gives! lol

This makes no sense. Every coffee type and blend has a different requirement for how it is to be brewed, to bring out the best flavors and avoid excess bitterness or acidity. Just throwing coffee at two recipes and thinking micro-factors like a few grams dosage or ten seconds steeping either way is going to matter is foolish.

The championship recipe is a broken link now :(

great idea!!! New sub.

Lol, why are you trying to talk like James?

I have been making Aeropress too strong and sloppy for years. James’s recipe changed the way I drink and taste coffee. At first the flavors were subtle and now I realize they were just drowning before in overly bold coffee. This recipe allows things to come forward and leaves the best aftertaste.
Brilliant video too Kyle we love ya!