WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:05.920 The AeroPress is one of the best inventions of the past quarter century. 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:09.840 And I know that that sounds like a lot, but it does everything so perfectly. 00:00:07.600 --> 00:00:12.800 From its durable plastic construction to the exact length of the stir stick 00:00:11.440 --> 00:00:18.400 that's allows you to stir your coffee without disrupting your filter, it is 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:23.199 basically flawless. So, what is there to possibly improve in a premium version? 00:00:21.520 --> 00:00:27.680 Well, that's what we're here to find out. The AeroPress Premium. It's just 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:31.920 like the AeroPress you know and love, but premium. What makes it premium? 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.920 Well, apparently it does the exact same thing using the exact same patented 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:41.440 processes of the original AeroPress, but now it's an aluminum stainless steel and 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:45.280 doublewalled boro silicut glass, which is actually pretty cool. For those of 00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:49.840 you who don't know, boroyicut is uh like the capital all caps Pyrex, which is 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:54.719 super durable and handles heat shock really well. Lowercase Pyrex is a lime 00:00:52.559 --> 00:00:59.039 glass and it sucks. I will say that this is some premium presentation. We got 00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:05.920 magnets on the box. And once we remove a piece of foam, pull out our manual, we 00:01:02.199 --> 00:01:08.000 get the Aerop Press in all of its glory. 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:13.280 I thought it was broken for a second. This is just a tag. And it looks nice. 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:16.960 Like I I do appreciate that. And oh my gosh, it's heavy. It comes with a bunch 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:20.560 of filters. I'm not sure the exact number, but it's a plenty. We get a nice 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:24.640 stainless steel filter cap. And that's pretty much everything that is in the 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:28.400 box is right here. It looks very nice. And apparently it's handmade glass. I 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:32.640 don't really know what that means, but I one would hope that if you're going to be mass- prodducing a cylindrical 00:01:31.119 --> 00:01:35.680 object, you'd want make it from a mold. But they do ask you to place gently on 00:01:34.320 --> 00:01:40.400 countertop. There might be some variations. And it is handwash only. 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:43.840 Wow. Interesting. All of those don't sound like features. They sound like 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:48.479 inconveniences that I didn't have to deal with on my old classic Aerop Press. 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:52.799 In the top, we have our scoop for our coffee as well as our stir stick, which 00:01:51.360 --> 00:02:00.640 do you see how it's like kind of pressed in like that? That kind of seems less premium to 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:04.159 me. Um, while I don't mind that it gives a little bit of extra grip at the top, 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:08.640 the fact that it's just like they use this to give it extra durability to 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:13.040 prevent it from bending, but it's not it's still very thin piece, but it feels 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:17.840 a little underbaked. Same thing when you look at this uh with this scoop. If you 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:22.560 can look closely, you can see that there's welds there. While probably it's 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:27.360 plenty enough for the use case of this, which is scooping coffee, it just looks 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:30.160 not very premium. I have measuring cups that look nicer than this, especially 00:02:28.640 --> 00:02:36.400 even ones that use metal stamping on the back to get the actual bond done instead 00:02:33.160 --> 00:02:39.680 of a a weld. So far, I'm not super 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:42.480 impressed, but I do love the look of it. 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:46.560 Uh, inside we have the plunger. I feel like I've gotten into this without 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:50.000 really talking about what the an Aerop press even is. And Belle rushed me. 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:55.200 Let's take it back a second. What the hell is an AeroPress? The AeroPress is a 00:02:52.400 --> 00:03:00.000 coffee maker. Famous because it was so welldesigned and also very cheap. About 00:02:57.760 --> 00:03:04.280 $40 for the original version. To make coffee in an Aerop Press is pretty 00:03:02.720 --> 00:03:11.360 simple. You take your filter, you place it in the cap. The cap 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:16.080 screws onto the bottom, and then you can place that on the cup or whatever you're 00:03:13.920 --> 00:03:19.840 going to be putting it in. This is the plunger. It comes with a silicone rubber 00:03:17.920 --> 00:03:24.319 cap at the end that allows for a tight air seal so that you can press down the 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:27.599 water through your coffee. Let's just go through it by making a cup right now. 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:31.519 The AeroPress does come with instructions and a recipe for how to 00:03:29.440 --> 00:03:35.040 make coffee in the AeroPress. I don't really like the coffee that comes out of 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:38.799 it using these instructions. I prefer the recipe by James Hoffman. He's an 00:03:36.799 --> 00:03:43.920 award-winning barista and famous coffee YouTuber. One of the cool things about 00:03:40.959 --> 00:03:47.599 the Aerop Press is that flexibility. Basically, unlike a lot of other coffee 00:03:45.599 --> 00:03:53.280 creation methods, you can kind of control every single parameter really 00:03:50.959 --> 00:03:57.519 easily. You can control the heat of your water by using a kettle. You can control 00:03:55.200 --> 00:04:01.599 the amount of time that you brew. Uh, it looks weird that I'm just pulling this 00:03:58.799 --> 00:04:04.480 from a a a Ziploc bag, but it's just because it's the coffee I ground at 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:09.200 home. You take a scoop out. The number of scoops you put in will correspond to the number here, and that will tell you 00:04:07.760 --> 00:04:15.040 how much water to put in. So, we're putting in one scoop cuz we're just making one cup. We'll pour in our 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:15.040 coffee. 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:20.959 Now, I put in more coffee, more than one. That's okay. If you want to follow 00:04:19.919 --> 00:04:25.040 the instructions, you put in the same amount. I like to let it sit for a little bit. Then, I will stir it with 00:04:23.440 --> 00:04:29.759 the stirring rod. So, on top of the premium AeroPress, you can also get a 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:34.639 nice stainless steel organizer, which I think is really, really silly in a way 00:04:32.960 --> 00:04:38.080 because one of the cool things about how the original Aeropress works and how 00:04:36.479 --> 00:04:41.919 this one works as well, as you saw how it was packed, is that here is 00:04:39.840 --> 00:04:45.600 everything I need. It's stored. I've put it away, I guess. Sorry, I don't have a 00:04:43.440 --> 00:04:49.440 place for my filters. And actually, the original AeroPress came with a storage 00:04:47.759 --> 00:04:52.880 container for my filters. It also came with a funnel. So, the original the 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:58.479 original air press came with this. It came with a little caddy for your filters that this sits into so that your 00:04:56.720 --> 00:05:02.560 filters sit under here. It's already part of the package. And for the premium 00:05:00.479 --> 00:05:09.039 version, they took out two things. So now, if you want to use this new premium 00:05:05.360 --> 00:05:10.479 Aerop Press with your travel mug that 00:05:09.039 --> 00:05:14.720 might be a little thinner than a coffee mug or thinner than this, you have to 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:18.800 make your own filter. And it's hexagonal, so it's not going to sit that 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:23.120 well in a normal funnel. Also, you might not want to use a normal funnel. This 00:05:20.479 --> 00:05:26.720 was already so freaking good. Future Adam here. I just found out that they 00:05:25.039 --> 00:05:31.120 don't actually ship the AeroPress with the funnel or the filter holder anymore. 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:34.400 I guess it's a cost cutting measure that happened once the company was acquired. 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:38.960 I'll talk more about that later. And it was $40. Anyways, let's get back to making 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:41.039 the coffee. We're going to give it a little 00:05:41.080 --> 00:05:45.919 stir. I do say it is it's more 00:05:44.320 --> 00:05:49.600 entertaining to watch because you can see through the glass. though you can 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:54.639 get a clear version of the plastic AeroPress. Now that it's stirred, we'll 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:58.800 let that sit. I need paper towel. One of the things I like about how the 00:05:56.240 --> 00:06:03.280 AeroPress makes coffee is that it kind of is a blend between the French press 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:06.880 as well as having a filter. What you'll find with a French press is that it 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:10.720 gives more acidity and body as it maintains more of the oils that would 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:14.720 usually be captured in a filter. The downside of that is that you also get 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:18.240 the kind of grime and the tiny little bits at the bottom of your cup. But I'm 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:24.080 a fan of that extra full body and acidity, but your mileage may vary. So 00:06:21.400 --> 00:06:27.039 now we press it down. So the James Hoppin strategy is if there's any 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:31.120 resistance, just give it a second. You just kind of want to keep it at constant pressure. Some people, if you want to 00:06:29.440 --> 00:06:35.440 make it faster than 30 seconds, you just press it down. The air is now going to 00:06:32.960 --> 00:06:40.880 be pushing all of the water out through the coffee, through the bottom of the 00:06:38.039 --> 00:06:44.479 filter. And here is our coffee. 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So, you don't have 00:07:56.400 --> 00:08:03.919 to wash it that frequently. You can't put this one in the dishwasher. You can 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:06.639 put this one in the dishwasher. Also, something else I have not thought about 00:08:05.440 --> 00:08:10.240 was the fact that there has to be a caution maybe hot warning on this 00:08:08.479 --> 00:08:13.680 because it's metal and you are dealing with boiling or close to boiling hot 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:19.199 water. Something that the plastic handles really well on this where it's relatively thermally resistant. So, even 00:08:16.960 --> 00:08:24.400 if I have like I'm making four cups of Aeropress with this, I don't have to 00:08:21.919 --> 00:08:27.840 worry that much about heat. This is it looks like it's doublewalled boroylicate 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:31.919 glass. So, there is some level of insulation. It might just be the puck at 00:08:29.840 --> 00:08:34.959 the end if you had a longer brewing time that you might want to be concerned 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:38.719 about for in terms of your safety. Outside of that, I don't know what to 00:08:36.800 --> 00:08:41.519 say. I'm just not super impressed. And it's probably not going to brew better 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:44.399 coffee. I'm just going to top this off with some extra hot 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:58.160 water. It just makes good coffee. And as I said, I'm not even using a specific 00:08:56.160 --> 00:09:02.000 recipe. I didn't even actually climb it cuz I can kind of do this by feel now 00:08:59.839 --> 00:09:05.200 cuz I've made it so many times. I have a good idea of how to make coffee that I 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:09.200 like. And because it's so easy to control all of the variables here, you 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:12.640 can find a way to make coffee that really resonates with you using beans 00:09:10.959 --> 00:09:15.680 that you like or maybe beans that you don't like. And you can save it by just 00:09:14.160 --> 00:09:19.600 being able to easily fiddle with your settings. It's very smooth. It's not 00:09:17.680 --> 00:09:23.040 oily thanks to the filter. Again, there's a benefit to the filter paper 00:09:21.040 --> 00:09:27.279 that allows no grounds to get through, which allows you to experiment with 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:30.959 grind size. You don't want a super fine grind like an espresso grind with your 00:09:28.880 --> 00:09:36.560 Aerop press because you can't get that much pressure when you are pushing this 00:09:33.640 --> 00:09:42.080 down, but also a coarse grind will like worsen your extraction. So, they usually 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:45.600 recommend kind of like a medium fine grind. Again, something that you can 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:49.600 experiment with. But how does it compare to the old AeroPress? I think it's going 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:52.640 to be the exact same. One thing to note, there's nothing premium about these 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:55.920 filters. They are the same ones that would come with your normal $40 AP 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:59.680 press. But they do make a stainless steel reusable filter and I'm kind of 00:09:57.920 --> 00:10:03.440 surprised that they didn't bundle that in as well. Sure, there's something to 00:10:01.839 --> 00:10:08.080 be said about oh the taste as well as the ease of like cleaning it and stuff. 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:12.560 Like filter paper's just like as you saw super satisfying, but it is a little bit 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:16.640 more wasteful. It just feels like they're not trying that hard to make it 00:10:14.560 --> 00:10:22.320 a premium experience outside of making it glass and metal, which kind of just 00:10:19.519 --> 00:10:26.560 makes it less portable, less washable, more fragile. This almost certainly 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:30.079 won't break from a drop. This there is a risk. Let's get this coffee 00:10:31.160 --> 00:10:37.200 brewing. While we wait for this coffee to cool down, let's talk about why they 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:43.040 may have created a premium version. For a long time, about 15ish years, there 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:47.839 was no new version of this except for when they switched away from a BPA 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:51.920 containing plastic. Then in like 2019, they introduced the AeroPress Go, which 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:56.800 is smaller and comes with a sealed mug specifically for camping and stuff like 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:59.440 that. But then after years of running a 00:10:56.800 --> 00:11:04.560 company, the inventor decided that he wanted out and sold the company to a 00:11:01.760 --> 00:11:09.680 private holding firm called Tiny. And now they've released this premium arrow 00:11:06.160 --> 00:11:12.240 press. And to me, it feels entirely like 00:11:09.680 --> 00:11:17.760 a cash grab. It comes with less stuff than the original. It does nothing more 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:21.440 than the original. It is less durable, less convenient, larger, harder to 00:11:19.920 --> 00:11:26.399 travel with. You're more likely to burn yourself with this. And here's the 00:11:23.839 --> 00:11:34.040 kicker. So, the original AeroPress is $40. And this premium version, how much 00:11:29.680 --> 00:11:39.120 do you think it costs? Maybe $100. Try 00:11:34.040 --> 00:11:41.839 this. 180. 4 12 times more expensive. 00:11:39.120 --> 00:11:47.120 And what the hell are you getting? flimsy aluminum components, a worse 00:11:44.800 --> 00:11:50.880 experience. It's insane. Future Adam here again. Now, you might be concerned 00:11:48.640 --> 00:11:54.560 about microlastics, and I don't know enough to really speak on that. So, if 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:59.680 that's something you're concerned about, well, then maybe a glass arrow press 00:11:57.200 --> 00:12:05.680 might be up your alley. I don't think it's really going to be an issue, 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:08.160 but it's 100% a cash grab. It looks 00:12:05.680 --> 00:12:12.160 great on Instagram, but I have had this for 5 years. years. I've used it 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:16.560 probably more than twice a day, almost every day. It still works flawlessly. 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:20.560 The only thing I'm thinking about getting for it is a new seal, but 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:26.240 usually people expect those to last around 8 years. Okay? You could buy one 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:28.560 of these for every place that you work 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:34.720 or visit frequently for the price of an AeroPress Premium. And guess 00:12:31.320 --> 00:12:36.639 what? It tastes the exact same. So, 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:39.839 please just don't buy this. And if you know anybody who's thinking about 00:12:37.760 --> 00:12:43.440 getting this, please tell them not to and just get a normal arrow press. 00:12:42.160 --> 00:12:50.160 Thanks for watching. If you enjoyed this ShortCircuit, maybe you'll enjoy our unboxing of the Ninja Creamy. It's an 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:52.880 ice cream maker, but like not. It's weird. That's cool.