Best AeroPress alternatives: immersion and pressure brewers worth a look
Immersion drippers, travel presses and a portable espresso maker that do some of what an AeroPress does, compared with UK prices checked 3 Oct 2026.
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AeroPress
The AeroPress and other press-through brewers.
AeroPress compared
Best travel coffee maker: portable brewers for hotels, camping and the office
The AeroPress Go, two Wacaco portable espresso makers, a press-in-the-mug and a plastic V60 cone, compared for hotel rooms, campsites and desks, with UK prices checked 3 Oct 2026.
Grinders
Grind size for an AeroPress: matching grind to steep time
AeroPress recommends a medium-fine grind, between filter and espresso. Here's why, how grind links to steep time and plunge resistance, and grinder settings to start from.
Espresso at home
How to make espresso at home
What espresso actually is, how to pull a shot on a home machine, and the moka pot and AeroPress alternatives if you don't have one, with dated UK prices.
How to use an AeroPress: the standard and inverted methods
AeroPress's own recipe in plain English, for the Original, Clear, Go and XL: how much coffee, which grind, the 30 to 60-second steep, and why the maker warns against inverting.