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Hybrid & Air-pressure

Hybrid brewers combine immersion and filtration, and sometimes gentle air pressure. The AeroPress is the most famous; switch-valve drippers such as the Hario Switch let you steep and then drain through a paper filter. They are versatile, travel-friendly and ideal for experimenting.

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What is a hybrid coffee brewer?

A hybrid coffee brewer combines steeping (immersion) with filtering, and sometimes with gentle pressure. The AeroPress steeps coffee then uses air pressure to push it through a paper filter; a Hario Switch steeps then drains through a cone. They are versatile and easy to fine-tune.

Entries in this chapter

  1. No. 052AeroPressUnited States · BeginnerTo make AeroPress coffee, put a paper filter in the cap and the AeroPress on a mug, add 11 g of medium-fine coffee and pour in 200 g of freshly boiled water.
  2. No. 140AeroPress ClearUnited States · BeginnerThe AeroPress Clear is the AeroPress Original's patented brewing method in a see-through body made of Tritan, a tough, shatterproof plastic.
  3. No. 141AeroPress Clear XLUnited States · BeginnerThe AeroPress Clear XL is the large AeroPress made in see-through, shatterproof Tritan.
  4. No. 055AeroPress Flow ControlUnited States · BeginnerThe AeroPress Flow Control filter cap swaps in for the standard cap and has a pressure-actuated valve that stays closed until you press.
  5. No. 054AeroPress GoUnited States · BeginnerThe AeroPress Go is the travel version of the AeroPress, released in 2019.
  6. No. 142AeroPress Go PlusUnited States · BeginnerThe AeroPress Go Plus is a travel coffee system announced by AeroPress, Inc.
  7. No. 143AeroPress PremiumUnited States · BeginnerThe AeroPress Premium is the glass and metal AeroPress.
  8. No. 138AeroPress XLUnited States · BeginnerThe AeroPress XL is the largest AeroPress, launched in June 2023 with twice the capacity of the Original, enough for 2–4 cups at once.
  9. No. 153Bonavita Immersion DripperUnited States · BeginnerThe Bonavita Immersion Dripper is a porcelain cone with an open/close switch in its base.
  10. No. 152December DripperSouth Korea · BeginnerThe December Dripper is a flat-bottomed steel dripper whose rotating base opens 0, 4, 8 or 12 of its 12 holes.
  11. No. 061Delter Coffee PressAustralia · IntermediateWith the plunger pushed fully in, flip the Delter, add about 12 g of coffee and screw on the cap with a rinsed filter.
  12. No. 056Fellow PrismoUnited States · IntermediateThe Fellow Prismo is a replacement cap for the AeroPress with a pressure-actuated valve and a metal filter.
  13. No. 059Goat Story GinaGlobal · IntermediateThe GINA is a coffee brewer from Goat Story that works three ways: pour-over with its valve open, immersion with it closed, and cold drip with ice water dripping slowly onto coffee in the carafe.
  14. No. 151Hario Mugen SwitchJapan · BeginnerThe Hario Mugen Switch (MUGEN x SWITCH Dripper, MUSD-02-B) is Hario’s one-pour MUGEN cone on the Switch valve base.
  15. No. 057Hario SwitchJapan · IntermediateThe Hario Switch, or V60 Immersion Dripper Switch, is a V60 cone on a base with a stainless steel ball valve.
  16. No. 053Inverted AeroPressGlobal · IntermediateThe inverted AeroPress method means brewing with the AeroPress upside down, standing on its plunger, so no coffee drips through while it steeps.
  17. No. 058NextLevel PulsarUnited States · IntermediateThe NextLevel Pulsar is a no-bypass dripper with a valve and a water-spreading cap.
  18. No. 060Valve Immersion DripperGlobal · BeginnerA valve immersion dripper is a filter dripper with a valve in its base.

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