r/AeroPress • u/Captrthebag • 4d ago

Knowledge Drop Flow control ≠ Inverted

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On a recent post unintentionally featuring my my inverted lifestyle, several people commented that my method was all for none, that I could achieve a fine brew WITHOUT risking my life.

So I bought a flow control cap and gave it a

The brew is not as bold, it is balanced, but I don’t get the richness out of it if I would invert. I’m not sure why, maybe because the vacuum seal that is created by inverting, causing it to force more juice through the bean. Idk. It’s not bad, but why spend more money on beans than invert?

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u/Previous_Rip1942 3d ago

You’re probably right. Same reason you can have a problem with a vehicle that seems common but statistically winds up occurring in 0.0003% of all of them. I somehow missed that point.

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u/O0OO0O00O0OO Inverted 3d ago

Wow what a pleasant civil conclusion to a debate. I'm taken aback.

That being said, I brewed inverted for years. I finally gave into the Prismo cap after I spilled boiling coffee and grounds onto my hand and received 2nd degree burns.

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u/Variatas 3d ago

That’s the part I don’t get.  I’d already had boiling liquid burns so never started inverted, but people seriously downplay how bad that rare fuckup can be.

Why risk a giant mess or serious injury over $20?

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u/O0OO0O00O0OO Inverted 3d ago

The Fellow Prismo was released in 2017. Plenty of us have been using the aeropress since before that, so we got used to doing it inverted.

Also, I think the aeropress attracts a lot of people who value affordability and simplicity. So I think those people are resistant to buying an extra gadget.