Home Espresso?

Thanks for taking the time to fill out our Better Coffee questionnaire.

I do have a couple suggestions that might help steer you in the direction you’re looking for. It sounds like ideally, you’d be making espresso at home, but as you and I both know, a quality espresso machine is expensive and requires a lot of maintenance. 

So the first and least expensive thing I’d suggest is for you to try a different coffee in your aeropress. A good Costa Rican makes a really nice drip, but in my opinion they can be a little one-dimensional in espresso-type preparations. Our Ambergris Espresso Blend is one that I developed specifically for making espresso, and it works really well in the aeropress. Part of the reason is that it’s blended in part with the Indian Monsooned Malabar, and that coffee comes out buttery and produces a lot of crema when brewed under pressure. 

If you’re really determined to make espresso, and like a manual method, I have just the thing. I’ve been using the Aram Espresso maker at my house for a couple years, and it’s really a nice machine. It’s pretty simple to use, and it doesn’t require any electricity. And because of that simplicity, it’s also easy to clean and maintain. And it really does make a true espresso. I made a video showing how it works. You can see it on our website: DoubleShotCoffee.com