Input lever
Delivery & Mixing
Wheel face
Pour rate
The speed at which water is poured.
AeroPress Wheel Variable
Dry-pocket risk
Delivery & Mixing · Risk flag
The risk that some grounds remain insufficiently wetted.
Risk flag
Delivery & Mixing
Detail panel
Competition practice
Inferred
Definition
Dry-pocket risk is the chance that parts of the bed stay under-saturated after the intended wetting phase.
Why It Matters
Dry pockets cause uneven extraction and make otherwise precise recipes behave unpredictably.
Risk Note
This page describes a diagnostic warning, not a directly measured variable. It is useful for diagnosis and recipe debugging, but it is not a direct control lever or direct measurement by itself.
Page Context
Dry-pocket risk is part of the Brew Supply AeroPress Wheel and helps brewers describe the risk that some grounds remain insufficiently wetted.
Related variables
Input lever
Delivery & Mixing
Detail panel
Pour intensity
How forceful the pour is.
Input lever
Delivery & Mixing
Wheel face
Pour pattern
The spatial path of the pour.
Input lever
Delivery & Mixing
Detail panel
Pour stages
The number and structure of pours.
Input lever
Delivery & Mixing
Detail panel
Saturation method
How the brewer ensures all grounds are wetted.
Input lever
Delivery & Mixing
Wheel face
Exact stir count
The exact number of stir motions.
Affected outcomes
Measured metric
Cup Outcome
Wheel face
Beverage TDS
Measured total dissolved solids in the served beverage.
Calculated metric
Cup Outcome
Wheel face
Extraction Yield
Calculated percentage of coffee mass extracted.
Measured metric
Cup Outcome
Wheel face
Beverage Yield
The liquid beverage mass collected or served.
Cup outcome
Cup Outcome
Wheel face
Aroma
The smell of the brewed coffee.