Input lever
Delivery & Mixing
Wheel face
Pour rate
The speed at which water is poured.
AeroPress Wheel Variable
Pour stages
Delivery & Mixing · Input lever
The number and structure of pours.
Input lever
Delivery & Mixing
Detail panel
Competition practice
Inferred
Definition
Pour stages describe how the water delivery is broken into phases rather than delivered as one undifferentiated pour.
Why It Matters
Staged pouring controls wetting, concentration gradients, and thermal retention.
Page Context
Pour stages is part of the Brew Supply AeroPress Wheel and helps brewers describe the number and structure of pours.
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
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.
Input lever
Delivery & Mixing
Wheel face
Stir direction / pattern
The directional path of the stir.
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.