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One stroke of the lever - double coffee - what?

Postby SwingT on Sat Aug 28, 2010 4:56 pm

Not sure of terminology -

What I am doing with my cremina - is 16.4 grams of coffee - in a double basket -

One stroke of the lever yields roughly 1.125 oz or about 35 ml of espresso (before the crema settles out) - a little less if I let it sit.

My question is - since that is roughly the amount of a single espresso - yet I am using a double basket with 16 grams - is this a ristretto?

if not ristretto, what?

Edited - I didn't find it on initial searching but did under _resources_ find a link to a coffeegeek glossary -

So, I'm thinking - at sixteen grams plus -

updosed ristretto?

Is there more caffeine or less - volume for volume ( or weight for weight) in the first half of the shot, or in the second part - or about the same?
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Postby HB on Sat Aug 28, 2010 6:46 pm

You can get more volume using a Fellini Move to prewet the puck so the full volume of one stroke is dispensed into the cup; this technique is discussed at length Lever multiple pull techniques.
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