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The Newbie Introduction to Espresso series of videos was created specifically for those new to making espresso at home. In addition to watching these videos, I strongly urge newbies to spend an evening with the site's Recommended Reading outlined in the FAQs and Favorites Digest...
I'm able to dial-in my shot to where they have a strong body and sweet notes and they taste perfect; surely thanks to much reading on this forum. I'm using the equipment below.
NS Oscar 1 with OPV adjusted to 10 bar (against a blind disk).
Rancilio Rocky (doserless)....
I badly need your help in pulling a nice shot of espresso. My grinder setting is in the finest setting already; my coffee is fresh, and crema is there, but why do I keep getting a 30g espresso shot below 20 seconds?
Hi, I have about a year experience with dialing in espresso at home using proper equipment. I can mostly dial in my beans but every now and then I run out of luck and go through the whole bag without achieving a good dial-in.
Here's how it went. I bought a bag of Yirgacheffe...
just the other day I was wondering if anyone ever seriously tried/investigated making small holes in the top of the puck after tamping.
Of course I tried and did not come up with anything conclusive yet, so I still wonder....did anyone do this, is there any info on this?
I have the Delonghi Dedica EC680 with the 51 mm portafilter and pressurized basket.
I don't drink espresso straight but only with milk (caffe-latte) so to me, they taste good and I've been using it for 4 years without issues.
Hello everyone! I was hoping you guys could help me. I have the Breville Dual Boiler and Sette 270. I think my technique is pretty good. I've come to a point where my shots are pretty consistent. Most of my shots are clean and flow well with no real mess with the naked...
