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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 had one pretty good profile/shot using a medium roast where I was able to slowly preinfuse around 4 bar, turn flow up to 8 bar, then taper off. Then I ran out of beans and switched to a light roast. Now I'm having trouble building pressure beyond 4-5 bar. Am I correct in...
Reading/watching dialing in how-to's and they all seem to target your grind for a specific brew ratio (for arguments sake a 1:2), with a fairly wide range of time - let's say 23-30 seconds. To the point that people use .1g accurate scales (on both ends).
I know there's a post like this all time but I'm looking for a bit of help with chasing a decent shot.
I'm relatively new to espresso at home and I've been trying to perfect my process of dialing-in with my equipment . I've started trying to dial-in Eclipse by...
Wasted by now way too much money, seen/read countless guides on How to fix your Espresso , tried out so much diffrent hacks and tricks where I'm at the point of this becomming nothing more than an unrewarding chore I need to force myself to do so, since there's still not the...
I searched before same topic. On addition to all useful comments and explanations, I want to extend my experience about the topic:
If your portafilter does have setscrew like mines, keep the screw on 12 o'clock position at the beginning then adjust with micro turns to left or...
This may be a question that is impossible to answer with so many variables along with the subjectivity of taste. But I've never really worked out what the best amount of espresso to start with in my cup when pouring a milk drink. In terms of (1) taste and (2) latte art.
