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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 have the Profitec Pro 600 (9 bars pressure), IMS Basket 58mm 18 gram Nanotech Baristapro Precision Ridgeless Double Espresso Basket, and just switched to bottomless portafilter. I use WDT after I single dose into dosing cup and transfer to filter basket. I use Normcore...
After many sub-optimal shots with Medium and Dark Roasts I finally figured out that a long pre-infusion (30 seconds) made the cup a lot clearer and reduced this harshness I was getting (probably a mix of under and over extraction due to channeling). I am now pulling shots...
I'm getting donut extractions on my Profitec Pro 800 about 90% of the time, and looking for ideas to help fix it. With it being most of the time and not all the time, I do think it has to do with my technique. I'm hoping to...
I mean few drops of hot water from kettle on freshly grounded tampered coffee puck wouldn't serve as preinfusion alternative?
I don't see any difference with machine preinfusion and I don't think it needs to be done under pressure, or it must?
I had an ECM Classika PID with a Eureka Specialty 75 and they seemed to be nice machines, but over the course of a couple years, and lots of attention to technique and tools, I eventually got tired of regular channeling/spritzing...the espressos were typically...
Hi, I've been pulling shots with my Cafelat Robot and Kinu M47 for over a year now. I also use the NDT and tamper tools from Orphan's Espresso and often get good or even excellent results. I've recently got a bag of Verve Coffee Kamuyu AA. It is a light roast and no matter how I...
Did anybody try that method? I just used an ice cube, the result was interesting (a bit closer to espresso in caffes which use flat burr grinders and less similar to the normal taste of my conical Niche, plus more chocolate notes). Even though I took out the ice cube immediately...
