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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...
A (very tiny) bit of pure licorice powder (dried and pulverized juice from Succus Glycyrrhiza glabra plant) sweetens espresso and intensifies its taste.
I recently found out theres something wrong with my BDB, it's only been 6 months old.
I find that the first espresso brews normally. I have the grind size where I want it to be, I always brew using the manual button. I time the brew to around 2x output and it finishes around...
I just bought the VBM Domobar Super Electronic(about a week) and would like to get an advise on the pressure profile setting for different type of beans. I am very new to brewing espresso coffee and my previous machine is a straight 9 bar pressure which i dont have...
I have only had this Livia for a couple weeks now and it seems like I have thrown out a lot of beans, 2 from Market Basket that I should have known better, one counter culture and one hair bender, mostly from a stale factor - just too old - thought I could make them work but in...
I've attached a photo -- excuse the latte art. the dark spots are clumpy bits of crema. Anyone ran into this before? Making espresso on a Pasquini Livia 90.
So I have a kind of a strange problem. I've recently purchased an old fully working La San Marco espresso machine. I've done many upgrades already such as precision basket, bottomless portafilter, precision shower screen, atc. Shots are looking good, and they even taste quite...
Recently bought a Mazzer Major with 83mm flats, upgraded to SSP HUs. I find that only get sweetness when the shots run too fast (25s or less) and they tend to get sloppy. If I grind finer, it slows it down and cleans up the extraction but they taste over extracted. Currently...
