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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...
second time posting here. I use a 1zpresso j-max and Breville Duo Temp Pro, and recently I've been slowly descending into madness. Let's start at the beginning.
About two weeks ago I bought some coffe from a new roaster, among which a washed castillo, medium/light...
My drink of choice is a cortado, I'm still what I would consider a beginner in terms of latte art. I use not neutral Vero cortado glass, so pretty decent in terms of canvas for a smaller drink.
What I'm struggling with is pushing designs in the cup to be able to stack more....
TL;DR - I designed a circle cutter that trims AeroPress filters to fit a variety of portafilter basket sizes (55mm, 46.7mm, 50.8mm, 53mm, 37mm, 56.5mm, 45mm, 53.5mm, 58.5mm).
All files can be downloaded for free on Printables -
If you don't know which size(s) you need, check...
I'm playing with Vivace decaf and aiming for David Schomer's/Vivace Cafe's standard pull. The struggle is they go by rough volume of 21-25ml including crema, but I'm pulling some major crema. It seems more than what they're getting in the videos they've posted online. Basically...
I'm a year into learning latte art and I still find it pretty hit and miss.
Despite steaming with the weakest possible steam (1.1 bar, 1 hole tip) in order to make things go as slowly as possible, the resulting milk is highly dependent on how much time I spend stretching the...