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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 am a newbie who had believed a perfectly uniform, dry puck was a sign of a well pulled shot. My machine (an R91) doesn't yield dry pucks no matter what I do. They are typically highly saturated, occasionally even soupy. I almost never get channeling. Conceptually it would seem...
I have a Breville Dual Boiler (or more correct a European version of it). The previous owner ran the machine with the OPV set to 8Bar; I ran it for several months like this but changed the OPV some time ago. Now it is set a bit too high and pressure goes up to 10 bar (whatever...
Lance does a deep dive on the WDT. John's article Banish Uneven Extractions with the WDT was among the first published on HB way back in 2006. Along with Jim Schulman's The Home Barista's Guide to Espresso , they've been the go-to recommendations when someone asks How do I...
I've always had difficulty getting normal ratios despite getting about 2 oz coffee out in 25-30 seconds. I've recently upgraded my set up thinking that would help me but I'm having the same problem. I can't seem to get a ratio less than 1:3.
I recently acquired a Decent Espresso machine and one of the profiles that seems interesting is the 'adaptive profile'.
It states that 15g should be used but I've been using a 17-19g basket.
Is there truly a significant difference between a 17g and a 15g basket for a 15g dose?...
If you follow the current news in Artificial Intelligence, you may have heard of the large language models like GPT3 that are very good at generating text. Well, there is a new, free chatbot by OpenAI called ChatGPT that is so good it's creepy. I decided to make a funny inquiry...
My espresso setup is almost fully complete. Advice for pulling your first shots/where to start your espresso journey?
For context I am pretty experienced in coffee, rather experienced in pour over, and run my own roasting company. But I have never pulled a shot of espresso. I...
