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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...
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?
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...
Hello,
I hope I'm not in the wrong forum!
I've had an Europiccola for a few weeks, and I'm still chasing a delicious shot. For the past week, this keeps happening:
Regardless of the grind setting or WDT, the grounds have been riding up the walls of the portafilter basket....
Last June I bought myself my first espresso machine and grinder - a Bezzera hobby (which the previous owner had modified to have a PID controller), and a Lelit William grinder. I've been trying on and off when I've had time to get it to make some good shots but had no...
