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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...
Note: I'm not speaking about the prewetting without pressure, where you just lift the lever to mid-position without lifting it all the way up beforehand.
most baskets hole patterns are not edge-to-edge (the unifilter might be the exception). so essentially there is a wall of coffee along the edge that when water passes through does not have a direct exit and needs to migrate inward to reach an exit path. This essentially means...
I'm getting closer to finding my recipe , but there are so many possible variables that it's hard to now which one to adjust I think I'm pretty close with my dose, grind level and base temperarture. I have a Gaggia Classic with PID and changed all the other changeable parts and...
So I've still been experimenting with my home equipment (Lelit Anna 2 + Sette 270) and I think I need to work on my puck prep. Here are some pics of my process...
I can't figure out how to upload a video on here so I'm going to just link you guys to the post I...
Disclaimer: I'm a newbie, just started brewing my own espressos at home. But I did watch a ton of videos, read a lot of pages on espresso and am trying to follow the advice that I found. The issue is that the recommendations are contradictory.
It's come up a few times in recent threads, likely a perennial topic, but my interest was sparked in a recent thread on single-dose grinders, by mention of storing open bags of coffee in test tubes or small vials. In theory, it's a minimal-volume sealed vessel, and can offer a...
I find myself using less coffee for VST (20g) basket recommendations and getting better shots. This confuses me.
I find it odd that VST lists a basket size by weight, when the volume can change dramatically while dialing in the grind size. For example, with a dark french...
