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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'll start by saying that in the 11 months since I bought my Profitec 600 with Flow Control it has mainly stayed in a position providing me with roughly a 7.5ml/sec water debit. I haven't really actively used it more than a handful of times. It seemed like each time I did start...
As a newbie, I bought 15g, 20g and 25g VST baskets thinking I would go back and forth between them to pull ristrettos, standard doubles and huge 50g for big lattes.
However, now that I'm acquiring a little experience, I find that whenever I swith baskets, I have to...
I began brewing my own espresso again about eight months ago. I had a Breville Infuser, then got a Bezzera Duo MN. I struggled with bitter-tasting shots for quite a while. Although the drinks tasted fine with milk, the taste wasn't what I was looking for. With the Bezzera, my...
I'm interested in how decent machines have changed our understanding of espresso, what can we take from that and apply it to different machines? Whether that just be a greater understanding of what is happening, to how we can use the knowledge to improve our shots on other...
Hello! I'm a coffee roaster who is looking to increase my skills further beyond where they are now. I have a Nez du Cafe kit which I bought when I was first learning to roast coffee, but I never wound up getting much use out of it because I'm not quite sure what I should...
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I have a breville barista express, using it to grind and pull the shots. Lately I've been getting a three part process;. ~10sec pre-infusion, ~10sec right at a lovely 9bars with a smooth stream into the cup, then a pump noice and a kick up to maybe 12-13 bars, shortly...
I've recently purchased a new ECM Casa V and been frothing milk beautifully since February.
I decided to clean the steamer by unscrewing it and plucked out a tiny bit of milk that was stuck there, screwed it back on...
