Dialing in espresso by Gwilym Davies [short PDF]
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I recently had a friend ask me how I dial-in new-to-me coffees for espresso. He's got the basics down (tamping, distribution, etc.), but struggles with a new coffee or a different roast(date) of the 'same' coffee. It seems like similar situations pop up pretty regularly here, so I hope this helps those folks like it helped me.
Besides the many resources here, I generally follow the straightforward process outlined by Gwilym Davies (2009 WBC) in a two-page pdf:
https://europeancoffeetrip.com/pdf/5-LC ... ing-in.pdf
In summary, in order:
Besides the many resources here, I generally follow the straightforward process outlined by Gwilym Davies (2009 WBC) in a two-page pdf:
https://europeancoffeetrip.com/pdf/5-LC ... ing-in.pdf
In summary, in order:
- Dose based on basket size;
- Based on roast level, get to a fixed extraction ratio (1:2, etc.) and fixed time ;
- Change beverage weight to combat bitterness, and/or move the balance between acidity/sweetness, and/or account for age/defects in the coffee;
- Fine tune from there using extraction time;
- Final tune based on extraction temperature (and/or flow rate)
-"Good quality brings happiness as you use it" - Nobuho Miya, Kamasada