And that’s how I feel about espresso: we still know next to nothing about the perfect espresso shot, and the goal posts are always moving. When it comes to espresso, we’re barely out of the cradle”. A long time ago George Howell, the founder of the Cup of Excellence global coffee selection event, and the person considered the father of specialty coffee on the US East Coast, once told me “When it comes to coffee, our knowledge of it is barely out of childhood. Some feel there’s too much emphasis put on minutia, others feel there’s not nearly enough. This goes to show you that almost any espresso machine, at any price range, is capable of making a great shot of espresso.Įspresso’s a hotly debated topic in the specialty coffee realm. In fact, the photo to the right is of a shot of espresso brewed on a $150 Krups espresso machine. We’ll walk you through the steps on a very popular consumer espresso machine, explaining in the steps why we’re doing the things we do, and then after those steps, I’ll dive a bit deeper into a few core fundamentals about making great espresso. This How To is designed to give you some basic fundamentals needed to make a great shot of espresso. Short and sweet, just like real espresso.Įventually, CoffeeGeek will publish the definitive guide and masterclass to making espresso, but this How To is not it.
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