Effortlessly Dial In Espresso Quick Tutorial

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[homecafecharlie]

That last shot was 20g in, 30g out in 28 seconds. I didn't change anything else in the dose up, the extra weight slowed down the extraction.
Ask any questions about dialling in and I'll help if I can.

[OneIdeaTooMany]

Good video for espresso drinkers. I've had a few people who've gotta into making coffee at home but they mostly drink cappuccinos and latte's so they don't really know what is a good shot or a bad shot. A lot of coffees come with a brew recipe so I get them to aim for that to begin with and experiment from there. Another tip if you don't know the espresso range for your grinder would be to grind a little and see if it can hold your fingerprint and that's a good place to start.

[wakeawaken]

My go to recipe is 1:2 for about 30" for medium-light roasts and for very low grown coffee, 1:1.75 to 1:2
I don't go over 1:2 cause I don't want to lose texture

Plus, I don't dial in at temperature cause I believe that thing is relevant
For example, If I get a little bit overextracted taste, it's better to grind a little bit coarser, about 2" faster extraction, and not change temperature, which is fixed at 93°C

Don't forget, all the extraction is a matter of "how much I take from coffee", you can use pressure for that, grind size and temperature
I prefer not to change temperature

[manabuhubs]

New follower here - thanks for sharing such as great coffee content @

[AdastraRecordings]

17 in 42.5 out with flow rate set at around 2.5ml/s, I aim for the pressure at the brew group to max out at 5-7 bar aiming for 35 seconds. Flawless sweet and vibrant shots every time, try this with any heirloom or JARC Ethiopian light roast, berries berries berries.

[loganbeck]

My go to is 15g in to 40ish out on my Flair Signature maxing at 6 bars in around 25-35 seconds, to get whatever tastes good. I am really enjoying these shots with my DF 64 with SSP Multipurpose burrs.

[NickMayers-rjzn]

interesting paper dial for the DF, need any help making a diy indicator by any chance?

[StacyPersonallySpeaking]

I searched for Charlie brewing coffee in Japan and voilà!😜

[googlereviewer]

Very nice. Can you tell us what made you buy the Silvia Pro X rather than say Lelit Elizabeth or any others like Profitec? Thanks

[belalang]

Does 1:1 and 1:3 rationor whatever ratio it is still maintaining the duration between 25-30~ seconds?

[gregaddison]

Sorry for the delay in commenting on this video—I just watched for the first time. You mentioned wanting there to be more water flowing through the puck to get better flavor, but didn’t that last shot last 4 seconds shorter than the previous? Or since your dose is +2g, there’s more of a puck to push the water through, which compensates for the shorter pull? I’m a bit confused.

[Kingsmanly]

You said that it needed more extraction time, and longer contact. If the change was reducing the yield and pulling a shorter shot, that would be reducing the extraction? Have I misunderstood?

[spencerbigum]

Thank you for this video, its helped me a lot! I'm trying to learn how to pull a good shot and I'm kinda stuck. When you say 18g in or 20g in - are you referring to ground up beans in your portafilter? Then when you say 36g out, is that 36g out for a double shot? I'm wondering cus right now I just stop pulling at exactly 2 oz of liquid using 17g of ground up beans in my portafilter. (2 oz usually measures out to like 50g or something of liquid.) which is taking about 24sec to pull that 2 oz. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[PFanatic]

I followed ok until shot 3. You said change one variable at a time but changed both the dose and the ratio? You also mentioned more time / longer extraction but if changing yield from 36g down to 30g surely the extraction time would be less than shot 2? Don’t mean to sound picky, just want to make sure I am understanding as I have yet to pull what I would call a great shot 😞

[BBXiong]

i dont know if my burr is not aligned properly, but i am using ~8 to 9 on my DF64 to get espresso shots. Maybe also because my cheap brewer is a 15 bar pump and the OPV is not aligned to leak on 9 bar onwards. So far i only have a couple of successful shots that I would enjoy the espresso, but it does work somewhat okay with milked coffee

[josephpimatulac]

Nice Video Charlie. BTW how do you control pulling shots to make it longer or shorter?

[justaprivateuser]

I get 36g out from 18g in on breville BP in 24 sec for a very dark roast. I'm happy with the taste even tho it doesnt fall in the guidelines of 25-30sec

[KellyanneGill]

I dose 20grm in 40grm out in an 18grm basket

[tonychocolony]

Wow 36g i think thats too much for Honduras beans and 52s thats crazy

[lmaoitsover]

Any idea what is happening if every bean on the darker side I've had turns out bitter despite having tried all sorts of ratios, timing etc? It's like.. as soon as you taste it your mouth is filled with this disgusting bitter flavor. I haven't tried light to medium roasts yet but this cannot be right. Are dark roasts supposed to have this unpleasant taste? I'm puck prepping correctly & I'm on the Lelit Bianca with a Mignon Specialita grinder. Note that it's not dark dark like Italian dark roast.. thank you!