HOW TO DIAL IN ESPRESSO: Quick and Easy Guide

Here, I go over how I quickly dial in coffees for more traditional style espresso. I go over observing roast profiles to dictate rough ratios, getting them to that zone, then dialing in based off taste.

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Link to Espresso Videos:
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Part 2:

Quick Tips:

Sour-Sweet-Bitter

Variables of extraction to note are:
Time (more time=more potential extraction)
Dose (more coffee with fixed water= less potential extraction)
Temperature (higher temp= higher potential extraction)
Grind size (finer grounds= more exposed surface area and more potential extraction if within aforementioned ideal window)

[brewkendoit]

Lance... What the duck have I been doing for the past year... I always do my espresso at 18g 1:2 ratio whatever the beans are. Always sour, bitter and I just accepted that maybe that's what it really tastes. Now for the first time in my life, I tried to run it longer based on your suggestion, I never imagined espresso can be sweet on its own. Thank you... I don't usually comment on videos but your suggestion to run my espresso longer completely changed my coffee game! Your channel deserves more love! Thank you !!! 🙇🏻

[zachwinegardner]

I never comment on videos on YT.. and I needed to express how even this simple short video changed my espresso and finally got me to break my assumption that my grind was the priority in affecting the taste. For weeks I have been trying to get this specific coffee dialed in and can’t quite achieve my preference and all I did was push a bit more water through it to cancel that lingering sour and I simply can’t believe the difference. Lance is truly legit!

[precisionsoundworksstudio]

Lance, not only are you an intelligent guy that conveys information very well, you are a very great presenter. Your combination of information, details, humor, and random acts of beatboxing all come together to make a very enjoyable presentation.

[jedombrowski]

You made this so damn understandable—and pretty damn short for a tutorial. Thanks so much, Lance!

[ChristopherMichaelR]

Hey Lance, thanks for the video. I've been making espresso at home on and off for 4ish years now. One thing that I didn't think about is just stopping the shot early or letting it run for a few seconds longer in relation to extraction. I mean, I did, but what most everyone teaches is to adjust the grind setting to nail the 1:2 ratio in 30 seconds. As someone who is pretty detail oriented, i always stuck to that. Recently I started dialing in by having the 1:2 ratio in mind but adjusting by taste. Hearing you say to give it a few more seconds rather than adjusting the grind setting was an "aha" moment for me. Thank you for all the educational videos you provide.

[sixstringedwithabowl]

You're a fantastic teacher, thanks for the uploads!

[Bostonirific]

That was perfection in a nutshell. Short, sweet, informative, a little NSYNC dirty pop beat boxing. All one could ask for from a video! Great job Lance

[brasamaan]

no useless blabla and very understandable. straight to the point and informative.
problem - solution
awesome dude

[juanaguilera]

Dude I usually never comment on videos. But this is by far one of the best, simple, straight to the point videos about espresso I’ve ever seen! 🤙🏽 thank you!

[NoyPistep]

Lance the goat in coffee AND BEATBOXing? What can’t he do

[mariominayag]

fkn amazing tutorial with the beatbox and all

[dandicosimo]

Helped me out a ton! I was doing 20/40 no matter the bean and always just accepted them tasting a little off. First try with this was the best shot I’ve had in awhile!

[rec]

Oh my man!! You have reached a level - only a true expert can - of explaining the difficult things in an easy and super digestible way !!! THANK YOU

[brindlebeard]

OK, picked up something new today and for that I thank you. Your spontaneous beat box was not half bad.

[anthonyluu]

Nice and detailed explanation from 1:20 - 1:49 & 4:34 - 5:03. I'm 13 days in with my coffee journey and I wish there were more videos that emphasize the viscosity when it comes to the extraction. Life saver, thank you, Hendrick.

[billyruben]

There is so much to know and learn. But not too much to be intimidating. Just enough to keep things interesting. I love this hobby.

[RespawnRoasters]

Been a while since I was here right away.

Honestly great tips. Exactly how I dial in. Go based on time/weight/ratio first and then go based on taste to tweak to your liking.

[BrownDevil]

Bro that beat boxing 😂😂😂
My son heard it in the background and started dancing lmao. Good stuff 👍🏼

[SomeDudeDan]

This is the best espresso dial in tutorials I have seen! Quick and easy! Before this, I was making changes to my grinder like crazy and I couldn't achieve a great tasting cup from a light-medium roast Yirgacheffe. However, after I have followed your guidelines, I could make an amazingly tasty cup. And even better, I can replicate it easily!

[theclonches]

This is the best tutorial I've seen on dialing in a shot.