How to prepare your coffee puck #barista #coffee #goldenbrowncoffee #puckprep #tamping #espresso

[danguee]

Totally correct. Although I also use a trick I learned in the soil mechanics laboratory: do a slight circular 'rocking' motion while tamping. This tamps better round the circumference. I never channel....

[jaycobgoodliffe]

Nice video man, just wanna add one thing. I work in a coffee shop in Australia, we work with some of the top barista's in Australia, we use a brand call ona. I use to do that tap before tamp to distribute the coffee but what wad found out is that it actually would pull the heavier grinds to the bottom and would be as even on an extraction. What we use now is called a distributor, just a hunk of metal which is spun and distributes the coffee evenly. Just thought I would add that in as a little fact I know.

[GameGirl.]

Just tried this and Oh My God! It extracted beautifully with golden thick crema 😍
Thank You so much

[babastarsmmv]

finally someone who does a simple trailer and a good creamy esspreso

[alphazar]

Throwing the wdt tool away made me a subscriber

[bertolo]

A beautifully made video with lots of good tips that I agree with.
With one exception: Your opinion on the WDT tool.
I also used to think that a WDT tool was unnecessary. However, a comparison shows the difference.

At all, if you operate with a bottomless portafilter. And especially if you use a filter basket smaller than 58mm for a double espresso.
This means that the height of the ground coffee is higher and coffee lumps remain undetected.
What you can (occasionally) see on the underside of the bottomless portafilter with a supposedly level coffee puck is that thin spray jets of underextracted coffee is splashing out beside beautiful and well extracted espresso.

You don't need an overpriced gadget with a mechanism like in a Swiss chronograph. An inexpensive WDT tool costing around 15$ will do the job.
As mentioned at the beginning, try both methods to notice the difference.

Greetings from Vienna, Austria

[alfie]

Yup, do this for pretty much every shot at my cafe. It’s refreshing for there finally be someone else who doesn’t insist on using needle distribution tools and ocd spinners. They’re great for use at home, but it’s unrealistic to dial in with that sort of distribution in mind if you work in a busy cafe.

[rxonmymind]

This is what I do. Watching all these channels there was too many steps or "work flow".
My grinder makes a perfect one shot bottomless espresso. I bang it on the counter and then tamp it.
Hit the hot water button and done.
Never understood all the other steps. Maybe I'm lucky. Perfect espresso every time.

[jason_man]

still waiting for the year coffee heads find out about forks

[UNIQUENAME]

finally an espresso making explanation that makes sense

[EnzoRacer]

wdt is must have when using bottomless portafilter

[ArtiumLifshin]

Dare you to do the same with bottom less porta filter

[ericshaffer]

Brilliant and concise! Any chance of a similar treatment to the mystery of steaming milk to the proper consistency for latte art? Thanks!

[-eMpTy-]

You can use a paperclip, needle or even just a small fork to break up bigger clumps.

[Val_Smith]

Hitting your puck before temping leads to channeling. All you need for WDT is a simple clip use it vertically to break clumps.

[DorMamu]

Honestly if I have enough money to buy that coffee machine I'll probably buy that fancy needle too 😁

[milovacc]

judo chop, p.f. counter banging can also cause clumping and channeling . coffee has oil and has a mind of its own

[wishbone]

I have a mount that I rattle the portafilter back and forth while my coffee grinds, helps get a pretty decent pack every time

[artistictreehgr]

Does this work with bottomless portafilters?

[sedanzzz_guy]

Wow you mean you don’t need to make this seem like it’s an expensive complex and insane task that only proficient baristas can make happen. Amazing I quite literally use a plastic tamp I finally ordered a 308 stainless steel and ivory one and for anyone wondering no I don’t have a cheap machine I run a bottomless portafilter without issues and I get great results just being consistent and keeping things flat. Same with milk if you not super comfortable with the feeling of steaming g different mills it’s fine to get out a thermometer to make sure you are in the right range kf temp and that will improve quality.