Espresso workflow Delonghi EC 685

New beans and on the best way to the perfect doubleshot. Collecting for this one took more than 50 s, but was tasty nevertheless! :) Seems to be fine for a double shot. Get the mods from the links in the description.

For everybody asking which setting I am usually using with the grinder: I use the medium spacer from Graef (metal rings that come with the Graef grinder) and have mine set to 0-3 depending on the proportion of Robusta to Arabica beans. The thinnest spacer will also do the job, but I cant tell you the setting since I haven't tried it yet.

Coffee was an Arabica:Robusta blend, 60:40.

Coffeebeans I recommend, 50/50, dark, chocolate, full taste:

Gear used:

- LatteArt tool for distributing coffee
- micro scale

Modifications on EC 685:
+ sawed original portafilter to bottomless/naked...available now with wooden grip:

+ Tidaka Bullet V2

Beste 2.0-Lautsprecher:

Cheers, mates.

[egshane]

goddamn coffee camera angle is complete magic. i've never wanted a shot after watching a video so much before. nice work.

[blanet]

tip for the watchers... the rubber part from the graef grinder where the grounded coffe falls off is placed the opposite way it should be. And if you put just 16 grams of coffe beans, that grinder won't swallow and grind em because there is not enought weight. been there myself.

[Aymane.m]

Best Dedica extraction i've seen so far . Good Job Sir

[daisukevideo]

Delonghi's machine is very good! I use Magnifica S and it tastes too good and I drink too much coffee. The video was very helpful! With love from Japan :)

[dbauernf]

Well, this video gives me hope that my EC 685 can pull a good shot, thank you for that.

[chowdennis]

It is not the machine, it's the bottomless filter that created the magic.

[Clickyv]

U know what, a proximately over a moth ago i was pondered, what if i will cut my holder to get this pure net, without two holes like in stock. By the way i have the same coffee machine. And guess what, today 06/09/2021 i found this video where i see like u did what i just imagine. Its great, thanks now i know that i can do the same with my holder!!!

[redeye]

I dont have bottomless since its not that cheap, just bought new temper at least but hope it will help me make finally better coffee xd. I did it wrong i used 7g of grinded coffee for my single shot but from all of you i see get raw coffee beans 16-18 grams to grinder. So i will try it too and hope temper will help me make it not that bitter and more crema

[ПоходыВЛенобласти]

mate, i've bought an unpressed 51mm holder+basket for ec685 on Ali, but i disappointed - it has a very thin narrows (original 3 narrows width is =5mm, my new ones is 3.8mm =( ) i dont know how to fix it - maybe try to put an additional rubber gasket under the coil (75mm diameter and 1.5-2mm width) or make narrows widther? cant to find the fine solution.

[saadbinsaif]

what the size for the basket that fit with the original delonghi portafilter ? is it 51mm ?

[rr]

What non pressurize basket you used? Mine is 2 cups non pressurized basket but my chrome tamper doesn’t able to press or fit the exact thickness of my tamper to my basket. My basket cup and tamper both 51mm. Any idea?

[spielmaus]

this is not an an espresso but a cup full of crema! love watching it

[OnezKrs]

your extraction took 1min? isnt that like WAY to long?

[najagll]

I think my Graef grinder is broken. Got almost the same and i dont even get close to your fine grind. Even readjusting the basket does not help for me (it gets finer but then starts getting coarse again)

[adamtakacs]

Hi guys, can someone tell me please where can I buy that type of "arm" to the machine shown in the vide at 0:43-44? I have the same machine but wanna make coffee without additional filters which are packed with it originally.
Many thanks!!
Cheers
A

[paoloaversano]

Watched several videos of this kind. These people making coffee as if they were fixing the engine of a F40 or handling a bomb are hilarious!! Guys it's just a coffee, being slow as a turtle doesn't make it any better :)

[keriguru]

Super beautiful video! Trying to follow this method, or trying any method, my coffee comes out with way too much liquid. I am quite sure the problem is I need a more expensive beans grinder. Mine is cheap and even the finest setting I think gives too coarse and uneven grind.

If anyone has ideas I appreciate feedback for why my coffee comes out with too much volume and often sour.
- 18g beans in gives 75g coffee (4:1 ratio) with a brew time of 30 seconds when I press the double espresso button on my Delonghi Dedica
- I use unpressurised portafilter, bought online and installed.
- I use around 30lb tamper pressure
- tried many different beans but mostly 100% arabica
- when I preheat the machine and glass it tastes a bit better, still too much liquid

[mohamedabdelhamed]

can it work with pod i use pods the naked portafilter and unpressure baket workw with pod

[zeko]

Hey Ba Leka,
I like the bottomless filter you have there, but how can I cut the portafilter, or can I buy one online ? Thanks !

[smokecoffee]

Bottom less americano so good love your work