Dialing In Espresso By Taste

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
0:35 Espresso Recipe Basics
1:24 Brew Ratio
2:24 Adjusting Shot Time
3:00 Under Vs. Over-Extraction
3:44 Grind Finer, Taste As You Go
4:03 Finding the Point of Over-Extraction
4:57 Process Recap
5:22 Palate Development
6:00 Buy Coffee You Already Enjoy
6:31 Keep it Simple

[dominickkleinmeyer]

This video was really well done. I really liked the presenter and you guys should have him on more dialling in is really not easy for anybody to learn, but this video was super helpful.

[stevesteven]

I’ve been dialling in a new Profitec jump machine with a Eureka Specialita grinder
Recipe 17g in 34 out of
Lost the will to live ! 19 attempts I was done in 😢

Hadn’t realised just how small you need to adjust the wheel

Think I’m almost there now but considering buying a calibrated tamper to keep consistent shots 🤞

[topjets]

Great video, the problem I have is as the coffee starts to age you need to grind different, plus I like to use 9g Sumatra roast with 9g Ethiopian blend from my local roaster, been having a lot of fun, just bought a Mara X from Clive, I moved up from a Breville Barista Pro so going from pushing buttons to a lever machine makes it seem like you are much more involved in the coffee making process, keep up the great work :)

[slasher]

Thanks for the video. You didnt talk much about time....does this imply that you should only be driven by ratio for strength and by grind size for taste, and the time will be whatever it is, based on grind size? I thought the ideal was to aim for around 30 seconds?

[djansr]

I’m using Lucca v2 machine and pulling 18gr in 27-30 seconds but still can’t figure out if it’s too sour or too bitter

[deligkaris]

I am having a hard time seeing how you can pull a 1:1, or even 1:1.5 ratio in 25-30s without having a significant amount of thoughts or suggestions?

[johnrobie]

This video seems to miss the obvious recommended quantities (not just ratios). In my case, I use 20g ground espresso, extracted till I get 30g liquid; which for me ideally takes around 33/34 seconds (but I've gone up to 40 seconds without it going too bitter). Anything under 30 seconds quickly get sour.

[MrEyeget]

Dose: 16g max will fit in the basket. Any more the grounds touch the extraction screen. Grind is the finest setting for the built-in grinder to reach the proper expresso pressure reading. If the grind is one click larger the coffee will not reach expresso pressure. Extraction is between 21 to 25 secs with a yield of 34g of coffee. The result is unimpressive and tastes bitter. I ordered a pressurized basket to achieve the desired result.

[alemonalemonalemon]

Oh yes, so much coffee wasted T_T nice video, thanks!

[naeg]

of course everything is easier when you have a very expensive machine and grinder