“Why You Must Serve An Espresso Coffee In A White Ceramic Coffee Cup!”
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Espresso coffee needs to be served in a totally white ceramic. It should be cone-shaped with the cup able to hold a maximum of 60 cubic centimeters (cm3).Before serving, the cups must be kept dry and warm … that’s why you’ll often see coffee cups stacked, open-side up, in their space on top of commercial espresso coffee machines. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Open the cup-heater knob completely – making it rotate counter-clockwise. Keep it open for as long as it takes to heat all the cups placed on the special grid. For safety reasons, it’s not recommended to put cloths or anything else that stops the normal circulation of the air on the top cover plate of the machine. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tamping the coffee grounds in the filter holder cup is important. If it’s not hard enough, you’ll get a weak extraction with no crema. If it’s too hard, you’ll get over extraction or a very slow pour… it may not even pour at all.
Tampers are often included with your coffee bean grinder or can be purchased separately. To select the correct size, measure the inside diameter of your filter holder cup |
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Tampers are made from various materials eg aluminum, wood, plastic, stainless steel, etc. A good easy to use tamper that gives you consistent tamper pressure is the spring loaded model … seen here on the right. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This stainless steel frothing jug makes milk frothing easy. It also allows you to feel the temperature of your milk, as you froth it.
It’s ready when the temperature reaches hot. They range in size from 4 cup, 6 cup to 10 cup. |
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Adaptor to fix a tin of coffee beans onto a coffee grinding machine in place of the hopper. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An essential item to have for knocking out used coffee grounds from the filter holder. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stencils for decorating your lattes and cappuccinos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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