“Making Espresso Coffee Is Easy … Your Grinder And Machine Do All The Work For You!â€
Making the best coffee requires 4 essential ingredients … which are …
Clean soft / sweet water – not brackish
Fresh roasted beans
Fresh grind
Full cream milk for frothing
The color depends on your preference for roasted beans ie light; medium or dark.
Look below for guidance on what your customers would like their coffee to taste like.
Storage …
Preferably, never buy coffee that is already ground because it goes stale very quickly. Rather buy fresh roasted, vacuum sealed beans.
Don’t store the beans in a refrigerator … just store them in sealed packets in a cool area.
Keep the milk refrigerated … preferably located close to your coffee machine.
| Under-Extracted | Just Right | Over-Extracted | |
| Colour | Light Beige | Reddish brown, sometimes striped | Dark brown, mahogany, light spot |
| Texture | Thin, large bubbles Little body – watery |
3-4 mm crema thickness, fine uniform Full body |
Thin or central hole |
| Persistence | Brief – < 1 minute | Persistent – 2 to 3 minutes | Brief – < 1 minute |
| Smell | Little aroma | Balanced aroma | Sharp aroma |
| Taste | Little flavour | Persistent flavour | Strong flavour |
| Settings | |||
| Coffee weight | < 6 grams | 6.5 / 7,5 grams | >7,5 grams |
| Water temperature | <88oC | 90oC | >92oC |
| Water pressure | <9 Bar | 9 Bar | >9 Bar |
| Grinding | Slightly coarse | Fine | Too fine |
| Tamping | <20 Kg | 20 Kg | >20 Kg |
| Volume | <35 cc | 35 cc | >35cc |
| Time | <20 seconds | 25 seconds | >35 seconds |
