@tannercolson: How to make good coffee w/ the Breville ➡️ 1. COFFEE Use high quality, freshly roasted coffee! If you don’t do this, nothing else matters. The coffee beans you use are the biggest factor in how your coffee will taste. There’s no machine that will make bad coffee taste good. Here I’m using a Verve Blend that I like for espresso. Also, if your coffee is freshly roasted within the last few weeks it will look a lot prettier as it pulls on espresso. 2. PUCK PREP This is where you have the most leeway to decide how intense you want to be with your espresso. I like to use a scale to make sure that I’m using 18g of coffee grounds every time and I also use a $10 WDT tool to distribute the grounds evenly in the portafilter. You can also just rely on the machines auto settings (just a little less precise) and tap lightly on the portafilter to distribute the grounds. Make sure to tamp evenly and don’t worry about how much pressure you’re applying (it doesn’t matter that much). 3. DIAL IN The flow of your shot should look like smooth honey, and if it gushes out too fast like you can see here in my first shot, you need to grind finer. If the shot takes over 40-50 seconds to pull or if it is barely dripping out, you need to grind coarser. 3. OPTIONAL I like to use an espresso scale and weigh my coffee on the way out, stopping my shot when it gets to 40 grams (just past a 2:1 ratio). You can also use a cup that you’re familiar with and stop the shot whenever it hits a certain level in your cup. But aiming for a little more consistency here will go a long way. The auto settings on most Brevilles I think program for around a 60 gram single shot, which in my opinion is too diluted and won’t taste as good if you’re using 18g of coffee. Remember - the classic ratio is 2:1 water to coffee. 4. ENJOY Remember, if your coffee tastes good to you, it doesn’t matter how fast it pulled or what ratio you used. Just enjoy it! Even if you spill milk everywhere like I did here.

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Saturday 18 January 2025 19:11:09 GMT