How long should it take to develop the skill for creating consistent microfoam and latte art. I have been making espresso and latte drinks at home on my Simonelli Oscar for about 9 months now and I am still struggling with consistency.
My machine in
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I'm working with a Faema E92 Elite 4-Group. And I've notice that everytime I'm pushing a button for a shot, the meter in the gauge (right under) goes to 10 bar.
Now I've read somewhere that the bar should be at 9 for extracting espresso
Read more…As far as I know, there are three espresso machines currently on the market (or soon to be) that offer adjustable brew pressure: Synesso Hydra, Slayer, and La Marzocco Strada (in 2010). There's a lot of info and a lot of hype surrounding all three an
Read more…I've been more or less obsessed with the idea of varying temperatures between group heads on the same machine for quite some time and with the race on to achieve pressure profiling, I feel like this discussion has been swept under the rug. Hypothetic
Read more…I still hear people talking a lot of talk about how a harder or lighter tamp will affect the flow rate of a shot. I'd have to disagree from experience. Holding the dose constant I've tamped from 10 to 80 lbs of pressure and still ended up with consis
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