Espresso - Like a good espresso at home

Espresso is strongly brewed coffee made by forcing steam and hot water
through darkly roasted and finely ground coffee beans. The aroma of
espresso makes it especially hard for many coffee lovers to resist.
Coffee aficionados the world over know that a shot of excellent
espresso is crucial to making a good cup of coffee. There are a
variety of espresso machines in the market that can produce great
tasting espresso.

So how do you make a great cup of espresso? Here are the basic steps:

1. Remove coffee ground residue of the previous shot in the shot
holder before using the espresso machine to make a new cup of
espresso.

2. Have adequate ground coffee ready and place it in the grinder hopper.

3. Release seven grams of the ground coffee into the shot holder,
making sure that you get a full pull as you do so.

4. Using a hand tamper, even out the Grounds. Tamp once
this is not how to manipulate and twist tamp the coffee grounds. With this
For this you can be sure that the hot water and steam is extracted in a uniform manner
coffee. It is also possible to estimate correctly the pressure, when a
packaging handled by hand to remove the coffee grounds and
coffee grounds in excess of the support roll.

5. Back up the shot and the holder block espresso machine
Handle, so no water leaks as well asIt passes through the coffee
Motivation high pressure.

6. The placement of a heated espresso cup under expressed 's car
coffee holder. Start the espresso machine. Keep an eye on
Color and texture of the beer coming out of the mouth. In 15
have up to 20 seconds, you should be around 1.5 ounces freshly prepared
Expressed in the cup.

A-brewed cup of coffee and takes time andpractice. The
presence of a creamy honey-colored foam called crema that is about a
quarter of an inch thick sitting on the coffee's surface is a sign
that you have successfully made an excellent cup of espresso. And if a
teaspoon of sugar can rest on the crema, you can probably consider
yourself an espresso guru!

The crema is the result of several important factors: the coffee
blend, fineness of the coffee ground, extraction time, Water
Temperature and quantity of coffee used. You can get a perfect cup
Espresso every time, if you can always reach an optimal mix of
these factors.

* Coffee lovers agree more with me that the coffee blend is
include some Robusta beans.

* Several reasons could change the color of dark chocolate cream: too
coffee could have been used, the coffee grounds were packed
hit hard and not too hard on the media, resulting inlonger
extraction time of the coffee; the coffee grounds used was too fine;
or too much water was used.

* There are several reasons, too, for less crema: the coffee used may
not have been enough; the time it took to extract the coffee may have
been too short since the coffee used was coarsely ground; there was
not enough water to pass through the coffee; the coffee grounds were
packed too lightly in the shot holder; or the water that passed
through the coffee was not hot enough.

* If the espresso machine, shot holder or cup is cold, it may affect
the amount of crema produced.

Espresso can be served as it comes out of the espresso machine or it
can be served in a variety of ways. In fact, many of the specialty
coffee drinks today has espresso as their base. Some of the specialty
coffee drinks that have a shot of espresso include macchiato (espresso
topped with foamed milk), espresso con panna (espresso topped with
whipped cream), cappuccino (espresso with milk and foam), café latte
(espresso with milk, but without the foam), mocha (espresso blended
with milk and chocolate syrup) and Americano (a "weakened" espresso
made by adding warm water).

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