Siliconslave's how to make espresso thread

[Craterloads]

Often seen much debate around this.

I think those ratios are probably a good starting point, but I gather it's more about setting a baseline so you can then try longer/shorter times or larger/smaller yields, to see what works for you. Not that I've worked it out yet, it's been over 4 years and I still struggle to even tell sour from bitter...

Same on the timing. I personally start the timer and shot together. But I think it's a bit like weighing food raw vs cooked, as long as you do it the same each time you get a baseline to work from.

There's a brew guide on the Espresso subreddit which is pretty good - https://www.reddit.com/r/espresso/wiki/guides/brewing-basics/

Cheers

Struggled a bit today trying to dial in, got the time and extraction dialled in but didn’t like the taste. Has a bit of an aftertaste, not sure how to describe maybe bitter, just not nice. The beans are light medium roast came free with grinder (freshly roasted). Never really had lighter roasts, perhaps not suited to milk based drinks. Will try again when the other darker roasts beans come along.

 

[iron_monkey]

lighter roasts need a higher brew temp which you cant adjust with the bambino plus, i just over extract it a bit and it helps imo. I start the timer as soon as i press the button, hold it until the coffee starts ccoming out, usually 8-10seconds and then stop it when it gets to double the weight, so 18g ground coffee and 36g extracted. This should take about 30 seconds, i find most coffees need a bit longer than this so i grind finer and as the coffee gets older i'll go finer.