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  „I settled upon one click finer as I somehow remembered pulls that flowed too quickly. In twenty-five seconds I get a total of about half an ounce of very dark espresso with some very dark crema. I would say the darkest crema I have pulled so far. It dribbled from the portafilter like old latex paint at first, then thinned a bit and flowed like old honey.“

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  „      Another change is that I am grinding (relatively) finer now by about one click than I had previously. I am now achieving a twenty-five second double shot that is never more than two ounces, and usually just a little short of that. I find that the pull starts darker, and stays dark longer as well. Near the end of the pull as the stream of espresso gets light in color, it still contains streaks of darker colors where before it became a light colored stream with no other color definition.“

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  „      We discussed the quality of the espresso we were tasting and agreed that, to the best of ourknowledge, there was not a coffee shop or commercial establishment in our county whereespresso of this quality could be had, and that neither of us were brave enough to order straightespresso anywhere in the area.“

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  „If a spotless kitchen is a priority in your life, I would suggest that you think about going out and buying your espresso at a coffee shop. If you brew at home there will be coffee grounds on the counter that spilled out of the portafilter, grounds will be all around the grinder, water will get on the floor when you remove the portafilter or the drip tray, you will drip coffee when you go to empty the portafilter basket, there will be coffee grounds in the sink, there will be two or three (or more) towels stained with coffee each time you brew (find some brown towels, now!), and you will end up with a sink full of cups, saucers, pitchers, shot glasses, and more.“

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  „One of the tests was a God Shot. My wife (who as you all know by now is not a big fan of the taste of coffee, or at least was not when I started all of this) actually finished nearly the entire straight shot espresso from this pull. It was really quite incredible. When I saw that I realized that, although I would never pull such espresso all the time, I could do better.“

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  „This seems to be particularly evident as the pull nears its end. With the La Marzocco basket the crema remains darker throughout. The Crema in the shot is noticeably darker as well even after the pull settles down (the "Guiness Effect"). The output from the portafilter is noticeably thicker, resembling the "warmed honey" to which brewing espresso is so often compared.“

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