Espresso! My Espresso! An Ongoing Internet Novel - CHAPTER (#)

  „      It became clear as I started visiting the first espresso websites that this was going to a lot more complicatedthan the purchase of any other appliance I had ever bought. I found dozens and dozens of different espressomachines. I also found that if you want to get serious about your coffee then you will need to spend someserious amounts of cash- serious at least when compared to the Mr. Coffee or the Krups machines as seen inmost department stores.“

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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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  „They also had a dog along and as it was an easy conversation starter I went over there and introduced myself. We spoke for a while, and I finally asked her if they would like some coffee, fresh-roasted, home blended, Spring shower, running barefoot through fields of flowers, blah, blah, etc.“

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  „      These are things I had suspected, but having gone from way too short of a pull to way too long (in seconds) by varying the grind, I wasn't sure what else I could do. He did mention that I should take a look at http://www2.lucidcafe.com/lucidcafe/cafeforum/factors.html David Schomer "Factors in a Perfect Cup (of espresso)" where he offers some tips on attaining perfection including some images of a "perfect pour." His pour was thick, dark, and flowed like hot honey whereas my pulls were thinner, much lighter in color, and flowed like hot water.“

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  „01/07/01 - I had my first "Americano" this morning. Pulling a double shot early this morning that I was intending to drink straight, for whatever reason it tasted quite bitter on my palate and I just wasn't in the mood for that. So I thought "What can I do with these two shots?"“

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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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