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  „Espresso is horribly over-extracted at that point. No wonder your guests squish up their faces when they sip your "expresso."     There is an astounding number of diverse ways in which the variables of roasting style and degree of roast, blends of single source or varietal beans, freshness and quality of the beans, grind, volume of dose, tamping pressure and accuracy, water temperature, water delivery pressure, water quality and softness, length of pour, and even relative humidity can conspire to botch our espresso. The home enthusiast has little or no control over most of these factors but she can learn to compensate so that every shot is as close to perfetto as possible.. Learning how to cope with these myriad obstacles and the peculiarities of your chosen machine will eventually allow you to produce, upon demand, in your own kitchen, spectacularly rich and flavorful espresso.“

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Espresso! My Espresso! An Ongoing Internet Novel - CHAPTER

  „She did that and here face lit up as she chewed the sip- then a third and a fourth sip. As it was late in the day and all we had was caffeinated coffee with which to test, neither of us drank too much, but it was clear by the look on her face that she was amazed by the taste.“

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Coffee Kids | 1-800-334-9099 | Helping coffee-growing families

  „As you sip your morning coffee or enjoy that afternoon espresso, do you ever think about where coffee comes from? Around the world, literally millions of people dedicate their lives to growing coffee. Unfortunately, the blessings of coffee don't always filter down to the people who grow it. Coffee farmers earn as little as a penny-a-pound for their harvest, and even during the years when crops do well and prices are high, the children of coffee growers go without much that we take for granted.“

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Virtual Coffee: Judging Expresso Extraction by Crema

  „A good question deserves a good answer. I am a supporter of the importance of crema in espresso extraction, but I alsobelieve that there is more to a good espresso extraction than the mere presence of crema. In fact, I have personally tasted espressos that offered a beautiful looking crema, but were extremely acidic, astringent and undrinkable.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine

  „Faces lit up at the first sip of a shot that maybe they had never thought of as making a good espresso. Everyone agreed at the end of the first morning, our heads spinning around us somewhere on the level of an ethereal caffeine buzz, that this is yet another amazing tool in understanding not only your espresso blend, but the great tastes coffee has to offer.“

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