We've Seen the Future and It's...Capresso? (#)

„Capresso’s most adventurous machine to date may be the C2000, an automatic coffee and espresso center which effectively brings a fine European cafe to your home. Swiss-made, as are the other Capresso models, the C2000 offers a completely automated process for making everything from a short shot of espresso to two 16-ounce cups of joe. Also equipped with a burr grinder, this machine will grind, tamp and pressure-brew coffee, espresso, cappuccino and lattes with the flick of a switch. Among the features making this machine a real pleasure are an "extra strong" button for those times when only the strongest brew will do; a steady stream of steam at the ready for cappuccino lovers, along with hot water for those interested in a spot of tea; and a coffee spout which conveniently slides up or down to accommodate cup size.“

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:: The Tamperer :: (#)

„But to make things even simpler, here are a few bullet points: - dose the ground coffee into the portafilter and tap its side with your hand to even out the surface - tamp once with about 20 psi of pressure (in other words, firm but not too hard!) - tap the portafilter again - tamp again with 40 psi pressure this time (about as firm as you can manage with the hand you don't use for writing) - "polish" the coffee surface by twisting the portafilter slightly under the tamp - dust off the edges of the portafilter before locking it into the group head and making a heavenly espresso - When done with style and bravura, the entire tamping process will take a barista about 5 seconds. Practice...practice. This article originally appeared in Fresh 6 <Back to Lab Notes“

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Gurus.net: How to Use a La Pavoni Manual Lever-Piston Espresso Machine by Daniel Ho - How to... (#)

„Great stuff!  The bottom line is this. If you are going to spend so much effort on making a fine shot of espresso, USE EXCELLENT BEANS. Two filters are included with each machine.  My feeling is that the single shot portafilter is too small and completely useless.  I use the double shot filter exclusively.  The portafilter supplied with a La Pavoni is slightly smaller than the ones used in commercial machines.  I find that 12 grams of coffee works for me.   Falling loosely out of a grinder's doser, this amount of coffee will slightly overfilled the double portafilter by about 3 mm at the highest point.“

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Tips on Coffee - Cappuccino Cocktails: Specialty Coffee Recipes and 'A-Whole-Latte' more! (#)

„"Make a Basic Cappuccino WITHOUT a Machine", tips from an Executive Chef, will hopefully inspire you to begin to brew and create cappuccino cocktails today. There is no reason why you cannot perform your own ritual of brewing Espresso and making cappuccino in the comfort of your own kitchen, to please your palate, nourish your soul and entertain your guests. Cappuccino Cocktails is meant to be a user-friendly recipe and information guide, with easy-to-follow recipes created and collected over my years of coffee and cappuccino experience. Hot and cold specialty coffee concoctions are as varied as the blending combinations of coffee beans.“

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The Espresso Pages from Sweet Maria's: Preparing Milk Drinks - Macchiato, Cappuccino, Latte (#)

„Otherwise, home machines have to toggle between a low-pressure espresso-making setting and a high-pressure steam setting. This means there's going to be a delay between making espresso and steaming. You either have make espresso first, switch to steam mode, and wait for the machine to get up to steam pressure. Or you steam milk first, then switch to espresso mode and follow the manuals instructions to release pressure/heat to you can then brew the espresso.“

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Virtual Coffee: Taking the Guess-Work out of Purchasing a Home Espresso Machine (#)

„Those big, beautiful commercial espresso coffee machines are big andbeautiful for a reason. The process of making espresso requires certaintechnical capacities for both quality and for consistency. The generallyaccepted industry guidelines for professional espresso preparation are 130 lb.PSI (pounds per square inch) of water at roughly 195 degrees Fahrenheit, withthe goal of extracting 1.5 ounces of coffee from 7 grams of finely groundcoffee. To produce these same conditions in your kitchen is neither easy norcheap, but it can be done.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„It was such a great communal experience to hear everyone unearthing their passion for good coffee as shots of origins made their way through Stumptown’s cupping room. 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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International Coffee Organization (#)

„Good espresso is expensive to make because in order to extract the greatest amount of flavour from the coffee, a high level of pressure is required and thus a high specification machine. Yet when making espresso, it is important not to over-extract the coffee, which means the machine should be switched off sooner, rather than later. While the coffee is still coming out as a golden brown liquid, it is perfect. This liquid is the 'crema', which lies on top of the black coffee underneath.“

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Tea & Coffee 09/00 - Espresso Pods (#)

„With pods, the end result is always consistent. You always get the same espresso.” She thinks with beans, there are many other factors effecting the taste of the espresso and unless a seasoned barista is making the beverage, it will be bitter. “I’m sure more waiters and waitresses would recommend an espresso or cappuccino if the machine they were making it with uses pods. Confidence and a great tasting product is the end result when using pods.”“

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The Espresso Pages from Sweet Maria's: Espresso, a Definition and General (#)

„At one time that meant buying a hand-pull piston machine , which are still beautiful objects and can still make great espresso! The good news is that electric pump-driven equipment capable of making really good espresso at home is now widely available, starting at about $230 or so (see the Gaggia Espresso ). The machine is part of the equation, the coffee is another, and the machine-operator, the Barrista, is also key!“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„Brewing Principles. There are two requirements for making good espresso. First, you must grind the coffee just fine enough, and tamp it down in the filter basket just firmly and uniformly enough, so that the barrier of ground coffee resists the pressure of the hot water sufficiently to produce a slow dribble of dark, rich liquid. Second, you need to stop the dribble at just the right moment, before the oils in the coffee are exhausted and the dark, rich dribble turns into a tasteless brown torrent.“

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illy caffè North America (#)

„If you fell in love with espresso on a trip to Italy or at that wonderful expense account dinner at the top French restaurant and think you might want to 'try it at home'—you can. Making a perfect cup of espresso can be totally challenging—that's why Italians have a whole career devoted to it—barista—but here we're into multi-tasking. So, keep the day job. You can make espresso child's play thanks to a system called E.S.E.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„There are two requirements for making good espresso. First, you must grind the coffee just fine enough, and tamp it down in the filter basket just firmly and uniformly enough, so that the barrier of ground coffee resists the pressure of the hot water sufficiently to produce a slow dribble of dark, rich liquid. Second, you need to stop the dribble at just the right moment, before the oils in the coffee are exhausted and the dark, rich dribble turns into a tasteless brown torrent.“

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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide (#)

„To those whose only coffee-making experience has been with brewing methods other than espresso, the remarks below concerning the importance of the correct grind in espresso will doubtless sound like the mutterings of a French omelet cook, even an obsessive French omelet cook. So be it, because grinding the coffee may be the single most important act in the entire sequence of espresso brewing events.“

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Tea & Coffee 02/03 - Espressing Their Opinions: Choosing an Espresso Machine (#)

„But Babcock quickly adds, “If you’re overusing those machines, if you are making so many, so fast, then your temperature drops in the heads and you don’t have the proper temperature and extraction rates, the quality of your espresso goes down significantly, say if it drops under 195. So you want a machine that will hold that temperature. The other things that I look for are, of course, quality of the espresso coming out.“

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illy caffè North America (#)

„X5 is a sturdy, easy-to-use espresso machine that makes the finest cup of espresso and restaurant-style cappuccino every time. It has an all-metal body, a brass boiler to maintain the right temperature for making espresso, great steam pressure for frothing milk for the cappuccino, a brewing handle for ground coffee and a cup warmer with rail on the top of the machine to keep cups warm.“

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Amazon.com : (#)

„Making espresso means extracting maximum flavor from coffee using minimal hot water. That requires forcing water through the coffee under high pressure. The result is an emulsion of flavorful and aromatic oils combined with other chemical elements and suspended gas bubbles, giving you the concentrated flavor, velvety texture, and crema (foam) that distinguish true espresso.“

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Mr. Coffee® - F.A.Q's (#)

„If your espresso maker is not making espresso, below are some causes:No water in reservoirCoffee grinds too fineToo much coffee in the filterCap is not secure, causing steam to escapeAppliance not plugged inCoffee grinds have been tamped/compressed too muchUnit may need to be cleanedIf the above troubleshooting does not work, your product needs to be repaired or replaced. (Service Center Link)“

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CoffeeKid - The Espresso MiniFAQ (#)

„Don't let anyone else tell you any differently - tamping is an integral and crucial part of the espresso making process. Sure, you can get a great shot of espresso by not tamping at all, or lightly levelling grounds (but not applying more than a few lbs of force), but tamping provides something every espresso hound seeks: consistency, or at least a higher level of it.“

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CoffeeGeek - Making Espresso and Progress! (#)

„The last time we met, I left you with the message to practice, practice, practice. I hope that you have, and that the mechanics of making espresso is now almost second nature. I truly believe that making the mechanics, well, mechanical, is key to your progress. That said, let me tell you about my first espresso experience with Rancillio Silvia and Solis Maestro.“

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ANOTHER DE’LONGHI INNOVATION: The “Magnifica” All-in-One (#)

„The De’Longhi Magnifica represents the culmination of De’Longhi’s 100-year history of innovation in technology and Italian design in home appliances as well as the natural espresso/cappuccino heritage of the company’s Italian home base in Treviso. Treviso is located near by Trieste, an Italian city that is highly regarded for its espresso-making tradition.“

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CoffeeGeek - ECM Giotto - Paul Kula's Review (#)

„I bought a Giotto and Mazzer Mini in April of last year and I haven't looked back since.  The Giotto arrived first and I tried making espresso with a Solis 166 grinder.  It worked OK but when the Mazzer arrived the difference was night and day.  In other words, if you are going to spend +$1000 on an espresso machine, don't penny pinch on the grinder.“

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Braun - Coffee Mills & Grinders (#)

„The Braun CaféSelect (KMM 30) is a professional, large capacity, 8 oz. precision mill permitting to select from a variety of 14 finesse settings, indispensable for making fresh ground for a variety of coffees, i.e., drip coffee, espresso, or French coffee. A 60-second timer eases to select the required amount of coffee; the attached container allows to store the freshly ground coffee.“

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Gaggia Home Espresso Equipment - Gaggia Espresso, Gaggia New Coffee, Gaggia Classic, Gaggia Baby (#)

„This means it gets water up to temperature fast if you use a lot in a short amount of time, and there's less water to flush through the system for cleaning. It makes it a better machine for home, for making a few espresso, and not for a shop. But if you are buying a Gaggia, you probably aren't needing 12 espresso in 5 minutes, eh?“

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Tea & Coffee 04/03 - BARISTA PRIMER I (#)

„The range of varietal profiles works fine for drip coffee, but for the purposes of making espresso, one wants a more developed and consistent profile. To choose the best coffee profile for your business, any one particular varietal just won’t have the range that you need. This is why espresso bars and coffeehouses use espresso blends.“

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Making Eggspresso (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„While making quality espresso requires you to have a high quality espresso machine, making eggpresso doesn't have such restrictions. Making eggspresso only requires a good steam wand. Most home espresso machines have good decent frothing wands with which to cook the eggs.“

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CoffeeGeek - Milwaukee EspressoFest (#)

„What's the bottom line on these machines? After about 3 hours of making espresso and trying out all the machines, everyone in attendance agreed that the Isomac, LaValentina and Expobar were very comparable machines. Each machine is similar in size, made excellent espresso and had plenty of steam power! Sorry…no clear winner.“

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It's All About Coffee (#)

„On a recent morning, standing next to an overhead projector at the National Federation of Coffee Growers, Ms. Celeita carefully explained how to make espresso to a group of young baristas embarking on careers as counter clerks making everything from cappuccinos to mochas to frozen coffee drinks at the federation's new franchise, Juan Valdez cafes.“

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Tea & Coffee 11/03 - Is Espresso Good for Coffee? (#)

„The buzz about coffee lately has been really about espresso. The New York Times, even, had a front page article about coffee geeks, freaks and aficionados but the real story, it became quickly apparent, was about espresso drinks…the love affair people have with making espresso and steaming milk.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine (#)

„To make sure that the espresso doesn't get lost in a hodgepodge of other ingredients, Justus stays true to traditional proportions. All iced espresso drinks at Caffe Driade contain two shots, and none of the drinks are larger than 12 ounces, making espresso the featured flavor.“

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Gurus.net: How to Use a La Pavoni Manual Lever-Piston Espresso Machine by Daniel Ho (#)

„Systematically, I broke down all the components of making an espresso with La Pavoni.  One variable was eliminated at a time.  It seems that EVERYTHING is important with a La Pavoni, but I’ve found that the most important factors are grind and the tamp!   Here are the fruits of my labour...“

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"FRCN Espresso HOW TO Pages" (#)

„      When making espresso there are a number of variables that should be controlled to as great of an extent as possible. We often discuss controlling the grind and the brew time as well as the tamp procedure and pressure as key factors. Two other key factors are water pressure and water temperature.“

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Factors in a Perfect Cup (of espresso) (#)

„Like machine cleanliness most espresso making establishments have trouble keeping their supply of roasted coffee fresh. Your goal is to use your coffee between 2 and 5 days after roasting. Roasted coffee must be packaged within 2 hours of roasting and stored in those same bags/containers at 55 degrees Fahrenheit.“

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Coffee: Resources for home espresso (#)

„If you live in the U.S., these genuine Italian beans won't necessarily be as freshly roasted as other sources,but they get the roast (and grind, if you buy ground) exactly right for espresso. Having troublemaking espresso? This is a good reference bean, and grind.“

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CoffeeKid - The Gaggia Years (#)

„I bought a used Baby Gaggia in the local classifieds in Vancouver. I really liked the machine, and I found myself intrigued by the entire process of making espresso. I tinkered and fooled around with it quite a bit, and I learned how to build some of the drinks I used to have in Europe.“

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BBC - h2g2 - Ways to Make Good Coffee (#)

„They should always be used to make a full pot as they do not operate well when half full. After making a pot, you must wait a few minutes for the pot to cool down before you can use it again, so they are not really suitable for making large amounts of espresso.“

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View topic - how to make espresso at home - its not working for me - Coffee Forum (#)

„Hello! I am a bit new to the world of making espresso. I have just moved into a household that has a cheesy espresso maker, so I am trying to produce some palatable espresso drinks. The machine is a Krupps IL Primo.“

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Did you know that..? - Now you do - lots of interesting tidbits! (#)

„the requirements for making of good espresso is summarised by the 4 "M"s: Macinazione (the correct griinding of coffee blend), Miscela (coffee blend), Macchina (the espresso machine) and of course, Mano (barista).“

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The generic pump-powered espresso manual - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada (#)

„Of course you have coffee ground appropriately for espresso making and your coffee is fresh isn't it? Do not expect good results with stale coffee, because coffee is a food product. You wouldn't make a salad with wilted lettuce now would you?“

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CoffeeGeek - Espresso Machines - Steam Models - Robert King's Review (#)

„A steam machine will cost you less, and is definately one of the lower types of machines on the overall chain of possibly hundreds of different models.  For a good starting education on making espresso, it could be worth it.  “

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Solis Espresso Equipment and Solis Maestro Mill: SL-90 Crema, Solis Master 5000 Superauto, Solis MaestroSolis 177 Mill and Solis166 Mill (#)

„Is this the most handsome espresso machine out there --honestly, I don't think so. Is it capable of making true shop-quality espresso? Yes! Can the "muy suave" Francis-Francis do this?“

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Using the Barista Home Espresso Machine (INeedCoffee.com) (#)

„If you are making an Americano, pour your espresso into a mug. Now, put the clean frothing wand into the mug and turn the knob (don't push any buttons this time). This will shoot hot water into your espresso.“

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Amazon.com: Books: ESPRESSO! Starting and Running Your Own Specialty Coffee Business (#)

„STARTING & RUNNING YOUR OWN SPECIALTY COFFEE BUSINESS first. The ESPRESSO BARTENDERS GUIDE TO ESPRESSO BARTENDING has to be the next book on your journey to making a living brewing great coffee.“

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Fairtrade | Publications | Fair Comment | Spring 1998 (#)

„Yes, most of them provide standard pour-over machines. Others also include machines for grinding, making cappuccino and espresso, and serving flasks and vending machines.“

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Schomer's Table@Lucidcafé 4 (#)

„I do not mean to imply that making espresso coffee is a science. It is, rather, a culinary art. I say this after eight years of daily total immersion in high volume espresso work.“

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BSCA - News (#)

„The public will be able to purchase BSCA single estate coffees and BSCA Espresso Number One and there will also be espresso making demonstrations at certain times.“

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Multi Pro series - CG-27 (#)

„For making just the right Espresso; a stronger Italian-style “half cup” or a “full-cup” Espresso (optional – version “A”).“

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Espresso Machines (#)

„Espresso pods can speed up the espresso-making processs. They're prepacked grounds that you just toss in your machine.“

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Pump Espresso Machine Profiles (#)

„You can't go wrong with a Krups machine. The Artese is a good, basic machine that can introduce you to the world of home espresso making.“

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CoffeeGeek - Articles: CoffeeGeek Columnist Feedback, Making Espresso and Progress! by Ed Gabrielle (#)

„Discussions > Articles > Columnist... > Making Espresso...“

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