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

  „It is made on a specialized machine that forces hot water through finely ground coffee that has been compacted (tamped), the force of the water being spent in the coffee cake. It takes 20-30 seconds to percolate the water through the coffee cake (or "puck") which is held in a portafilter "coffee handle". It is judged by its appearance, aroma, mouthfeel (body), flavor and aftertaste.“

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Mostly Italian Coffee

  „This site is very much specialized at italian espresso. I do not sell any coffee what so ever. I hope you enjoy your visit. Feel free to mail me at this address ake.israelsson@bredband.netIf you feel like it you can listen to a good tune while browsing.“

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International Coffee Organization

  „But not with espresso. Espresso machines force the hot water through very finely and compacted coffee and then into the cups below. 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.“

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View topic - what is the difference between coffee, espresso, latte, etc? - Coffee Forum

  „It's all coffee. Basically the difference between espresso and drip coffee is the extraction method. Espresso is finely ground coffee put in a special basket and pushed through this basket with a lot of force for a short period of time; whereas drip coffee is ground coarser and usually extracted through a gravity drip method.“

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Espresso Tutorial Chapter 6 - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada

  „In the event that nothing comes out of the portafilter and the unit starts to sound somewhat ìdifferentî, this is because you have ground the coffee too fine or tamped too hard. If the espresso coffee streams out of the portafilter spouts like honey from a jar, my friend, you have achieved coffee nirvana in short order! What are the chances of this happening in the first attempt? Well, if you have played around with your grinder and your coffee is fresh or if you have had your local roaster grind it for you, you might just score on the first breakaway.“

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