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„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

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Buying the best espresso-cappuccino machines - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada

  „But I urge you to insist on a non-pressurized standard portafilter to get the most out of the coffees that you will use! It is very tolerant of tamp, grind and coffee type and has lots of steam pressure and volume for cranking out drink after drink, whether it is Latte, Cappuccino, Milk for Hot Chocolate or steaming cider. --$300(US) Where to buy? WholeLatteLove.ComBuy in Canada QualityCoffeeSystems Rancilio Silvia:With the boiler, brew head, delivery group and filter holder being constructed of precision machined forged marine brass, I would suspect that the Silvia will be making a home in your last will and testament as well as your Kitchen.“

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View topic - Delonghi EC-410 Espresso Machine - Coffee Forum

  „What I do with my machine (FrancisFrancis X1) is run water through the empty portafilter to get the temperature back to espresso brew level (about 200 degrees F). Then I can tamp another dose of grounds and make another latte.“

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Virtual Coffee: How to Choose Your Barista

  „How do they tamp the coffee in the portafilter basket? Probably the skill that is most important for making good coffee (assuming the grind adjustment is right) is the art of the tamp; the act of flattening and compressing the coffee in the portafilter basket before fastening the handle into the machine to brew. A qualified barista uses a hand tamper and leans significant body weight (about 30 to 40 pounds) into the basket on top of the counter. If you see the operator just barely flattening the top surface of the coffee, he or she is an amateur.“

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CoffeeGeek - An Espresso Glossary

  „Tamper: the device used to tamp a bed of loose, finely ground coffee in a portafilter, in preparation for brewing espresso. Most espresso machines include a plastic tamper as an accessory, and after market tampers can be bought. They are measured in millimeter sizes, corresponding with the filter basket internal diameter of your espresso machine.“

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CoffeeGeek - Espresso: Machines and Grinders, got my barista...not sure about a few things.

  „how hard should i be tamping it?Due to the nature of the pressureized portafilter, a light tamp just to flatten the grounds in the portafilter is all that is necessary. Watch the video that came with the Barista. With the non-pressurized portafilter, 30 pounds should be a starting guideline. Because the grinder cannot be as minutely adjusted so as to get a 2 oz shot from 14 grams at 30 pounds tamp in 25 seconds, the tamp becomes a variable you will use to adjust to get the desired shot results.“

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