Virtual Coffee: Espresso Perfection Technique #1 - Tamping (#)
„If you just tamp in the middle, the outside perimeter will still be loose,exaggerating the tendency for the water to flow between the basket and the coffee. Irecommend employing the "Staub Tamp" where you tamp the coffee four times riding the tamperup against the inside of the "North, South, East, and West" edge of the basket. Tamp with30-40 pounds of pressure (in training we tamp on a bathroom scale on the counter). Thisevenly compacts all of the coffee giving the water a uniform bed to percolate through.“
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The Coffee Review - the world's leading coffee buying guide
„With pump and piston machines use the device called a tamper that was packaged with your machine, and exert strong pressure, decisively packing the coffee into the filter basket. As you tamp the coffee you might simultaneously twist the tamper, which polishes the surface of the coffee and assists in creating a uniform resistance to the brewing water. Never use less than the minimum volume of ground coffee recommended for the machine, even if you are brewing a single cup. If the coffee gushes out rather than dribbling, compensate by using a finer grind or by tamping the coffee more firmly.“
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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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The Salton-Maxim EX96 manual for everyone - coffeecrew.com - victoria, b.c. canada
„Step 2: a) Fill filter basket with desired amount of coffee. Lines in filter basket indicate coffee level for two or four cups. Use the measuring scoop for easy filling. Do not tamp coffee.“
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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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„If its rim is damaged, it will not create a firm coffee surface pack or tamp. The divots will allow water to penetrate the espresso grounds faster than the coffee in the filter basket that is evenly and firmly tamped. Yes, it is true, you can have an overextracted and underextracted espresso from the same portafilter. A good tamper should be durable, it should fit comfortably in the palm of the hand and it should perfectly fit the diameter of the portafilter.“
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