This recipe is great for light roasted espresso
- 15-17g of light roasted coffee
- an espresso machine or pressurized/heated espresso extraction device (e.g., flair 58)
- 18g basket
- a flat burr coffee grinder
- espresso tamp
- puck rake/WDT tool (recommended)
- dosing funnel (recommended)
- puck screen (recommended)
- turn on espresso machine
- weigh out your chosen amount of coffee (17g is a good starting point)
- grind the coffee at a setting slightly coarser than espresso
- dose the ground coffee into the portafilter
- (optional) rake the grinds in the portafilter to ensure even distribution
- tamp the puck
- (optional) place a puck screen on your puck
- insert your portafilter
- place a scale and a vessel to catch your espresso underneath the portafilter
- pull your shot
- stop your shot when the weight of the output is almost to 3.5x your input weight
- taste and adjust accordingly
- use dialing-in guides to adjust the grind setting and dosing
- experiment! you can get trapped in local-minima of tastiness with espresso. don't be afraid to try something others might call weird