How to properly use professional coffee machine to make espresso coffee? Espresso production steps
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Have you ever noticed how baristas or waiters make coffee when you go to the coffee shop to order coffee? Gambero Rosso will tell you how a professional Barista should use a coffee machine to make Espresso. The next time you go to a coffee shop and order Espresso, check to see if the waiter has made it for you correctly. If not, try another one.
1. Clean
Before brewing coffee, you must make sure that the coffee machine is clean so that the coffee product can enjoy its most authentic taste. First, a professional barista will install the filter handle (Portafilter), open the sink and clean the filter residue and equipment parts left by the previous cup of coffee. Before making each cup of Espresso, this step can not be omitted.
two。 Clean filter handle
Next, the barista will use a professional brush and cloth to clean the filter handle. It is wrong to say that the coffee grounds of the previous cup will bring more flavor to the next cup of coffee. The coffee grounds of the previous cup will only give the next cup of coffee a charred taste.
3. Grinding
Coffee beans must be ground, because 65% of their aroma will be lost 15 minutes after grinding. Nowadays, many coffee shops grind the coffee beans in advance and then measure the amount of coffee when making coffee, which will greatly lose the freshness, taste and aroma of the coffee. In addition, the containers for storing coffee beans must be transparent and clean, and the coffee bean cans in many coffee shops are yellow. The main reason for the yellow is that the oil in the coffee beans oxidizes over time and causes the coffee beans to deteriorate and change their taste.
4. Compress
After grinding the coffee beans, the coffee powder must be compacted with a manual filler. Many baristas rely on the built-in standard fillers that come with the bean grinder, but these built-in fillers don't actually ensure the density of the coffee powder.
5. Clean the filter handle again
Clean the filter handle again to remove coffee powder from the edges. If this step is omitted, the extra coffee powder on the edge will be scorched during coffee extraction, affecting the taste of the entire cup of coffee; in addition, it may also cause damage to the machine's rubber gasket.
6. Clean the outlet nozzle
After cleaning the filter handle, the barista will wipe the outlet. The outlet must be cleaned before the coffee is extracted.
7. Extraction
The barista finally installed the filter handle, and according to the standard of the Scae European Fine Coffee Association, the coffee extraction time is about 20 Murray 30 seconds.
CAFFE' MACCHIATO
The so-called Caff è Macchiato (known as macchiato coffee in Taiwan) is to add a small amount of milk foam to the Espresso. The mixing spoon used to dispense the foam must be wiped clean with a cloth after each use, and the remaining boiled milk in the pot must be poured out, and fresh milk must be used to dispense the foam. The boiled milk will not form a perfect foam and may be scorched after being boiled again.
CAFFE' LUNGO
Caff è Lungo is a diluted Espresso. When making Caff è Lungo, a professional barista or waiter will dilute the coffee with hot water instead of prolonging the extraction time. Coffee extraction time, which varies according to the variety of coffee beans, temperature and roasting freshness, is the key to a good cup of Espresso. The change of extraction time will affect the presentation of coffee flavor.
Weight, time and temperature
Generally speaking, the ground coffee powder used to make a cup of classic Espresso in Italy is 7 grams, but the amount may vary depending on the roasting and freshness of the coffee beans. As for the extraction time, as mentioned earlier, according to the standard of Scae European Fine Coffee Association, it is between 20 and 30 seconds, but the extraction time for a cup of classic Italian Espresso is usually 25 seconds. The time of contact between water and coffee powder will affect the presentation of coffee flavor, usually the longer the extraction time, the more water-soluble substances will enter the coffee, so the balance of a cup of Espresso is very important.
What is a good ESPRESSO?
A good Espresso must have a good balance, of course, the balance of each cup of coffee will be more or less different, some may be sour, some may be sweet, but should not be particularly prominent. In addition to the dreamy foam on the surface of Espresso, Italian baristas have a different view from other countries: Italian baristas like Espresso covered with solid foam, while baristas outside Italy put more emphasis on the taste of coffee itself.
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