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espresso extraction scale grinding scale time powder quantity

Published: 2025-08-21 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2025/08/21, Coffee extraction scale Grinding time Powder quantity The influence of roasting degree on grinding scale must be understood by most coffee lovers. Generally speaking, lighter roasting degree should be brewed with finer grinding degree in order to obtain more complete extraction degree. Conversely, darker roasting degree should be used with coarser grinding scale to ensure that it is not easy to over-extract. Of course, there are also some coffee lovers who do not know how to brew coffee.

espresso extraction scale grinding scale time powder quantity

Most coffee drinkers already know about the influence of roasting degree on grinding scale. Generally speaking, lighter roasting degree should be brewed with finer grinding degree in order to obtain more adequate extraction degree. On the contrary, darker roasting degree should be brewed with coarser grinding scale to ensure that excessive extraction is not easy to occur. Of course, there are many cases where the opposite is still unexpected. However, it is necessary to adjust the brewing method greatly, so it is not described in detail here.

In summary, we should all know that each coffee bean may have different roasting degrees, and the freshness of coffee beans and the extraction environment are changing at all times, so the grinding scale should also be adjusted at any time according to changes in various factors.

Environmental effects: The air circulation and humidity of the extraction environment will affect the extraction. The effect of humidity is more obvious. When the humidity is relatively high, the ground coffee powder is quickly wetted, and the freshly ground coffee powder has reacted with the air with higher humidity to become messy and impure, making it easier to extract bad taste, making the overall coffee taste turbid. Therefore, in the case of relatively high humidity, it is not suitable for finer grinding, and it is better to use a slightly coarser grinding. On the contrary, in the case of low humidity, coffee powder is ground out after contact with the air, the speed of oxidation reaction will also accelerate, if the coarse grinding degree is used, the coffee powder oxidation will make the extracted coffee taste less, so it should be adjusted appropriately. Of course, after adjusting the grinding degree, the corresponding adjustment of brewing time is also necessary.

At present, the extraction principle of all Italian coffee equipment on the market is to extract through pressure. In through-flow extraction, the concentration decreases with increasing extraction time (extraction yield). (Is there something wrong here? So imagine if we wanted to get a powder cake up to 30% extraction, all we could do was extract until the water coming out of the handle was pure water. So, is the concentration of coffee in the cup lower than that in the 20% extraction rate?) Conversely, a cup of espresso with a relatively high concentration will have a relatively low extraction rate.

In the reasonable extraction range of espresso--18%-22%, to ensure the complete embodiment of aroma and taste, to express typical espresso, ebf can be controlled at 50%; if atypical espresso, it depends on personal preferences and equipment performance!

The fineness of the grind determines the contact area between the coffee and the book, which (in the same case) effectively changes the coffee extraction rate. From the perspective of barrista, it can be understood as a flavor correction method in the coffee extraction process:

Under the same conditions, relatively fine coffee particles are easier to extract than relatively coarse coffee particles.

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