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How Much Difference is There Between Baskets? How Much Coffee Should a Basket Hold? Which is Better: 51mm or 58mm Baskets?
The "basket" is a bowl-shaped component installed on an espresso machine's portafilter. It gets its name from containing coffee grounds. Since manufacturers typically provide default baskets when purchasing an espresso machine, most coffee enthusiasts don't specifically research baskets (and indeed, there's usually no need to), but when it comes to understanding basket differences...
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Espresso Extraction Standards: Coffee Quality and Filter Basket Performance Comparison
For professional barista discussions, follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat Official Account: cafe_style) IMS vs VST: Espresso Filter Baskets and Their Role in Extraction. Espresso filter baskets: though small, they play a significant role. They have a crucial impact on extraction, yet despite this, they are often overlooked
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The Difference Between Split Portafilter and Bottomless Portafilter for Espresso Extraction: Which is Better?
Previously purchased coffee machines almost always came with spouted portafilters. Typically, there would be two: one single-spout portafilter for single shot baskets, and another split portafilter with two spouts for double shot baskets, dividing the espresso into two cups. At that time, 1 shot referred to a single portion.
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What's the Difference Between Bottomless and Spouted Portafilters for Espresso Machines? Which Portafilter Should You Use for Single and Double Baskets? Which Portafilter is Best for Espresso Extraction?
Recently, many well-known coffee bloggers have been discussing the topic of espresso machine portafilters, suggesting that bottomless portafilters are more suitable for espresso extraction than spouted ones. The so-called espresso machine portafilter is a tool used to support the portafilter basket during extraction. Whether it's the single basket that FrontStreet Coffee discussed yesterday, or what we now use
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Why Is My Espresso Puck Wet? Causes of Slow Extraction and Water Pooling in the Portafilter
Normally, after extracting coffee, the puck should be relatively dry and come out as a complete block. However, we often find that after coffee extraction, the portafilter accumulates a large amount of water, the puck is moist and loose, and the extracted puck cannot form a solid block. Although
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Differences Between Bottomed and Bottomless Portafilters for Espresso Machines | Analysis of Bottomless Portafilters' Functions, Pros and Cons
For professional coffee knowledge and more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Simply put, a bottomless portafilter removes the spout and base from the bottom of the filter basket, allowing you to clearly see espresso dripping drop by drop from the basket into the cup. Currently available...
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How to Choose an Espresso Machine Portafilter? Does a Bottomless Portafilter Affect Espresso Extraction?
When coffee enthusiasts purchase an espresso machine, they naturally need to select related accessories to achieve better extraction of delicious espresso! Among these, the most attention-grabbing aspect is the choice of portafilter, which has always been divided into two major camps: one group chooses portafilters with bottom spouts for separate flow
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Is Water Accumulation in Espresso Portafilter After Extraction Related to Portafilter and Distribution Plate? How to Adjust Extraction Parameters?
For espresso machine owners, have you encountered this situation: after brewing, when you remove the portafilter, you find the entire coffee puck is soaking wet with significant water accumulation on the surface, and the knocked-out puck becomes a shapeless mud-like lump. Under normal circumstances, the extracted espresso coffee puck should be relatively dry, and the knocked-out puck
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Espresso Coffee Extraction Steps and Process, Important Details for Making Espresso, Italian Coffee Drinking Methods
Introduction Espresso coffee is a high-concentration coffee extracted by an espresso machine under pressure, serving as the base for popular café beverages like Americano and latte. In recent years, many coffee enthusiasts have also equipped their homes with an espresso machine. Of course, extracting qualified espresso is not a simple task. Today, FrontStreet Coffee will share some tips for extracting espresso. Production
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Espresso Machine Clean Backflush Procedure Semi-Automatic Espresso Machine Maintenance Tutorial
Machines that aren't properly maintained are prone to breakdowns. This applies equally to coffee machines. If one day you notice that your coffee tastes off or that the extraction seems unusual, it could indicate a serious problem with your coffee machine. Therefore, we should perform regular cleaning to prevent these issues from occurring. This can be divided into daily cleaning and
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Should Espresso Portafilters Be Locked Back to Group Head or Left at Room Temperature? The Impact of Temperature on Coffee Flavor
Professional coffee knowledge exchange. For more coffee bean information, please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account: cafe_style). Introduction: After extracting espresso, should the portafilter be locked to the group head to keep warm or left at room temperature? On this question, baristas have different views. Some baristas believe that keeping the portafilter locked to the group head maintains consistent temperature throughout the entire portafilter (including the filter basket).
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Why can't an 18g portafilter hold 18g of coffee grounds? What's the ideal grind size for espresso? How to determine if coffee beans are ground to the right consistency?
Many friends took advantage of shopping festivals to purchase home coffee machines, but when they installed the coffee machines at home, they discovered that operating them wasn't as simple as imagined. Either no water comes out from somewhere, or something doesn't fit properly. As a result, some friends who live near FrontStreet Coffee's store directly visit to consult...
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Why Does Espresso Spray Out? How to Make Standard Espresso at Home?
FrontStreet Coffee remembers using a bottomless portafilter when first trying an espresso machine. Imitating the instructor's techniques and pressing the extraction button, I saw the first drop of espresso slowly fall into the cup, happily thinking this shot was secured. But unexpectedly, the vertical liquid stream suddenly sprayed out a very light-colored, thin water stream, and the coffee's flow rate
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Key Considerations in Espresso Making Process? How to Make Delicious SOE Espresso?
Professional coffee knowledge exchange For more coffee bean information Please follow Coffee Workshop (WeChat official account cafe_style) Key considerations in espresso making process? How to make it delicious? When we watch them make espresso in coffee shops, they directly drop ground coffee powder into the filter, use their hands to level the coffee powder even with the cup rim, then apply pressure with a tamper to compress it into a coffee puck. The pressure application
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What Causes Uneven Flow Distribution When Extracting Espresso? What's the Difference Between Bottomless and Split-Flow Portafilters?
Before bottomless portafilters were invented, baristas primarily used portafilters with spouts when extracting espresso. These portafilters mainly come in two types: single-spout portafilters designed for single-shot baskets, and split-flow portafilters for double-shot baskets. The so-called split-flow portafilter refers to the type shown in the picture below, featuring
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What Causes Water Accumulation in the Portafilter Basket After Espresso Extraction and How to Solve It
A friend with an espresso machine asked FrontStreet Coffee, "I've been encountering an issue when extracting espresso recently. After extraction, when I remove the portafilter, I notice water accumulation in the basket, and the extracted coffee puck isn't intact—it's quite wet?" He then mentioned, "At first, I thought the coffee grounds were too fine, so I adjusted the grinder to a coarser setting, but still..."
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What's the Difference Between Single and Double Shot Baskets? What Does Adding a Shot Mean? What is a Shot? How Much is a Single Espresso Shot?
"Adding a shot" is an option coffee shops provide to customers for a stronger coffee. When we feel the coffee isn't strong enough or want more caffeine, we can add an extra shot to our ordered coffee. 1 shot in coffee refers to a single espresso shot, while "Shot"
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What to Do When Coffee Puck Sticks to Coffee Machine? What's the Purpose of Pressure Relief Function? Why Do Espresso Machines Explode?
Have you ever encountered this situation? After extracting espresso, we remove the portafilter and tap it on the knock box, but there's no sound of the coffee puck falling as expected. Looking back, we discover that the puck has adhered to the coffee machine's group head. In the coffee community, such an occurrence...
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How Does Handle Temperature Affect Espresso? How Is Coffee Aroma Influenced by Temperature?
At the 2016 WBC competition, competitor Tse-lin Wu from our Taiwan Province used a chilled handle to extract espresso and successfully won the championship. This operation subverted everyone's understanding at the scene, and everyone, like the commentator present, raised questions: "Can the handle temperature really affect...
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Why Are There Coffee Grounds in My Espresso? What's Wrong with the Espresso Extraction Process?
With the recent drop in temperature, customers visiting the coffee shop have been choosing hot beverages. After finishing his hot Americano, a customer recalled encountering tiny particles at the bottom of the cup in the past and asked FrontStreet Coffee: "Are those residues at the bottom coffee grounds? Why have I never noticed this when drinking iced coffee?"
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