Really, the Flair makes café-quality espresso easy, fun, and affordable, making it worth every penny Is Flair good for espresso? Both Flairs make great espresso If you’re up for geeking around, working on dialing in coffee, and so forth, you’ll soon get your head around the concept. However, it’s not a completely frictionless experience. Brewing … Read more
Victoria Arduino continues to be one of our most well-loved brands in the majesty coffee store , especially among those looking for commercial-quality machines. Since so many of our commercial customers have adored our Victoria Arduino machines, we feel confident that they’ll also love the Adonis. Who owns Victoria Arduino? NUOVA SIMONELLI ACQUIRED THE VICTORIA … Read more
How hard should I tamp? Apply 20-30 pounds of pressure , and polish baristas often recommend 30 pounds of pressure, but some do as little as 20 pounds. More and more are finding that tamping pressure is overrated—it’s hard on the wrist and cause an over-extracted, bitter brew. Is there such thing as tamping too … Read more
The most common reason that your espresso drink has no crema is that you’re using the wrong coffee grind size to pack your espresso filter The perfect coffee grind size for espresso is much finer than drip coffee or the pre-ground coffee you’d buy for a standard coffee maker. Why am I not getting crema … Read more
How do I preheat my flair pro 2? Just add onto the bottom when you’d like to preheat your cylinder, add boiling water, and wait at least 30-45 seconds before dumping Then, dump the preheat water through the top of your cylinder and remove the preheat cap by using the custom thumb tab that will … Read more
The barista progear coffee dosing cup is the perfect tool for transferring coffee from your grinder to your portafilter mess free The coffee dosing cup not only speeds up work flow, thanks to the side flange it sits perfectly in the portafilter basket with no mess or loss of coffee grinds. What is dosing cup … Read more
Tamping is a key part of making that great shot of espresso, and a quality tamper can contribute to your success Too much tamping pressure can result in a bitter cup and too little pressure can result in a watery shot. There won’t be enough resistance in the grounds to impede the flow of the … Read more
Dosing pots or dosing cups as some people call them are a great way to measure out and load exacting amounts of coffee into the group handle of your coffee machine How do you use a dosing cup coffee? Place coffee dosing cup on a scale and tare the scale to zero. Place the dosing … Read more
The puck is the used coffee grounds in the portafilter If your grind was right, the grind should stick together in a solid round ‘puck’. It should be firm and dry, easily snapping into 3-4 pieces. What does your espresso puck tell you? Any sign of channeling is telling you something about what’s going on … Read more
The espresso shot should pour steadily and remain golden in colour, with just a little blonding at the end. It should look like a long ‘mouse tail’ The first shot of the day will always be a bit quicker than the next one and then the next one, so we will time 3 shots before … Read more