Comments on: Maybe the Italians Were On To Something: Espresso Doses https://coffeegeek.com/blog/techniques/maybe-the-italians-were-on-to-something-espresso-doses/ The World's Most Read Coffee and Espresso Resource Tue, 21 May 2024 09:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: James Ashburner https://coffeegeek.com/blog/techniques/maybe-the-italians-were-on-to-something-espresso-doses/#comment-559 Tue, 21 May 2024 09:17:06 +0000 https://coffeegeek.com/?p=52552#comment-559 Thank you. You’ve given me a little project, starting on Thursday (it’s Aeropress tomorrow). I’ll try 15g in my Bambino Plus double-shot filter basket.
Now my Timemore C3 Max Pro grinder has 3 weeks’ experience with me, it’s done that mysterious “settling in” I’d read about but thought just fanciful.
So it’s 15g, and finer grind experiment time. 15’s about what the Aeropress scoop delivers!

]]> By: KT https://coffeegeek.com/blog/techniques/maybe-the-italians-were-on-to-something-espresso-doses/#comment-407 Fri, 10 May 2024 11:46:02 +0000 https://coffeegeek.com/?p=52552#comment-407 Had the same idea from a recent visit to Italy. I just feel better with the smaller singles that are common there. Thanks for the validation!

]]> By: Darryl Marko https://coffeegeek.com/blog/techniques/maybe-the-italians-were-on-to-something-espresso-doses/#comment-401 Thu, 09 May 2024 20:40:56 +0000 https://coffeegeek.com/?p=52552#comment-401 Why do so few people talk about how much roast level affects bean density, hence the basket fill of any given dose by weight? Coffee for traditional Italian-style espresso tended towards the dark side, where current roasting trends at very light by comparison.

I experienced just how different this can be a couple weeks ago while walking some espresso -noob friends through their new Breville Cafe Roma. I’d used this machine before, and while it it is designed around pressurized baskets, I had successfully pulled decent shots on it with a standard basket. The 51mm portafilter with a double basket holds about 14.5g of my go-to medium roast, with room for a puck screen. When I ground 14.5g of my friends’ preferred dark roast roast, there was WAY too much. Basket fill was more appropriate at around 11 grams. This is a pretty enormous difference.

]]> By: Zachary Carr https://coffeegeek.com/blog/techniques/maybe-the-italians-were-on-to-something-espresso-doses/#comment-399 Thu, 09 May 2024 19:20:03 +0000 https://coffeegeek.com/?p=52552#comment-399 Just wanted to say this is interesting

]]> By: Mike Forney https://coffeegeek.com/blog/techniques/maybe-the-italians-were-on-to-something-espresso-doses/#comment-395 Thu, 09 May 2024 17:28:04 +0000 https://coffeegeek.com/?p=52552#comment-395 I switched to 7/14 gram dose six months after getting my espresso machine. High doses of caffeine put me to sleep. I found that a 7g straight espresso or 14g latte is perfect balance for me.

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