Espresso at home
Espresso is a recipe of three numbers: how much coffee, how much in the cup, and how long. Start at 18 g in, 36 g out in 28 seconds, and change only the grind.
- Ratio
- 1 : 2
- Water
- 93 °C
- Grind
- Espresso, fine
- Time
- 27 to 30 seconds
Calculator
Water36 g
0:00
Steps
- 1
0:00
Weigh 18 g of finely ground coffee into the basket.
- 2
0:00
Level and tamp flat, once, firmly.
- 3
0:00
Start the machine and the scale together.
- 4
0:28
Stop at 36 g in the cup. Too fast? Grind finer. Too slow? Coarser.