7 TIPS TO MAKE GOOD AND PERFECT COFFEE DRINK BASE FROM ESPRESSO COFFEE

1.       Always used fresh coffee beans.

(Don’t used your coffee beans that already open from the bag more than 48 hours)

2.       Tamping your grind coffee in the basket with around 15 kg pressure.

(Basically this amount is the standard tamping pressure, where by following this standard will make us able to analyze the mistaken we make if the coffee not good)

3.       Grind your coffee beans follow the extraction time.

(Extraction time is the timing when espresso coffee starts to flow from the spout until the volume of the espresso coffee become 1 oz or 2 oz, the timing is between 20 seconds until 30 seconds. If the timing less than 20 seconds meaning the coffee grinds is to coarse, if the time more than 30 seconds meaning the coffee grinds is to fine. Note, remember the tamping pressure is around 15 kg)

4.       Always used good and fresh water.

(One cup of espresso coffee have around 80 % of water, that why water is one important thing. Make sure the water is clean, fresh and no smell “odorless”. Used good quality water filter is recommended)

5.       Always used clean cup to hold the espresso coffee.

(Never use cup that already have dry creama “oil of espresso coffee”, dry creama make the espresso coffee taste become sour)

6.       Be quick when prepare the espresso coffee.

(We should spend no longer than 1 minute “maximum” from dose, distribute, tamp and preheat until brew the espresso)

7.       Always keep all equipments at the espresso machine clean.

(We should keep clean “maintenance” all equipments at the espresso machine such water tank “if have”, porta-filter, basket, spout and steam wand “for make formed milk“. Dirty equipments make the espresso coffee taste rancid and sour)

That all from me Russel for this time in this article, I will meet you soon in my other article. Thank you for your previous time to read and follow my all articles. See you……..

HOW TO CHOOSE AND BUY AN ESPRESSO COFFEE MACHINE part 2

HOW TO CHOOSE AND BUY AN ESPRESSO COFFEE MACHINE part 2

By russel

Hii…. Again

Today I will share about the step we should do before we choose and the end buy an espresso coffee machine. I believe after you read my article (before this) about how to choose and buy an espresso coffee machine in part 1, we already have the basic knowledge about espresso coffee machine. This is very important because this is the basic from us to choose and buy the espresso coffee machine. What I will share in this article will have connected with part 1. So let’s start.

Start from the first step and the most important thing – planning

Before we want to choose or buy we need to planning first few of this issue such :

·         Our purpose buy an espresso coffee machine.

For home use or office use or professional use (open coffee shop or café or restaurant). For office basically we can use for home use espresso coffee machine. From my experience for office use, fully automatic system is right choice because fully automatic is easy to use (see my article “How to choose and buy an espresso coffee machine part 1”). Like we already know, office meaning public space and public space meaning everybody or staff in the office can use it. The problem, not everybody understand how to make coffee use an espresso coffee machine. So with fully automatic it will make everybody become easier to make a cup of coffee.

·         How many cup average we will make per day or per hour.

This is very important think especially for professional use, because if we buy a machine that can produce coffee more (triple times or more) than we need, it will make us become high cost. Like we already know more capacity produce of coffee meaning more bigger machine, more bigger machine meaning more expensive. And too big machine is not always right, sometime will make bad quality coffee. My suggestion, buy follow what you need or predict. For home use basically this is not an issue, because at home usually we not make so many cup of coffee and all espresso coffee machine for home use can handle it.

·         For professional use espresso coffee machine, what kind water supply we want to use.

They have 2 type of water supply in espresso coffee machine, one is direct from water tab and other type is pouring water system. For home use mostly we use pouring water system and for office is depend how much staff consume the coffee, if a lot we can use direct tab but if little pouring water system is the right choice. From my experience mostly in office they use pouring water type.

·         What kind system we want to use.

This about how we operate the machine, is that manual or semi automatic or fully automatic espresso coffee machine? For more detail about the system see at “How to choose and buy an espresso coffee machine part 1”.  My suggestion, understand first what you need, think more about positive and negative each type of the machine.

·         How much budget we want to spend.

This is very important thing, especially if we will use the machine for professional use, because it will become a part of your total budget to build the business. From my experience, they have so many people over budget in espresso coffee machine (mostly come from lack of knowledge about espresso coffee machine and because of that, they buy the machine follow other people or wrong information or just believe the sales person). My suggestion when buy the machine try to stick with your budget planning and keep asking or checking which product is the best and fit with your needs.

Second step – explore or checking

We can explore or checking from internet first before we really go to the shop for safe your time. What we need to remember, always ask a lot of question to the sales person. The more you ask the more you know the product. Use your espresso coffee machine basic knowledge (How to choose and buy an espresso coffee machine part 1) to ask them and off course it will better if they can provide you with the specification of the machine. Especially for the person want to buy the machine for open a coffee shop. An espresso coffee machine is one of part that can cost you a lot of money, so do wisely when you choose the machine. I always say, let the machine work hard to make us money, don’t we work hard to cover the cost of the espresso coffee machine. This is a few question you can use for ask :

·         How many cup the machine can produce or make coffee per hour?

·         What kind types the machine use for supply the water? (direct from water tab or pouring type)

From my experience if we not sure with the quality of the our place water (public water) such the cleanest or test or quality stable, pouring type is the best choice, because with pouring type we can choose what kind water we want to use)

·         What kind types the machine operates manual or semi automatic or fully automatic system?

·         How many bar the pump pressure? (usually 15 bar and above is ok)

·         What kind boiler the machines use? (water tank type or thermoblock type)

From my experience for make the coffee less than 30 cups per hour, thermoblock is better choice than water tank type

·         How many pump they use?

For home and office use is not a big deal. For professional use, the ideal we need minimum 2 pumps, 1 for group head and 1 for steam wand, in professional mostly we will meet a lot of customer and we need make a lot of coffee in the shot time, especially if we have a lot order for hot coffee drink such latte or cappuccino or mocha that we need to make a lot of foamed milk. With minimum 2 pumps (1 for group head and 1 for steam wand) we can make espresso coffee (base for latte or cappuccino or mocha or other coffee menu drink) and foamed milk in the same time. If we only use 1 pump meaning we need to choose which one we make first, the espresso coffee or foamed milk first, we can’t make in the same time (wait for the pump). But and the end is depend of our strategy or planning in the run the business.

·         How to do the maintenance?

This is one another important thing we need to know, because some machine need special maintenance especially fully automatic type. Use this maintenance as one of your judgment. Remember without properly maintenance, whatever machine we buy from cheap until expensive and the end the machine will produce bad quality coffee after we use in few times.

·         How much the price?

This is important thing, especially if we have limited budget. In my experience for get the best result is just keep asking and do the comparison. Don’t stick with brand or model or listen to the sales person (usually sales person will push you to get more expensive product). Of course you need to ask or check about after sales service or the guarantee.

The last step – purchase the espresso coffee machine

For this step I believe everybody will know how to do it. What I will share with you is just the tips from my experience. Those are the tips :

·         Remember understand first about the basic of an espresso coffee machine and do the first and second step before you purchase the espresso coffee machine.

·         Always keep asking and do the comparison, not only with the type or brand or model but with other shop too. Just do it this step until you feel confident with the product.

·         Before purchase remembers ask about after sales service, guarantee and the spare parts.

·         Check the machines and the accessories and don’t forget to test it. Test everything from the group head (how the water flow), porta-filter and basket (use the grind coffee and make a cup espresso coffee), steam wand, hot water tap.

·         If you still cannot decide or confused, find the real and good consultant to guide you. We can know which one is good consultant by ask them a lot of question, use question guide on the top of this article to ask them (in the second step). Listen the answer and if you think the answer is making sense meaning probably he or she is the right consultant. Don’t forget tell them too your really condition or budget to buy the espresso coffee machine and ask them to give you advised which brand or type or model you need to buy and fit with your condition. Ask too, the positive and negative from each machine they advised you. My suggestion asks few consultants before you really confident with them unless you feel the person is really give you all the correct or make sense answer than you can straightly follow his or her advice.

That all from me Russel in my article about “how to choose and buy an espresso coffee machine”. I wish what I’m sharing have a lot of benefit especially for the person that have planning to buy an espresso coffee machine especially for that want to open the coffee shop. If you have any question or want to share something or just to give me an idea for my next article, please send your email to , I will happy to read it and try my best to reply it.

Thank you very much for your previous time to read my article and I will see you again in my next article.

HOW TO CHOOSE AND BUY AN ESPRESSO COFFEE MACHINE part 1

HOW TO CHOOSE AND BUY AN ESPRESSO COFFEE MACHINE part 1

By russel

Hii…. Everbody

Nice to see you again, today I will share about “How to choose and buy an espresso coffee machine”. Yea yea yea…. I know I know, there is so many articles talk about this issue. But what I want to share is something simple just uses our logic or comment sense. But before we can choose the espresso coffee machine, we need to understand first basic of the espresso coffee machine and use it as the guide.

So…. Let’s start from what is espresso coffee machine? Espresso coffee machine is one machine for brewing coffee use high pressure hot water method. The idea is to squeeze the coffee grinds until all the flavors and chemicals come out and produce the coffee oil, we call crema. And the coffee drink produce from this type coffee machine we call espresso coffee. In modern coffee drinker, espresso coffee is base of other coffee drink menu such latte, cappuccino, mocha, etc. All espresso coffee machines from cheap one until expensive, small size until big size, standard model until super high-end, manual until fully automatic, have 3 important things inside the machines  :

·         Pump

For produce the pressured

·         Solenoid or valve

For maintain the pressured

·         Boiler

For boil the water, they have 2 popular types in boiler one is boiler tank and other one is thermoblock. Boiler tank is like one water tank that have heater inside the tank to boil the water and thermoblock is one metal block that have heater inside the block so when the water pass through the block it will boil. Some espresso coffee machine have more than 1 boiler, depend of the function and specification. 

And they have 4 other things outside the machine :

·         Group head

For lock the porta-filter and from this group head the high pressure hot water come out. They have 1 or 2 or 3 group head in espresso coffee machines.

·         Porta-filter

For hold the basket that use for keep the coffee grind. They have 2 types of porta-filter, for produce 1 shot and 2 shot of espresso coffee (note, for 1 shot the basket will follow for 1 shot basket and for 2 shot the basket will 2 shot basket, meaning the capacity of the coffee grinds in 1 shot will smaller than 2 shot basket). Mostly porta-filter for 1 shot they have 1 spout (the hole that the espresso coffee will come out) and 2 spout for 2 shot. But some of the espresso machines especially small type they only have 2 spout in the porta-filter whether for 1 shot or 2 shot.

·         Steam wand

For produce steam air to frothing the milk. Usually for make other menu coffee drink.

·         Water tap

For produce hot water

Modern espresso coffee machine have 3 popular type :

·         Manual type

From grind the coffee beans, put the coffee grinds inside the basket, tamper, lock into group head, press on the switch button until switch off the button, we need to do it all.

·         Semi automatic

From grind the coffee beans, put the coffee grinds inside the basket, tamper, lock into group head and press on the switch button, we still need to do it but we no need to wait and switch off the button because the machine will automatically switch off after the timing that we are already program reach the time.

·         Fully automatic

In this type we almost no need to do anything, just put the coffee beans inside the coffee beans container in the machine and switch on the button and walaa….. a cup of espresso coffee done. What we need to concern for this type espresso coffee machine have more maintenance concern than other type.

(Note, all espresso coffee machines from cheap one until expensive, small size until big size, standard until super high-end, manual until fully automatic, need maintenance for keep them can work properly)

 

Many of espresso coffee machine manufactures have they own specification and the end it will connect with the price of the machine. Even some of them produce the machine with the latest material or high tech design. So what is the deferent? Is that have connection with the espresso coffee taste? This is a few question (usually) will come out from us about this issue.

From my experience, the answer is like this example, the espresso coffee machine is like car, so basically the main reason car use for bring us from one place to other place in easier, comfortable, faster (if not traffic) or in other word is for transportation. Meaning all cars as long as already have standard it can be use for transportation (the main reason), but they have so many brand with they own specification with deferent price (same like espresso coffee machines). Yes from they are specification they have some reason to follow our need such for driving fast we need buy more power full engine car or for more comfortable or for more luxury or etc. So what happen in the end? The answer is depends us, we buy follow we need or can say follow our own specification. So for espresso a coffee machine is exactly same (now you know my point). All the deferent in espresso coffee machine is just to follow our need such for make a lot of espresso coffee or for convenience or for show off. But for the main reason is same to make espresso coffee, that’s it.                                                                                        Basically as long as the machine already follow the standard, no matter how big the size or price or model or type it will produce same standard of espresso coffee.

(Note, from my experience mostly the quality of the espresso coffee come from the coffee beans, size of the coffee grinds, volume of the coffee grinds in the basket, tamper, timing when brewing and the most important thing quality of the water)

That all from me Russel in part 1 of this article “How to choose and buy an espresso coffee machine”, I will continue in part 2 next week and thank you for your previous time to read this article. If you have any question, please send to russelw@gmail.com See you next week….

9 REASONS WHY WE BUY FRANCHISE BUSINESS

9 REASONS WHY WE BUY FRANCHISE BUSINESS

Hi, nice to see you again.

This time I will share with you about “9 reasons why we should buy franchise”. We will talk about why and what kind benefit we got with buys the franchise business. So let’s start with reason number one,

1, No need a lot experience, just need basic experience or skill to run the business

Franchisors or the company will provide all knowledge or know how to run the business, from management, accounting until how the business make money, what we need is just follow all or copy them. So make sure the franchise business we want to buy have all the knowledge or know how to support us when run the business.

2, No need experience to buy or prepare the equipments

Franchisors or the company will provide all equipments or minimum give us the specification from brand until where we can buy the equipments follow they are experience, all of this can make us save a lot of money because we will buy only what the business need and the equipments will be proper standard including we no need worry to be over charge from the sellers or suppliers and it will save a lot of time because we no need to run away just for check or buy the equipments. Not only like that, they will give us the knowledge how to run and maintain the equipments too. What we need is only follow them.

3, No need experience to buy or prepare all raw materials

Same like reason number two, franchisors or the company will provide all raw materials or minimum give us all the specification and where we can buy it. The result will give us a lot of convenience and of course it will save our money and save cost too. Remember in business world save cost meaning margin, more save cost more margin.

4, No need experience to make the recipe

Franchisors or the company should have all recipes and know how to make it, so we only need to follow and copy it. And of course the recipe will work or can be accept to customer base from franchisors experience.

5, No need experience to make the advertising and promotion

Franchisors or the company should have all concepts to make it or when the advertising and promotion need to be prepare, all of that to increase the selling or minimum to maintain it, so we just follow the concept and copy it.

6, No need experience to design or make the places.

Franchisors or the company will provide all the design from interior, furniture, lighting system until the colors scheme follow they are concept to insured all franchise branch have same atmosphere. Even some franchisors will help us to provide the contractors.

7, No need experience to make paper work and administration staff

Franchisors or the company should have all the paper work and administration staff, we only need to copy and follow it.

8, No need experience to managed the staff and raw materials

Franchisors or company will provide all system to managed the staff and raw materials from how many staff we need, how we managed they are holiday or break time, what kind penalty they have if they are wrong, how to managed all raw materials so not become useless until how and when to order the raw materials. All of this has a lot connection with operation cost.

9, No need experience to calculated or prepare the budget

Franchisors or the company should have all calculations the budget we need to build the business, so we will not over budget and kill us.

So, if we see it, buy a franchise business is not only bought some equipments or menu recipe or brand name, buy franchise business is buy full package or the business itself. Like we already mansion on the top, they have many reasons why we buy a franchise business and all reason are positive reason and they will become benefit for us especially for people that want start they are own business but don’t have experience and have limit budget. We can check the budget we need before we really start build the business and we can find which franchise business fit with our budget or dream. We can minimize failed factor and make us become easier to start our own business. What we need is only check where and what kind franchise business that really fit with us. 

My advice keep looking and checking. Do the comparison and always keep asking with a lot of question, you can use all the reason in this article as a guide to ask the question. Used logic to decided, never make decision because big name or brand name from the franchise business, sometimes big or brand name company has high cost in run the business or high operation cost. Another important thing we need to ask about, what kind support they give us or after sales support especially if we have problem in the time we run the business. And how to make customer recognize our place.

My last advice, buy franchise business is not just follow other people or just follow your heart (instinct), buy franchise is about know first what we want and knowledge. No matter big or small, cheap or expensive. If you fail, it wills same meaning “lost money”. If you run well meaning “success”. Remember doing business is not about gambling. Buy franchise is about buy franchisors knowledge or know how, that’s can make us more easier to build and run the business, but the business is belong us (franchisees), so we still need to take care, active and of course work heard before the business stable. There is no magic in hear.

So that all from me in my article “9 reason why we buy franchise business”.  I wish this article have a lot of benefit or minimum can help us to decided, we should buy a franchise business or not, what kind or which franchise business or company we should buy.

 See you all in my next article, if you have any question or just give me some input to guide me in written and share at my next article, please send to me at russelw@gmail.com or you can just write down at sharing or comment column in this article. Thank you again and bye…..

 Russel. W is consultant at KIN NAM café. 

For more information visit us at https://www.facebook.com/kinnamcafe or http://franchisekinnam.wordpress.com/  and kinnamcafe@gmail.com  for any question. 

HOW TO MAKE ICED CAPPUCCINO

HOW TO MAKE ICED CAPPUCCINO

By Russel W

Hi…..

Nice to meet all of you again.

Like usually before I show you how to make iced cappuccino, let talk about what is cappuccino.

Cappuccino is Italian coffee drink prepared with espresso coffee, hot milk and steam foam milk. In traditional and origin (like usually serve in Italy or Europe), cappuccino serve in around 6 oz drink (2 oz espresso coffee + 2 oz hot milk + 2 oz steam foam milk). But mostly in America coffee shop, cappuccino served in around 10 oz to 12 oz drink or even some are more. So if we see it, cappuccino (in origin) is 2 oz of espresso coffee pour with 2  oz of hot milk and 2 oz of steam foam milk, that all. The difference between cappuccino and latte is the volume of the milk and foam milk. For more detail about latte, see my article at  http://russelcoffee.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-make-iced-latte.html

So cappuccino or latte or espresso is not the coffee beans, like some people think or assume (especially people not coffee drinker or mostly people in Thailand). Cappuccino or latte or espresso is the way we make and serve the coffee.

Now, let start we talk about “how to make iced cappuccino”, and same like the other type of coffee menu, there is no secret and easy to make it. And same like my latte article, I will show you 2 type of iced cappuccino. One is uses origin base recipe (come from hot cappuccino) and the other one is used or mix with condensed milk (Thai style).

ICED CAPPUCCINO (ORIGIN BASE RECIPE)

·         Make 2 shot (2 oz) of espresso coffee

For more detail about espresso coffee, see my article at http://russelcoffee.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-make-good-espresso-coffee.html

·         Pour 2 oz – 2.5 oz of fresh cold milk in measuring glass

·         Make the cold foam milk (used pitcher “pump” type or motor type, my recommended used pitcher “pump” type)

·         Pour the 16 oz or 22 oz glass with iced cube until full

·         Pour the espresso coffee in the glass

·         Pour the cold fresh milk

·         Pour the cold foam milk on the top

·         Pour cinnamon topping if you like it

·         Done….. and enjoy your iced cappuccino

(If you like sweet, you can add in some sugar in your coffee and used melted sugar or syrup for the best result)

ICED CAPPUCCINO THAI STYLE

·         Make 2 shot (2 oz) of espresso coffee

For more detail about espresso coffee, see my article at http://russelcoffee.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-make-good-espresso-coffee.html

·         Pour 0.25 oz – 0.5 oz condensed milk into the pitcher or mixer glass

·         Pour 1.75 oz – 2 oz fresh cold milk in measuring glass

·         Make the cold foam milk (used pitcher “pump” type or motor type, my recommended used pitcher “pump” type)

·         Pour the espresso coffee into pitcher or mixer glass (that’s already have condensed milk)

·         Stir it until the espresso coffee and condensed milk mix or blended together

·         Pour the 16 oz or 22 oz glass with iced cube until full

·         Pour the espresso coffee (already blended with condensed milk) into the glass

·         Pour the cold fresh milk

·         Pour the cold foam milk on the top

·         Pour cinnamon topping if you like it

·         Done….. and enjoy your iced cappuccino

(If you like sweet, you can add in some sugar in your coffee and used melted sugar or syrup for the best result)

So…. Now we know and understand what is and how to make iced cappuccino and same like other coffee menu is easy and there is no secret, what you need is just try it.

That’s all, my article about cappuccino and how to make iced cappuccino, thank you for your previous time to watch and read my articles. If you have any question or comments or even just give me some idea for my next articles, please write to me at kinnamcafe@gmail.com or just write in this blog.

See you all at my next article, ciao…….

Russel. W is consultant at KIN NAM café. 

For more information visit us at https://www.facebook.com/kinnamcafe or http://franchisekinnam.wordpress.com/  and kinnamcafe@gmail.com  for any question. 

HOW TO MAKE ICED LATTE

HOW TO MAKE ICED LATTE

By Russel W

Before we start talk about how to make iced latte, let start from what is latte?

Latte basically comes from Italy word and latte is milk. In Italy if we order latte, it will come I glass steamed milk with a layer of foam milk. So coffee latte is coffee with milk. Long long time ago, coffee latte is 1 cup of coffee and 1 glass hot or warm milk. Now in the modern living and mostly coffee shop have espresso coffee machines, coffee latte come with 1 cup or 1 glass, but the recipe is still same, 1 shot (1oz) or 2 shot (2oz) espresso coffee and steamed milk for the rest of the cup or the glass with a layer foam milk. And now mostly people call coffee latte become latte.

So …. How to make iced latte??

Today I will show you how easy to make iced latte and that is no secret too. I will show you two type iced latte, one is original iced latte and the other one is iced latte Thai style (I stay in Thailand and people in Thailand like to drink coffee used condensed milk).

Let start with the original iced latte

·         Make 2 shot (2 oz) espresso coffee

If you want to know how to make espresso coffee, read my article in http://russelcoffee.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-make-good-espresso-coffee.html

·         Pour 3.5 oz fresh cold milk in the pitcher or measuring glass

·         Make the cold foam milk (used foam milk pitcher or motor type, my recommended use the pitcher type)

·         Basically coffee latte can come with foam milk or without foam milk

·         Pour the 16 oz or 22 oz glass with iced cube until full

·         Pour the espresso coffee in the glass

·         Pour the fresh cold milk in the glass

·         Pour the foam milk in the glass as a topping

·         And done…..  

(If you like sweet, you can add sugar in your coffee and for the best result, used melted sugar or syrup)

“You can just pour the coffee and milk in 16 oz or 22 oz glass, because the volume of the coffee in 16 oz or  22 oz glass is same, the only deferent between 16 oz and 22 oz glass is quantity of the iced cube”

Now I will show you how to make iced latte Thai style

·         Make 2 shot (2 oz) espresso coffee

If you want to know how to make espresso coffee, read my article in http://russelcoffee.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-make-good-espresso-coffee.html

·         Pour around 0.5 oz to 0.75 oz condensed milk  in the pitcher

·         Pour 2.5 oz to 3 oz fresh cold milk in the pitcher

·         Stir the milk in the pitcher until the condensed milk and fresh milk blend together

·         Make the cold foam milk (used foam milk pitcher or motor type, my recommended use the pitcher type)

·         Basically coffee latte can come with foam milk or without foam milk

·         Pour the 16 oz or 22 oz glass with iced cube until full

·         Pour the espresso coffee in the glass

·         Pour the mix milk in pitcher to the glass

·         Pour the foam milk in the glass as a topping

·         And done…..

If you like sweet, same like the original iced latte, just add some sugar inside the coffee and you can use 16 oz or 22 oz glass

Now you can see, how easy to make original iced latte or iced latte Thai style and there is no secret in there, everybody can make it, what we need is keep practice and do it.

I wish my article is useful and thank you for your previous time to read and see my article

If you have any question or comment, please write it at this blog or you can email me at kinnamcafe@gmail.com

I will very happy to answer or respond and can make us keep shearing

See you at my next article about “how to make iced cappuccino”

Russel. W is consultant at KIN NAM café. 

For more information visit us at https://www.facebook.com/kinnamcafe or http://franchisekinnam.wordpress.com/  and kinnamcafe@gmail.com  for any question. 

HOW TO MAKE A GOOD ESPRESSO COFFEE

HOW TO MAKE A GOOD ESPRESSO COFFEE  

By Russel W

Hii….

This time I want to share about how to make a good espresso coffee and a little bit information about what is espresso coffee. In this time I’m not only write the article but I have the video clip too.

Before I share about how to make, let start from what is espresso coffee. Espresso coffee is a concentrated beverage brewed by forcing a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure through finely ground coffee. And the other words are, espresso coffee is one method to cook coffee where the water is almost boiling in the press with high pressure to the ground coffee so the oils from coffee beans come presented.

So espresso coffee is not the type of coffee bean or coffee roasted. Is about the way or method we brew the coffee. And the method to brew, we need to use coffee machine that we call espresso coffee machine.

Espresso coffee is the base of the other coffee menu such as latte, cappuccino, mocha, Americano and etc.

Step to make espresso coffee :

1, Prepare the coffee bean

·         The coffee beans need to be grinding first. The best size basically depends of the espresso machine and the type of the coffee beans. So for the correct size we need to keep try it.  We can follow the standard  size of the coffee ground is around 25 – 30 seconds time of extraction (time extraction is the time that start to be count from the first coffee out from spout of  porta-filter until stop at the volume we want it “2 oz for 2 shot espresso or 1oz for 1 shot espresso”).

2, Put the ground coffee into the basket at the porta-filter

·         The ground coffees need to put a little bit more than the top of the basket, after that we need to flatten the surface of the ground coffee until flush with the surface of the basket.

·         The quantity of the coffee ground for 1 shot espresso coffee will around 7 – 9 grams and for 2 shot around 14 - 18 grams.

·         Clean the surface of the basket and porta-filter.

3, Press the ground coffee in the basket use tamper

·         For the first tamp we need use pressure around 5 – 10 kg.

·         Used the tamper to knock the head of porta-filter, make sure the ground coffee that not flat (because the first tamp) back to the surface.

·         Tamp again for the second time with pressure around 15 – 18 kg.

·         Clean the surface of basket and porta-filter.

4, Put the porta-filter in the group head

·         Make sure you lock tight the porta-filter with the group head.

5, Put your cup below the spout of porta-filter

6, Turn on the espresso machine and stop it in the volume you want to make

·         1 shot espresso coffee is 1oz volume of the coffee (equivalent around 30 ml).

·         2 shot espresso coffee is 2oz volume of the coffee (equivalent around 60 ml).

7, Enjoy the espresso coffee

Tips to make good espresso coffee :

·         Make sure use good quality of water

·         Make sure the espresso machine and the equipments are clean

·         Make sure the cup for place the espresso coffee must clean

·         Make sure use good quality and fresh of coffee beans

·         Make sure the size of the ground coffee is right

·         Make sure use right size diameter of tamper and the surface of tamper must flat

·         After lock the porta-filter in the group head must directly turn on the machine

·         Make sure the  volume of the coffee is right (1 shot = 1oz, 2 shot = 2oz)

So….

If we see it, there is no secret and difficulty in make espresso coffee. What we need is only try and try or do and do. That all….

See you soon for the next article and thank you for your precious time to follow and reading my articles. I wish you tremendous success and true happiness.
God Bless you

Russel. W is consultant at KIN NAM café. 

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