I would like to “espresso” my thanks this Christmas
I guess there was a theme to this year’s Christmas – CAFFEINE ! I received a wonderful Italian espresso machine, organic espresso, Italian espresso, chocolate cover espresso beans, and an variety of gourmet coffees. I spent last night learning to pull an authentic demitasse of espresso with the la Pavoni Europiccola Fusso. It’s a bit more work than my old machine but the results are much richer. It took 5 attempts to get the hang of it – and NO, I did not drink all the experiments (I left them for my iced mochas this weekend) <zzzzing> !
Only 5 pulls before you got a good one is a pretty good start!
My shop’s baristas should see your machine. They would then know why the term ‘pull’ is used – and how there can be good pulls and bad pulls. (The concept gets lost for them what with automatic tampers and push button espresso machines).
A quad mocha is a very scary thought.
I think you should hold an espresso tasting. Then you could put the participants to work on your house!
Curious what your opinion of the Kimbo coffee is? I have been running it through my regular coffe maker just because I like the flavor more than almost everything else.