Re: Pour times for a double basket
Occasionally I deliberately overload the double basket, then do a very leisurely 60 ml extraction which take 40 or so seconds. The coffee emerges as a very thin trickle, but the crema is dark and tastes superb.
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Re: Pour times for a double basket
Read a quote yesterday - I think it may have been on here.
"Taste is the only morality". Try both methods and then drink whatever tastes best to you.
Grant
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Re: Pour times for a double basket
Ok, thats the way Ive been doing it. It just made me think this morning when I was just doing a single shot for myself, and so I only used the first 15 seconds or so of the coffee. In that situation, do you think its better to use the first 30 ml like I did, or pour into 2 cups, get the full 25 sec pour and discard the extra coffee. It uses no more / less coffee, just creates a bit of extra washing up
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Re: Pour times for a double basket
While the double basket holds twice the amount of coffee as a single, it also has twice as many holes in it for the espresso to pass through so a pull will take the same amount of time in both of them.
Also keep in mind that the 25 seconds is just a general rule and should be adjusted according to your equipment, beans, and tastes.
Java "Loves the double" phile
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Well, it does *sorta* make sense. Its a ratio that produces a value. Not that I have it right yet of course
Grant
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Re: Pour times for a double basket
yeah, at first it didnt make sense to me either (double the water, double the amount of ground coffee, but the same extraction time???).
But when you taste a double shot that has taken 50-60 seconds to extract ... it makes sense!
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The pour time should measure the 25 seconds reguardless of whether its a single or double shot.
Java "Uuummm...oozing brown gold" phile
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Pour times for a double basket
Im a bit confused about pour times with a double basket. If I am doing 2 cups, it should be 25-30 seconds right? or should it be doubled to 50-60 seconds as I am filling 2 cups? And if the former, then a single shot in a single glass with the double basket should come through in about 15 seconds?
Thanks
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