Hi all,
I have a Breville Bes920 coffee machine with a Breville smart grinder and would like advice on how to dial in my espresso. I've recently been reading up on coffee to water ratios and my understanding is that aiming for a 1:2 coffee ratio is an ideal ball park with 25 to 30 seconds being the ideal extraction time to get about 30mls coffee.
I until recently I've been using a single basket filter. My water flow appears to be quite fast and I've been attempting to make the grind smaller to reduce the speed of extraction. What I'm finding though is as I'm reducing the grind size the bitterness of the shot appears to be increasing and it seems to make my gut feel like it's bloating.
I'm using supermarket beans the Vittoria mountain grown coffee. I'm grinding it at setting 4 ground 18g to fill my double shot filter basket though send to be following quickly still.
I'm quite overwhelmed with information and would love some advice. It seems as though my quest to get closer to a 1:2 coffee ratio has led me so far too be having burnt like coffee which makes me want to go to the toilet.
On the other hand if I've used a more course grind it is weaker but not sure whether I'm making the best use of my machine.
Any help generic or specific would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
I have a Breville Bes920 coffee machine with a Breville smart grinder and would like advice on how to dial in my espresso. I've recently been reading up on coffee to water ratios and my understanding is that aiming for a 1:2 coffee ratio is an ideal ball park with 25 to 30 seconds being the ideal extraction time to get about 30mls coffee.
I until recently I've been using a single basket filter. My water flow appears to be quite fast and I've been attempting to make the grind smaller to reduce the speed of extraction. What I'm finding though is as I'm reducing the grind size the bitterness of the shot appears to be increasing and it seems to make my gut feel like it's bloating.
I'm using supermarket beans the Vittoria mountain grown coffee. I'm grinding it at setting 4 ground 18g to fill my double shot filter basket though send to be following quickly still.
I'm quite overwhelmed with information and would love some advice. It seems as though my quest to get closer to a 1:2 coffee ratio has led me so far too be having burnt like coffee which makes me want to go to the toilet.
On the other hand if I've used a more course grind it is weaker but not sure whether I'm making the best use of my machine.
Any help generic or specific would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

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