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Are home espresso machines as capable as commercial machines
Re: Are home espresso machines as capable as commercial machines
Originally posted by 2E372123420 link=1263369939/14#14 date=1263635690
5. So good commercial machines are better than good home machines?
Well, maybe, but chances are that most of the time that will be irrelevant. First of all, the coffee that you use sets the limits on how good your shots are going to be. Second, the barista has to know what they are doing, and its not actually that simple. I can tell you that it isnt uncommon for me to have a coffee at a place that has great equipment and fairly good coffee and it still tastes bad. Ultimately, you wont get good coffee unless you have a barista that is experienced enough to have tasted good coffee and uses their palate to guide what they are doing. Every now and then, I find myself faced with a really enthusiastic barista that talks about how they manipulated the dose and brew temperature for this coffee ... but what is in the cup sucks. Thats not the fault of the equipment. For example, if you can adjust brew temperature on an espresso machine, you have a 50/50 chance of adjusting it to make the coffee better or worse. Conversely, every now and then I find myself faced with a new barista that delivers simply stunning coffee just by adjusting grind and dose based on taste. Frankly, a lot of the time the limiting factor is the baristas ability to taste, think and make adjustments. This is partly experience, partly frame of reference and partly honesty in tasting. Third, the grinder - for example, a Robur will probably deliver a better cup more easily than a Super Jolly. Then there are a myriad of other factors, of which the machine is just one.
Hope that helps!
Luca
Well put..
I think a few of us have often commented... PEBFAG, however like always... It is easer to flame teh machine..
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