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Espresso

Espresso coffee is a coffee we are all familiar with. Sold as it is in copious volumes on any high street. Indeed it forms the foundation of most of the coffee we consume. An espresso usually has extra milk or water added to become our regular cappuccino, Americano or latte.

What you will need.

Espresso machine.

Coffee. (15 grams of finely ground coffee).

Grinder.

To begin.

1. Add fresh water to the machine.

2. Turn the machine on.

Add and evenly tamper your ground coffee

3. Add coffee to the portafilter. Ensuring it is level.

Fix portafilter to machine

4. Fix the portafilter to the machine head.

Start the coffee flow.

5. Start the coffee flow, switch off when happy, or the coffee stream goes blond.

Congratulations you have made your first espresso now experiment until you make your perfect coffee.