Brew Guide: Espresso
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For the perfect espresso you can’t beat our award winning Valentia. A 3 star Great Taste award winner this blend is “Supremely balanced, with the chocolatey, syrupy, kiwi, and blackberry notes all singing together in harmony.” - Great Taste Award Judges.
STEP 2 Ensure the coffee is distributed uniformly to guarantee a flat coffee bed.
STEP 3 Compress the bed of coffee, ensure to level the tamp, this is more crucial than the pressure.
STEP 4 Adjust your grind size to achieve the total beverage weight in roughly 30-35 seconds. The extraction duration is governed by the grind setting, so it's beneficial to experiment with this. As you grind finer, the extraction time increases.
Enjoy!