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Substance Café espresso — prewetting

By Substance Café

Coffee
20g
Beverage yield
44g
Temperature
Not specified
Time
20s prewet + 5–15s extraction

Coffee : beverage 1:2.2

Before you brew

Distribute, irrigate once, tamp, and flush the group.

Brewing steps

Follow the prewetting and extraction phases in order.

  1. Step 1. 0:00

    Prewet the coffee

    20 seconds

    1.33ml/s

  2. Step 2. 0:20

    Extract espresso

    5–15 seconds

    Aim for 10 seconds

    9 bar

    Stop at 44g in the cup

Recipe source

Original guide by Substance Café