Short and strong – this much we usually know about the coffee that most Italians can’t imagine a morning without. And we also know that it is made in an espresso machine. This is likely the reason for a linguistic mistake they fight all over the world. “There is no X in espresso” – One slogan with this content has already found its way onto a number of t-shirts, sweatshirts, pinstriped shirts and coffee mugs.
In fact, there was one man who wrote it on a cardboard sign and started a street protest. Since we cannot pronounce the name of our favorite coffee correctly, it is likely that our knowledge of it and how to prepare it is not that good either. However, do not worry, as, in the following, we will tell you some secrets on how to prepare the perfect espresso.
One more element that we should pay attention to is a good grinder. Their quality is often more important than the machine itself! This is definitely not an ordinary bean grinder. In fact, some of the best coffee grinders can cost lots of money. They need to be properly calibrated and adjusted to grind the beans to the perfect strength before they can produce perfect coffee. This is just half of the success – the second one is repeatability.
It can take up to an hour to calibrate the grinder, as the coffee often needs to be ground, then brewed, and then settings changed several times until the desired effect is achieved. But the better the grinder, then the less often we need to calibrate it, so the longer we can enjoy our perfect espresso. The coffee will be ethereal, thick, sweet and full of different flavors if it is ground at the right strength. The important thing is that it is ground neither too coarse nor too fine.