Brewing Your Espresso; Correct Extraction - Breville Café Venezia BES250XL Instruction Booklet

COFFEE MAKING TIpS

Brewing Your Espresso

The most common mistake in brewing is to
over extract from your ground coffee.
This results in a bitter beverage with visibly
bleached crèma. Crèma is the caramel
colored layer that floats on top of the coffee
following extraction.

Correct Extraction

A single espresso is approx 1oz
A double espresso is approx 2oz
NOTE:
The taste of your coffee will, of course,
depend on personal preference and on
many other factors such as:
• Freshness of the coffee bean
• Fineness or coarseness of the grind
• Tamping pressure (pressing down)
• Quantity of the coffee grind in the
filter basket
We recommend experimenting by varying
these factors to achieve the coffee taste of
your preference.
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