Your First Latte Art Patterns
Your first three latte art patterns should be the monk’s head (a plain white dot), the heart, and the tulip,…
Author: Kenny Nyhus Fadil
Choosing an Espresso Knock Box: What Actually Matters
The best knock box is the one whose knock bar sits at the right height for your portafilter and won’t…
Espresso Accessories That Earn Their Place
Most espresso accessories are counter decoration. The ones that earn their place do exactly one thing: they remove a variable…
How to Steam Milk for Espresso: The Complete Guide
Steaming milk well is two jobs done at once: stretching the milk to add air (microfoam) and heating it to…
Backflushing Your Espresso Machine: Schedule and Method
Backflushing forces water backward through your espresso machine’s group, flushing the coffee oil and grounds out through the three-way valve…
Milk Temperature by Drink Type for Espresso
Steam almost every milk drink to 55–60°C and never exceed 65°C. Within that band, the silky drinks meant to taste…
Espresso Machine Maintenance: The Complete Guide
Espresso machine maintenance is a process-control problem, not a chore: keep the water clean, the group sealed, and the screens…
How to Clean an Espresso Steam Wand
Cleaning a steam wand is two routines: an immediate one after every drink — purge a burst of steam and…
Microfoam Technique on a Single Boiler
You can pull café-grade microfoam on a single-boiler machine — you just have to respect its smaller steam budget. The…
Best Water for Espresso Machines: An Honest Pick
The best water for an espresso machine sits around 50–70 ppm total hardness with a lower alkalinity buffer, near-neutral pH,…