Coffee Machine

A coffee grinder is an essential part of the coffee equipment, producing fine ground coffee ready to be pressured through an espresso machine or dripped through a coffee filter.
There are four main ways of grinding coffee beans, pounding, rolling, chopping and burr grinding.
Pounding is used for Turkish coffee where the grounds need to be very [...]

Coffee tamping is an essential part of producing the perfect espresso.
When done correctly the espresso will have a dark thick crema, carrying all the subtle flavours of the espresso into the cup.
Tamped incorrectly however leaves a bitter overpowering taste which is unfortunately usually covered up with sugar, syrup and milk.
The first point to note is [...]