today I'm going to talk about five things that's going to take your espresso game to
the next level we'll dive a bit more into them in detail but you're going to need a dosing pot
a set of scales a Precision coffee basket a flair funnel and Jimmy not Jimmy is a wdt tool [Music]
the world of coffee has changed so much in the last couple of years where accuracy and
repeatability has been key to the flavor of the cup that we get to enjoy and certainly in cafes
we can have these systems and processes to make sure that customers get great coffee but you can
achieve it at home as well so really the focus on any of these tools here is about getting coffee
into your portafilter or group handle accurately repeatably and consistently so that you can avoid
channeling which is the water going through the coffee bed and ensuring that consistency in the
cup every single time so all of these products here individually have their own videos on our
channel so if you think one of these is for you have a look on our channel do a search and
you'll find a bit more in-depth detail on these specific things so the first thing actually we're
going to look at is the dosing pot now the dosing pot allows us to grind straight into
this pot and use the exact amount of coffee that we're going to put into our group handle
now to be able to measure that we need the scale so that's where these two go hand in hand
this allows us not to be grinding straight into our portafilter which can be a little bit messy
and a bit hard and it's also really hard to weigh a whole handle like this so the pot allows it nice
and easy for us to pop on to the scale hit tare get our coffee grind in and we now can start to
work on a Coffee brew recipe so we standardly use in this kind of portafilter handle which is
a triple basket or a 21 gram we put 22 and a half grams of coffee in there so it makes it so easy
to be able to measure that with the dosing pot and the scale and repeat that process time and
time again to be able to accurately work out your recipe you have to have the right coffee
basket to suit your flavor profile and the group handle that you've got so a lot of coffee machines
do come with it they're a single a double group handle and a single and a double basket as well
so what we want to look at is getting yourself something that is a much better quality design
um basket like this which is the VST this is a 21 gram and you'll see that it is 58 mil at the
top and 58 mil at the bottom so that means that the water is going to pass through from the top
of the coffee bed all the way out the bottom at a consistent flow there's not going to be that
shelf which you'll find on a single basket or on a double basket where this Edge is a little bit
curved where that water flow is going to start to change pressure in the middle of the coffee
bed because that can be challenging you will have to actually have a different grind for a single a
double or a triple basket to help counteract that issue so getting a good basket like this VST again
we've got a whole video on why you'd look at some sort of precision basket and the full range of
baskets I just mentioned there so check out that video and then you'll be able to understand what
you're using now and the gains you're going to get by changing to a better coffee basket now
the next area that we're going to cover is about coffee distribution which is a word I do struggle
with and basically that means once the coffee is in the handle how well you've got that in there
the gap or the size but of the of that Gap in between each coffee particle which allows the
water to flow nice and easy through there to get a better extraction there's a lot of tools and a
lot of things out there but definitely one of the the biggest improvements that we've been able to
see is the wdt the 'Weiss Distribution Technique' so you might have seen these things getting around
and basically it's a series of acupuncture needles that you have in a handle and we're going to
actually put that in the coffee bed and start to break up any clumps that you've got in that coffee
you know a lot of people spend some good money on a coffee machine but they don't put enough
investment into the grinder so if you've got a basic cheap grinder it will come out a little
bit clumpy and this is the tool that's really going to help you not have a boulder or a clump
of coffee where the water will hit and go around where you won't actually then catch
a capture that flavor from that Boulder so we're basically removing Boulders getting
a very even grind and GAP all the way through that coffee bed so that you can brew a really
nice consistent coffee with a great flow from the top to the bottom and it is certainly repeatable
now when you start to use are we distribution tool it fluffs the coffee up and it's breaking
up all those clumps so we do need a flare funnel so they do come hand in hand that will then sit on
top of your group handle and allow you to actually fluff that right up and and you can use this tool
by doing deep middle and top WDT to remove all of those clumps now if any of these products you
know if you've got a few dollars and you want to start to grow up your you know grow your uh your
tool kit you might say for your espresso at home these will be the first two things I would invest
my money in a WDT and a funnel they are going to get you so many gains in how you distribute
your coffee and your extraction flavor before you start to to get a bit further down the line
if I had to then go next I'd definitely get into a dosing pot and a scale and then getting a recipe
because if you don't have a recipe that you can repeat or follow you're going to be lost and then
a good basket there is no doubt getting the right basket for the type and strength of coffee that
you want to serve it's going to bring all of this together all these products here are under the 60
Mark each so it's certainly affordable to invest a little bit of money to make your home espresso
that that much better and take it to the next level for many years we've been teaching people
how to make coffee and there's been a lot of unknowns but definitely these products standardize
things and allow you to get a much more repeatable espresso extraction at home and very easily so if
you've got any further questions about these products as I said earlier in the video we do
have individual videos on these if you're looking to buy one of those and you're in Australia they
are on our online store and we'd happily ship those out to you or if your local come in and
see us we'll love to use these and make a brew for you anyway any questions pop them down
below happy to answer them thanks very much for watching we'll catch you next time cheers [Music]
thank you
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