resetting the

As promised, here’s a video on resetting the Breville Barista Express: specifically the shot pull. Biggest tips: ☕️Don’t store your beans in the grinder. ☕️Adjust one setting at a time. ☕️Watch the time on your extraction to know how to adjust the grind setting. ☕️WARM UP THE MACHINE! @Breville #brevillebaristaexpress #espressomachine #espressotiktok It looks like we all want to reset our shots. Now, I’m not an expert on coffee machines, but I’ve owned my Breville for about a year and a half and I’ve had two different Breville’s. So I’m gonna do my best to help you all make the best coffee at home. Step one: Start with a warm machine. Before we start messing with everything, your Breville might be fine the way it is, you’re just not letting it warm up. Turn it on and give it time to fully heat up. I’m talking 10 minutes or so. This will make sure that it is the right temperature when you’re pulling your shot. Step two: Reset your settings. You’re gonna hold the program down until the machine beeps three times. And then it will reset. And now it’s time to actually pull our shot. Step three: is grinding the coffee beans. I personally don’t do this, I like to pour my coffee beans fresh every single morning because when the machine is warming up, sometimes the beans can warm up and it’ll change the flavor profile. So this is just personal preference. Take it with what you will. Dose your coffee into the portafilter. Make sure the grounds are distributed evenly and give it a firm level tamp. I’m using the tamper that came with the machine. But if you’re struggling with this, you can buy an auto tamper off Amazon. Now let’s lock the portafilter into the machine and we’re ready to pull the first shot. Now, if you’ve been doing this for a while and you want to get really detailed oriented, you can weigh your espresso shot as well. This is where I want you to actually watch the clock. Start counting as soon as you press the button to extract the espresso. You should generally see the espresso start to flow at around 10 seconds. If you see the coffee coming through significantly earlier, your grind may be too coarse. And if it’s taking much longer to start flowing, your grind might be too fine. That’s when we want to go back and adjust that number that we started at five. Once the shot starts flowing, pay attention to the overall extraction. You want that golden look, you don’t want it to be too black, you don’t want it to be too light. That is going to change the flavor profile. Now, this next step is very important. Change one thing at a time. This is probably the biggest lesson I’ve learned. You can’t change five settings at once and think it’s all going to be fine. Ultimately, if you’ve been struggling with your Breville, don’t immediately assume your machine is the problem. Start with the fully warmed up machine, fresh coffee, your baseline settings and a consistent process. Watch that extraction, count the seconds and make small adjustments from there. Hopefully, this gets you one step closer to making really good coffee at home. Here is today’s latte. I made a honey latte and it is a perfectly pulled shot.