Intenso espresso — Wafo has produced four new espresso baskets in 2022 that began wider sales in 2023. The basket designs are much different than previous espresso baskets, and they have a very interesting potential to change how espresso is brewed. I looked at the Wafo Soe Spirit, and now, I will write…

How do other espresso shots look? — I have collected quantitative data like Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) and Extraction Yield (EY) on close to 2,000 espresso shots. I haven’t compared this data to other people’s shots in great detail because the experiments were from varying designs. However, I thought I could for a few hundred of my…

Intenso data comparison — There have been some refractometer comparisons between the DiFluid R2, VST, and Atago. Additionally, I collected data on my daily shots for a few weeks. My espresso is usually much higher TDS than others, so it is an interesting data set for my daily use. DiFluid R2 is smaller than…

What went right, what went wrong — Over a year ago, I started writing a book. I had written 1,200 pages of coffee stuff, and I thought I should extract something for a book. My friends in the Facebook Espresso Aficionados told me that 1,200 was too many, and I should do no more than 200 pages…

Getting Wild with Low Flow — One of my frustrations using the Decent Espresso Machine is the water dispenser. It causes channeling to the left side for low flow, high temperature profiles, and this was particularly challenging for staccato espresso. So I set out to improve my profile so I could once again pull a staccato…

Viewing the Princess from her perspective — I started this story a few years ago. I felt like some of the Disney Princesses of the 80’s and 90’s were presented in a way that hid the real struggles of the princesses or the proportion compared to the male counterpart. I watched them from a boy’s perspective, and…

Espresso filter basket comparison — 2023 is the year of the espresso basket. So many new baskets have become widely available, and I have been waiting to test some new baskets especially the Wafo Soe Spirit. The Spirit’s design is a striking departure in both the number and shape of holes. So I did a…