Ok so
IM SO SXCITED
Sadly, the Baratza Encore is NOT meant for espresso, and the hand grinder I ordered won’t be here until tomorrow so I won’t be able to really dial in until then.
A few observations though:
1: I LOVE THIS. Seeing the first few drops was magical
2: The FINEST grind setting on the encore I was only able to get at most 4 bars of pressure. Espresso machines typically pull at 9 bars 🙃
3: even though there wasn’t a lot of pressure the shots didn’t taste bad! Only a little sour, but still kinda sweet. Both shots were INCREDIBLY thin and had like, zero body and essentially just sorta felt like water in the mouth. Almost no texture at all
4: The whole set up and process and clean up and what not was super fun and pretty easy and I’m so excited to be able to have espresso again TT-TT
5: Once I get my grinder and have my whole thing set up I’ll try to figure out a way to set up my phone so I can take a video of a shot pulling because it is honestly just so beautiful