bubbleWhat's a basic, regular task that you hate doing?
Making coffee. Dont get me wrong, I love drinking coffee made from freshly ground beans either as espresso or as a pour over, and I do have multiple cups every day, but the absolute faff of having to manage that process is a PITA.
I have to:
- Turn the espresso machine on
- Preheat the portafilter
- Pour water into the cup to pre heat it
- Weight and grind the Beans
- Decant them into the portafilter
- WDT them (see here )
- Tamp
- Fit to the espresso machine
- Put the cup and scales underneath, zero the scales timer
- Pull the leaver
- Not forget I am making esspresso and stop when at target weight
- Move cup and scales out
- Remove portafilter and empty, then wash
- Finally drink the espresso
This doesn’t include the faff around cleaning the espresso machine everyday and managing its special water. Its probably about 15 minutes a day but for two cups of espresso that take about a minute to drink? Feels like a lifetime.
What is WDT? - Bella Barista
In short WDT stands for 'Weiss Distribution Technique'. It is a distribution method for espresso making. Using a fine acupuncture type needles or similar, and stiring the coffee while it sits in the portafilter. This action breaks up any clumps, and evens out the density of coffee. The result is reduced channelling, an
I’ve upgraded to giving up on preheats, WDT, and scales. It’s close enough and gives me my drug quicker.