A More Realistic Approach to Home Espresso

Making great espresso at home is an amazing hobby to get into for the right person. But the truth is that for all of the potential that is unlocked by owning an espresso machine, there are plenty of reality checks and pitfalls that can come along with it as well.
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📖 Table of Contents:
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0:00 Introduction
0:31 Should You Expect Perfection
2:09 What Makes a Good Espresso?
3:44 How to Be Prepared for the Long Term
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⚙ Gear In This Video (affiliate links):
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✨Updated Models of My Current Setup
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Espresso:
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📸 Camera Gear:
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[@MrAndrew60]

This video is very underrated.

[@sebastianbjoernestad]

Very good video! And nice video setup 👏

[@DavidLikesCoffee]

Thank you! 👍

[@yns000]

i thought this was a 100k sub youtuber. amazing video

[@DavidLikesCoffee]

Just got serious about youtube at the end of last year so we'll see haha. Glad you enjoyed it 😁

[@brandony8691]

100% agree with all of this, especially the God shot part. I remember early on in my home espresso journey, I was trying to dial in my recipes for different roast levels and such when I accidentally pulled one of the tastiest shots in my memory. In reality, it probably wasn't the best shot I have ever pulled, but I wasn't expecting it at that time so it really blew my mind: a medium/light roast single origin from Brazil that tasted like deliciously sweet peanut butter. For the next month, I can't tell you how many beans I wasted trying to identically match that "God shot" and how disappointed I was when the majority of shots I pulled fell short of that initial God shot.
Since then, I've learned to only control what I can control and try to maximize consistency over everything else.

[@DavidLikesCoffee]

I had a similar experience when a new roaster opened in my hometown several years ago. I loved the flavor profile of their espresso and wanted everything to taste like that for a while.

[@EcthelionGondolin]

I'm glad you showed up in my recommended. Was at a total shock when I saw the views on this video. I was expecting hundreds of thousand. Great production and quality of content, very coherent. Without having checked out your channel, what are your thoughts on Cold Brew? Great video!

[@KrishnenduKes]

Totally agree. But it is a new video. It has been around for just a couple of days.

[@DavidLikesCoffee]

Thanks! Really appreciate that. I'm 50/50 on cold brew, but the right coffee put through a Filtron can be quite tasty