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checklist for dialing in a new bag before you blame the machine
11 items
- 01weigh 18g into the basket, every time
- 02start on the grind notch from the last bag, not zero
- 03pull one shot before touching anything else
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01
The World Atlas of Coffee by James Hoffmann
02
watched part 1 like four times before it clicked. skipped the later lever-machine episodes, not my setup
03
Bought a scale before I let myself change anything
04
Ran the same bag of beans for two straight weeks
boring on purpose. changing beans and grind at the same time tells you nothing
05
Joined home-barista forums to ask when I got stuck
lurked for a month first honestly
06
Bought a bottomless portafilter to actually see the extraction
if i'd only done one thing on this list, this is it. you can't dial in from taste alone nearly as fast as from watching the pour
07
Stopped reading and just pulled shots daily for a month
the part nobody wants to hear. books and videos get you to maybe 60%, the rest is reps, same beans, small changes