Speaker: Okay, here we are in the Barista Groove Kitchen and we are here with Denis and we are going to find what are the four elements needed to make some good espresso. Denis, what do we start out with?
Dennis: Thank you. Well, you first need is fresh coffee.
Speaker: Fresh coffee, okay. A whole bean coffee.
Dennis: Well, you should always start out with whole bean because if you have it ground there is more surface area which means, and you know, oxygen is not a friend of coffee, so the shelf life would be pretty much, so we don't want our coffee to get air in it too much, right?
Speaker: Right.
Dennis: So that's why we keep them in these containers. Keep in opaque airtight container and there it keeping fresh for you know where were the bags has most reserve pretty much.
Speaker: So fresh coffee that's one of the most important things.
Dennis: Right.
Speaker: And then you mentioned about the ground size, the grinder, the size of the grind. Why is that important?
Dennis: Grind is important because if you imagine water pouring over rocks, that's how we do it, composition, you know, the finer, the smaller the rocks, the less water goes through, the bigger the rocks, the more water goes through.
Speaker: And the finer they grind, the more surface area you have too, right?
Dennis: Exactly.
Speaker: So the coffee is going to be stronger.
Dennis: Extremely stronger. A lot stronger than --
Speaker: Okay, so we need fine grind.
Dennis: Fine grind for espresso because it's going to be pushing to an espresso machine.
Speaker: Alright and then what's the next element that we got to consider.
Dennis: Next element is the proportion. Proportion is important and make as too much coffee when making kind of bitter, the less coffee there is more water and I would make it. Well, I would make it still bitter, but water, water down just not get it off and last would be water freshness.
Speaker: Okay.
Dennis: You need to make sure that your water is filtered for even if you need just you know no mineral no nothing.
Speaker: Great, so fresh water. Does it necessary have to be cold. Sometimes on these coffee machines you read, start off with cold water.
Dennis: It should be cold water, yes.
Speaker: Okay and why is that. I always wondering why cold water, why not warm water. What is it? Does it make the machine heat up faster or something and not give enough time for the coffee to actually brew or why is that? It's probably the answer, right.
Dennis: Yes, alright. But since you know water is pretty much I guess 97-98%.
Speaker: Oh, yeah.
Dennis: Of the drink, it's definitely one of the most important part really.
Speaker: Okay great. So there are the important parts of a fine cup of coffee and stick around, we would be making some coffee pretty soon. So thanks a lot for visiting the kitchen.
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