(Update: my second time making an espresso. ) Everyone was right, fresh coffee beans!!!

So I spent the whole week practicing with the store bought coffee beans, I took everyone’s advice and made the grinds less fine, took a few try’s but I finally got it to a place where it tasted good ( I tasted every espresso before adding milk). I still need a scale that fits better on the machine but for now this works.

Yesterday I finally went to my local coffee roaster and got a 2lb bag that was roasted on the 12th of September, that was the closest roast date they had. I tried it this morning and omg!!! I almost finished drinking the whole espresso without milk. It tasted so good and I finally understood what everyone was saying.

I also took advice from the group on how to store them and I went with: dividing the beans into 1/3, one goes into airtight container to have right now, two go into original bags with the one way co2 release valve, then I double bag it in a freezer bag and vacuum seal and throw it in the freezer. I’ll give feedback on how long they last.

But I just came to say thank you to everyone for your feedback, I’m definitely still learning but I’m much happier than when I started. Definitely a hobby I plan on sticking with.