How can I achieve a creamy, thick espresso mousse (crema) and prevent a watery texture? Could the issue be that my coffee beans are not ground finely enough?
by inspiw
32 Comments
Woozie69420
Get a compatible unpressurised basket and espresso capable grinder and grind much finer
Or grind moka pot fine with the pressurized basket. Wont be perfect but will come close
seanv507
Yes, you need to grind finer (which is this subs motto) you definitely should not have those big lumps which likely cause streams for the water to flow through
You need to grind a lot finer. But you have to experiment a bit until you find what you like.
Which machine do you have?
Dr_Civana
Grind finer if you got a good grinder or get finer ground coffee from the store if you don’t. It’s usually written or shown somewhere on the packaging.
HorseSnort
Grind finer and shorter ratio is the answer
oldfartpen
Don’t use a hammer as a grinder
spooner01
Download grinder
Khashayar_0
you gotta change that pressurized basket first.
inspiw
Never posting here again gang 😔
sneakyturtle99
From my experience with Two different espresso machines (52 size Mebashi and 58 Size Luwak), if you are using a Pressurized Basket (usually comes with kitchen-level machines with 52 Portafilter) you need to grind only a bit finer (not the powder level) and if you’re using a non-pressurized basked with your 52 portafilter or 58 Portafilter, you need to grind fine (powder level)!
RG-MUGEN
What in the rocks is that…
Electrical_Suit_1683
Just made some coffe with a Delonghi ECP3420. Still have a pressurized basket as the nonpressurized ones have not been delivered yet. Grinded some lavazza oro with the upper size setting of the espressor spectrum on my Shardor 64 mm grinder, i think 13 out of 1-20, and the water didnt come out. I tampered a bit before brewing. Maybe because of that or was the grind too fine?
Grinded a bit coarse after, with 14, coffee came out but without crema and was just a bit sour.
Any suggestions?
Bananachipzzz
Bro, when your grinds look like garden mulch joo got a prolem mang…
soundiego
All of the above and below, but also FRESH BEANS. The fresher they are, the more crema you get, to the point that if it’s too fresh (roasted under a week ago) it may have too much crema.
AxelNova
Frind Giner
ProVirginistrist
You need to buy a different basket and probably a portafilter to carry it. Then you need an espresso grinder.
You’re looking at 20$ for an ims basket, 30 for a portafilter and 80 for a handgrinder. If the basket fits your portafilter then you don’t need one, if the portafilter comes with a basket then you don’t need to spend the 20 (although a better basket is worth it)
Subject-Wear4438
your grind looks like some kind of substrate. its that coarse
Stop using a garden string trimmer to grind your beans
LawrenceBuck
Grind MUCH finer. That roast is also a little bit light. Not as big a deal but I‘d go for a medium-dark next time you run out of beans.
mjm03a
Are you using a pressurized basket? If you are, you won’t get the honey like texture that you want. You’d have to get a dedicated grinder and a new portafilter. I don’t know if you want to go down that rabbit hole.
giffusMcSidius
The Coffee equivalent of asking ‘where to download roms’
caffeine-182
Everyone is yelling to grind finer but before you do that: are you using a pressurized or unpressurized basket? If you’re using a pressurized basket, then your current grind is just fine. If unpressurized, then yes grind much finer.
Madmikeinsa
Brother Did you grind your beans with a pestle and mortar?
32 Comments
Get a compatible unpressurised basket and espresso capable grinder and grind much finer
Or grind moka pot fine with the pressurized basket. Wont be perfect but will come close
Yes, you need to grind finer (which is this subs motto) you definitely should not have those big lumps which likely cause streams for the water to flow through
G
get a non pressurised basket, grind finer.
https://preview.redd.it/soblwqs39e2g1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a6c7640b01e2e1612676119d8a85dc6b1da1be9
Look at the ground size. You really need it to be almost a powder
mainly, grind finer. I ground my coffee for a pourover this morgning that coars.
Yeah that’s too coarse looks like preground coffee from the store. It needs to look like powder. Like this
https://preview.redd.it/1grbe5w6ae2g1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f1180f12a7ff0f7e7f8202fffcc49706eaec4826
You need to grind a lot finer. But you have to experiment a bit until you find what you like.
Which machine do you have?
Grind finer if you got a good grinder or get finer ground coffee from the store if you don’t. It’s usually written or shown somewhere on the packaging.
Grind finer and shorter ratio is the answer
Don’t use a hammer as a grinder
Download grinder
you gotta change that pressurized basket first.
Never posting here again gang 😔
From my experience with Two different espresso machines (52 size Mebashi and 58 Size Luwak), if you are using a Pressurized Basket (usually comes with kitchen-level machines with 52 Portafilter) you need to grind only a bit finer (not the powder level) and if you’re using a non-pressurized basked with your 52 portafilter or 58 Portafilter, you need to grind fine (powder level)!
What in the rocks is that…
Just made some coffe with a Delonghi ECP3420. Still have a pressurized basket as the nonpressurized ones have not been delivered yet. Grinded some lavazza oro with the upper size setting of the espressor spectrum on my Shardor 64 mm grinder, i think 13 out of 1-20, and the water didnt come out. I tampered a bit before brewing. Maybe because of that or was the grind too fine?
Grinded a bit coarse after, with 14, coffee came out but without crema and was just a bit sour.
Any suggestions?
Bro, when your grinds look like garden mulch joo got a prolem mang…
All of the above and below, but also FRESH BEANS. The fresher they are, the more crema you get, to the point that if it’s too fresh (roasted under a week ago) it may have too much crema.
Frind Giner
You need to buy a different basket and probably a portafilter to carry it. Then you need an espresso grinder.
You’re looking at 20$ for an ims basket, 30 for a portafilter and 80 for a handgrinder. If the basket fits your portafilter then you don’t need one, if the portafilter comes with a basket then you don’t need to spend the 20 (although a better basket is worth it)
your grind looks like some kind of substrate. its that coarse
https://preview.redd.it/rjqkntzoue2g1.png?width=613&format=png&auto=webp&s=2dcfd53b53297b999df64ad755eebcf7a09284b2
You fell into the spider’s web dude
Don’t use nutribullet to grind
Stop using a garden string trimmer to grind your beans
Grind MUCH finer. That roast is also a little bit light. Not as big a deal but I‘d go for a medium-dark next time you run out of beans.
Are you using a pressurized basket? If you are, you won’t get the honey like texture that you want. You’d have to get a dedicated grinder and a new portafilter. I don’t know if you want to go down that rabbit hole.
The Coffee equivalent of asking ‘where to download roms’
Everyone is yelling to grind finer but before you do that: are you using a pressurized or unpressurized basket? If you’re using a pressurized basket, then your current grind is just fine. If unpressurized, then yes grind much finer.
Brother Did you grind your beans with a pestle and mortar?
That looks very coarse, even for a pressurized basket. If you can, aim for a [medium-fine moka pot grind](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0708/0296/4702/files/coffee-grind-size-chart.pdf?v=1750332571), and you should have a much thicker beverage than that. Good luck!