Brewing espresso at home can be fun and rewarding, but also quite complicated. Coffee expert, YouTuber, and author James Hoffmann is here to guide Dan through the process of brewing (including dose, ratio, grind size, temperature, pressure, and brew time) and drinking the best espresso.
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Hi Dan, thanks for inviting James Hoffmann …he always has knowledge to impart. La Pavoni, is a sight to behold!! What a beauty!!
I can't stop looking at the one piece of hair sticking up near the back of James' head. 🤣
8:21: ""you want a grinder that is going to give you evenly cut pieces"
I'd submit that – for espresso – you want a grinder that is going to give you a "plurimodal" range of particle sizes, not "evenly cut pieces" as you suggest".
Pittsacatto "music" VERY anoying.
Yall need help if you literally watch a video on someone else telling you how to drink fucking coffee, bro it's your taste and your choice
Love!
I love james. He's awesome. I've been watching his channel for a long long time.
Why is he talking about crema like it's a good thing
Great video, good starter pointers presented clearly and succinctly!
Barrington Coffee is top notch, I first got wind of them because of coffee stouts from Trillium, but Exhibit A Brewing's Sunday Paper is is my favorite coffee stout out there, and the Barrington Coffee is a major contributor to this awesome brew. Great video, and James is the best, as always.
I was absolutely salivating from beginning to end. Can't wait to make my next 'spresso!
I showed this to a Cuban grandma and she said it was nice that Americans like coffee.
Not converting the water temps to Farhenheit so we all have to go look it up…. ☺
loved the video! if I may give an opinion about the production, the background music, the pizzicato strings, kind of put a fun/comedy vibe to the video, which I find distracting, because it is not a comedy video. As I said, it is a great video!
While visiting Napoli they drink seltzer water before drinking their world famous espresso to clean palate. Game changer !
Excellent waggle dance!
Jame's shirt is amazing. o.o Where can I buy that?
18:12 ”Lost in the variables dream” Love it! I can so relate with that way of enjoying my coffee, it’s like half-hedonism half-diagnostics, even if it’s a perfectly good cup. 😀
It’s hilarious to me that he has that espresso machine but a Vario grinder and not a Niche or something
What absolute legends
DAMHIK but most people don't know what good espresso is supposed to taste like.
Milk and G4Bid flavorings hide so many sins
It's OK to like Folgers instant. There is a time and place
but to play the game you got to know where North is and that is often overlooked.
Very funny guy. Keep up the videos. Food science major?? Need to start your own channel.