Expresso Coffee

Stop Looking For the Expresso Coffee Maker!
Executive Summary about Expresso Coffee by Ebenezer Heng

This is because you would never get to purchase the expresso coffee maker! And it is not because that this coffee maker is so "hot" that it is always sold out or that it is produced in limited quantity.

So, assuming that you are looking for an espresso coffee maker, what is the one thing that is the most critical that you can use to evaluate the machines?

Before moving on to the essential element to identify the espresso maker that would brew good quality espresso, I am putting forth an element that should not be used to evaluate your espresso machine purchase.

And that would be the price point. My thought is, if you are going for an espresso maker, it means that you appreciate the gourmet nature of espresso. You love the intensity that espresso is able to excite your palate.

Thus, getting quality espresso is your paramount objective, and price should never be a concern. To assess if you are such a person, you only need to think about this -do you drink your coffee neat or accompany with sugar, milk and maybe other stuff.

If you are the latter, then you are not really into espresso, and it would be better for you to look for a drip filter coffee maker. But, if you are the former, then you would agreed with me that quality of the espresso is key.

There is only one criteria that you should bother yourself with when searching for your espresso coffee maker and that is the extraction pressure. No matter what machines you would be getting, it has to have an extraction pressure of at least 12 bars.

This is the minimum pressure that is required to extract the optimum flavor from your tamped coffee pack, anything lower than that would lead to dilute coffee. And that is the reason why I would not recommend you to get a steam powered espresso machine even though it is at a lower price point.

Currently, the espresso machines all come with many functions and features but the only one feature that would greatly affect the turn out of your espresso is the pressure, so do take note of this when purchasing your next machine.