In this video we want to share the tips On making the best possible coffee using A cheap home espresso machine like this One we picked the longidica as it is Very affordable espresso machine you can Get at around 150 Euros if you have it Already or plan on buying it we will Share some tips and tricks to make best Possible coffee out of it [Music] When you look at the car it’s small and Frankly quite pretty espresso machine That fits nicely on most kitchen Counters it has a water tank that fits Around one liter of water portafilter With pressurized filter basket three Control buttons a steam wand with hot Water dispenser and a switch on off Control unlike automatic espresso Machines two things make using it a Little more complicated but also more Fun first you need to have an external Grinder which is essential to Brewing Tasty coffee yet it adds to the budget Or you will depend on pre-ground coffee Second it’s quite simple to use it but There are more steps than just pressing A button you need to dose the coffee put It into a portafilter template control The doughs you need to learn some basic Barista skills okay so let’s make coffee Now we will start with a simple routine With pre-ground coffee and then we will Progress towards more sophisticated

Barista routine that yields nice tasting Espresso using specialty coffee beans [Music] So this was super simple method how to Make espresso with pre-ground coffee but Now we will show you more advanced Technique we will need a scale to weight Our coffee and coffee beverage whole Bean specialty coffee to get better Experience and a high quality hand Grinder So now we pre-weighted 11.5 grams of Coffee In espresso grinding which is very fine Sometimes the coffee gets sticked on the Grinder so I’m gonna use 11 grams for Proving the espresso why 11 grams every Porta filter has a different size when You grind the coffee temp it in the Portafilter and put it inside the Machines inside if you lock it the Coffee shouldn’t be touching the groove Head so after you do this when you take Out the Porta filter the coffee ground Should be dry and clean and shouldn’t be Broken or shouldn’t be wet from the Group head if it’s touching the group Head this should never happen and you Need to decrease the amount of the Coffee let’s grind our coffee I’m using a hand grinder which is a very High quality grinder that you can use For espresso but you can also use Different Grinders or electric Grinders

The important thing is that the grinder Is able to grind very fine for the Espresso preparation if the grinder Cannot grind fine for espresso you end Up with the coffee that’s flowing too Quickly and it will become under Extracted watery and sour so let’s grind Nice the coffee is ground one more thing We will do we are using a specialty Coffee that is roasted for espresso but Still it’s much lighter roast than Pre-ground on very dark roasted coffee For brewing and achieving higher Extraction and better taste we need to Preheat the machine so it’s as hot as Possible so first we’ll just rinse it With hot water Okay now the portafilter is wet and if You will put the coffee inside it would Start preparing it would touch the water And the extraction would start so we Need to dry it nice and clean We’ll put the Porta filter on the scale This is a little guy who will help us to Get all the coffee inside the Portafilter and not everywhere around Now I tear the scale just to check our 11 grams Put the coffee inside And we have a little bit more So I’ll just take In a bit there we go 11 grams why it’s Important to know how much coffee you Use because if you want to change

Something while brewing and the coffee Flows very quickly or slowly sometimes It can be that you use more and less Grams because this measurement is the Volume measurement but the different Coffee you use or a different grind this Coffee is you will always have different Amount of the crumbs so once you can Wait seven grams it will be full the Second time it will it will be the same But it will wait 8 grams so the more Precise measurement is using scale That’s where you always have the same Amount of the coffee and if you need to Change the Brewing time you will adjust The grinder So we’ll level up the coffee try to have The same amount of the coffee everywhere So when we temp it we had the same Extraction on every point of the coffee Bed I use this temper but of course you can Probably find on internet something Nicer this is a bit clumpsy but it works So just insert Straight level up and then medium Pressure press the beans you don’t need To use so much pressure just like medium Pressure Take it out Clean so let’s try [Music] As you could notice straight after I Insert the Porta filter I pressed the

Button it’s the best practice to start Brewing as soon as possible In the beginning the coffee is Flowing Very slowly maybe it takes a few seconds After it starts dripping that’s all Right And the whole extraction time will be Around 25 seconds So there is our espresso using 11 grams Of freshly ground specialty coffee we Have 30 grams of the beverage in the cup And the extraction time was 25 seconds Nothing else than to taste it Smells quite fruity and cherry-like Okay Or it’s quite surprisingly sweet there Is a little bit higher acidity maybe but That’s that’s still drinkable it has a Cherry notes chocolate notes the body is Somewhere between espresso and lungo Quite Pleasant And definitely better than pre-ground Coffee [Music] Now we’re gonna make cappuccino making The same espresso only this time we use A larger cup [Music] So let’s make a cappuccino now the Espresso is ready here is our fresh Whole-fed milk You need the whole fat milk to make a Microphone to have enough proteins and Fat

It’s good to use the amount you will Need for the cappuccino not more and not Too little because then the foam will Stand in the end and it will have foam Everywhere so a bit more milk than you Need into the cup Before we start steaming the milk we Have to switch on the steam button Without it we will have hot water coming Out of the steam one so we switch it on Wait couple of seconds And now before we start we will release The hot water that’s condensated inside The steam wand so just by starting The handle For a little bit We release the hot water switch it off And now we’ll use only dry air to steam The milk Of course it takes a bit longer because This machine doesn’t have such power Like professional machines That’s also why we don’t steam the milk While we Brew espresso first we do Espresso then we steam the milk So here is our Our foam it’s not difficult to make it Actually it’s easier and you have to be Careful not to overdo it and get too Much foam which we have now a bit more For the latter art but we will make it Work okay let’s see what we can do Because we have a bit more foam then We would need but

Foreign Okay I’m not a cappuccino guy but this tastes Pretty nice it has nice creamy texture There is a bit more foam it’s a bit more Foamy than it should be but I think it’s Pretty enjoyable and I would love having This at home or at someone’s visit now I Want to show you a couple of upgrades First one is concerning the espresso DeLonghi uses pressurized portafilter This allows you for more mistake in Grinding or if you have cheaper grinder It will allow you to make a drinkable Espresso but if you want to take your Experience even higher you can use a Porta filter like in a professional Cafes which is not pressurized this will Allow you to extract more flavor and get Higher quality from your espresso so we Are gonna Brew uh with the bottomless Porta filter and we are gonna use 16.5 Grams by using more coffee we will again Should achieve espresso of higher Quality so let’s try [Music] Also you can buy better temper that’s 51 Millimeters in diameter Foreign [Music] [Music] This is actually like really really nice Espresso I’m surprised honestly It has better body more sweetness more

Complexity and more layers in the Flavors it’s it’s really nice and with a Good grinder it’s a no-brainer to get The bottomless Porta filter that is Non-pressurized to get a much higher Quality in your espresso now let’s jump To the second tip that will be focused On the latte art and milk steaming To get better milk texture which will Allow you to make better latte art as Well there are two options one is you Can buy extra steam ones from ranchilio Which costs again around 30 Euros you Need little bit of the technical skills But it shouldn’t be so complicated to Take the machine apart and change the Steam wall with the ranchilio steam wand You will get much more control and power Into the steaming the second option that Costs you zero is to just take out the Metal part of the steam wand on DeLonghi And you can use only the plastic one That’s attached here it’s much better For steaming although you need a little Bit of the practice but the result is Better microphone and better latte art This cappuccino has definitely much Better texture and much better Microphone although it is harder to Achieve it when you are not using this Metal part you have to control and put a Same amount of the air and you have to Do it slowly and with patience to get a Better microphone but in the end you

Will achieve definitely better quality Than using this thing And if you practice enough you are Definitely going to have a better latte Art than me easily [Music] Overall Delica is definitely great Looking home espresso machine it comes At very affordable price you can Brew Pretty good espressos and learn how to Work around the manual espresso machine While practicing basic Barista and latte Art skills of course dedica has its Limits it will not allow you to extract Perfectly light roasted specialty Coffees mainly because of lower power And lower temperature but still to Improve the performance there are few Upgrades that will help you achieve much Better results for both espresso and Milk steaming thanks for watching guys Enjoy your coffee and see you next time [Music] Foreign