Espresso Pre-Infusion & Bloom Settings Tool

Calculate the best pre-infusion time, pressure, and bloom for your machine, beans, and technique to reduce channeling and improve even extraction.

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Enhances even extraction.

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We ask for machine type, bean roast, dose, current issue, pre-infusion pressure, bloom time, and extraction goal because these optimize saturation. These inputs reduce channeling. Limitation: the tool generalizes pre-infusion and may not match every machine's capability.

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Optimal Pre-Infusion Settings for Espresso

User Inputs

• Machine Type: Prosumer (Adjustable)
• Roast Level: Medium
• Dose: 18g
• Issue: Channeling
• Pre-Infusion Pressure: Medium (4-6 bar)
• Pre-Infusion Time: 6-10 seconds
• Saturation Goal: Even Saturation

Recommended Pre-Infusion Settings

1. Pre-Infusion Pressure: 5 bar
2. Pre-Infusion Time: 8 seconds
3. Bloom: Ensure an even saturation of coffee grounds

How Pre-Infusion Reduces Channeling and Improves Flavor

• Channeling Reduction: By using a moderate pressure (around 5 bar) during pre-infusion, water can more gently saturate the coffee grounds. This helps to avoid creating pathways that lead to uneven extraction, which is a common cause of channeling.
• Flavor Enhancement: Giving the coffee grounds time (8 seconds) to bloom allows carbon dioxide to escape and promotes uniform saturation. This results in a more balanced extraction, enhancing the sweetness and complexity of the flavors in your espresso.

Step-by-Step Adjustment Guide

1. Set Your Machine:
   • Adjust your espresso machine to the 5 bar pre-infusion pressure setting.
2. Time Your Pre-Infusion:
   • Set a timer for 8 seconds of pre-infusion.
3. Prepare Your Coffee:
   • Use 18g of medium roast coffee grounds and evenly distribute them in the portafilter.
4. Start Pre-Infusion:
   • Begin the extraction process, allowing the machine to engage the pre-infusion at 5 bar for 8 seconds.
5. Complete the Extraction:
   • After the pre-infusion period, allow the machine to ramp up to the standard brewing pressure (typically around 9 bar) to finish the extraction.
6. Taste and Adjust:
   • Taste your espresso. If you still notice channeling, consider slightly adjusting the pre-infusion time or pressure. A longer time (closer to 10 seconds) or a lower pressure (closer to 4 bar) may help further improve even saturation.

Final Thoughts

Implementing these pre-infusion settings will help mitigate channeling and enhance the overall flavor profile of your espresso. Experiment with these settings to find the sweet spot that works best for your specific coffee and machine.

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Built by The Tool Collective team. As you may know, we are a group of diverse multi-hobby individuals with loads of unique interests. Coffee/Espresso, quite literally, keeps us all going everyday and allows us to make these tools and produce fast, efficient, quality, content for our users. With age, our overall tastes for coffee have changed significantly and we all truly appreciate it for it's variations and palatable beauty. We truly LOVE coffee, and we want to bring a huge batch of highly useful and helpful tools for those that share this enthusiasm for this delicious and impactful beverage. You'll find product decision engines, and highly intelligent advisory tools to help level up your brewing skill. Enjoy!

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