We like thinking of grams of espresso beverage produced per second when talking about ristrettos, normale espresso, and lungos. For the CoffeeGeek method of pulling a lungo shot, you need to go just a few hairs coarser on your grinder, and use the same weighted dose of coffee that you’d use for a normal espresso shot. It mainly involves a grinder adjustment to help with the overall extraction rate. We believe there’s a better way to pull this kind of shot, and we’ll walk you through the process. We won’t be demonstrating a lungo that way. The drink is more bitter, a tad over extracted, and thinner, but it is also lighter on caffeine per ml (it still has a bit more than an espresso shot, but mg of caffeine per ml of liquid is lower) and like many things, became a developed taste and had its fans. Instead of pulling 30ml per single, the Italian barista, when asked for a lungo, would pull it about 50% longer, giving 45-50ml in the cup, per single. The lungo, as it originated in Italy, is simply a longer shot pull. Don’t let Wikipedia tell you otherwise (sidenote: whoever is editing that page is utterly wrong). So what is it? Well first, let’s tell you what it is not. CoffeeGeeks of all types would never ever admit to pulling one, at least on purpose, much less drink one. How To Make an Iced Espresso May 27, 2021Īhh, the much maligned lungo espresso shot pull.How To Make a Macchiato One of CoffeeGeek's most detailed How Tos, the macchiato guide features not one, but two distinct ways to build this fantastic drink!.OXO Digital Pour Over Kettle Jan 16, 2020.Hario Nouveau Siphon Coffee Brewer Feb 28, 2022.Orphan Espresso Apex Grinder May 8, 2021.Hario Nouveau Siphon Coffee Brewer 20 years after launching CoffeeGeek, we revisit the very first product we ever did a Detailed Review on: the Hario Nouveau Siphon Coffee Maker.Thoughts and Theories on Cold / Iced Coffee Aug 22, 2011.Dialing in Espresso in Three Shots Oct 22, 2021.How to Make Coffee, Circa 1918 Sep 6, 2020.Caffeine Tools, Caffeine Obsession Apr 25, 2021.Ross Ainsworth of Odyssey Espresso Jan 29, 2022.How to Up Your Home Coffee Game, Part 2 Apr 15, 2018.What is Single Origin Coffee Feb 12, 2021.
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