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Why does every cafe around me have acidic espresso? (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/coffee

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It's like an epidemic. I've tried like 4-5 cafes now and it's all like drinking battery acid. Do they just not care? Or do you think they believe it's meant to be like this? If that's the case I feel bad for them.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's part of it. The other part, however, is more neglect than anything else. They dial in their grinder for the first batch, and that's it. Never again. That's fine for that batch and, sometimes the next, but it starts losing calibration after a while. Add that to the fact that each batch needs to be dialed in for pique flavor, and you get crappy, often times acidic or sour, pulls.

[–] adistantmirror 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It also helps to dial in the espresso machine which a lot of places never do or they have a machine that is fully automatic

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Agreed completely. And staff training. Baristas are skilled artists, and should be treated and trained [and paid] as such.

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