Why we DON'T use a Single Shot Coffee Basket to make Coffee

Why we don't use a single shot basket .

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And I'll tell you the reasons why we ditch these .

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So today we are talking about why in a commercial environment that we do not use this single basket .

Now , a lot of people think um the single basket is different to the single spout .

Now that is correct because with a single spout , you can channel the coffee that is brewed through your handle into one cup , which is great .

But on the top of it , you can choose to have a single basket or a double or a triple size basket in there .

So don't be fooled if you think that someone is making a coffee out of this , that you're actually getting the single basket .

Always ask that question .

So fundamentally , we believe that , that this basket is flawed in the way that we can control um a great extraction .

And why is that ?

Well , this is a 58 mil um group handle or an E 61 .

So essentially there is 58 mil of diameter at the top of this basket .

Now , once we put coffee in there and get our coffee bed , um you can see that the actual holes in the bottom of the porter filter are a smaller diameter and I'm pretty sure it's about 24 25 mil .

So in between that 58 mil and the 25 mil , we have this ridge and that is gonna change how the coffee reacts when it's attached to water and how it's going to expand .

So think of a garden hose , you're sitting there with no fitting on the end and the water just comes out kind of a bit , you know , big and fat .

You put a , a fitting on the end like a spray nozzle and it can just propel out like a really long distance cos it's got a higher pressure going through a small hole and that's actually what's happening inside this basket because of this ridge inside there , there is a pressure variance that's happening as the water flows through and pretty much once it gets down to the bottom , that round , um , smaller size is , is basically pressing up into a larger bed of coffee and it can be really hard to control .

So it can come out uh , quite drippy or have a very long uh pre infusion time , um , which isn't actually um happening because we are controlling the grind and the water .

It is actually because of the pressure variance that's happening inside the coffee and it will essentially change your flavor .

So that's why we don't use these baskets .

We always use a straight wall basket .

Now you can get these in different depths .

Um As are the 21 g , which we put 22.5 g of coffee in .

You can get them at a 14 , a 16 or an 18 g as well .

So if you're getting a basket , make sure it is a straight wall .

So guys , I hope that's explained to you why we don't use them .

Um We'll put some more videos out there around this product just to try and help you at home .

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