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Espresso

House espresso

A starting point for your next espresso.

By Tim Wendelboe · View source ↗

Coffee
19–20 g
In the cup
42–45 g
Shot time
25–35 sec

Before you start

Get ready.

Grind 19–20 g into a suitable basket, distribute and tamp. Place your cup on the scale and zero it.

Water: 93–94 °C

Equipment checklist
  • Espresso machine
  • Espresso grinder
  • 20 g VST or comparable precision basket
  • Coffee scale

Dial in your shot.

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Prepare your puck and tare the cup on your scale. Start the clock with your machine.

19–20 g coffee → 42–45 g in the cup

Watch your scale. Stop the machine yourself at the target weight.

Recipe details & source

Tim Wendelboe · 2004 champion · later published house recipe · Champion-published recipe

A champion’s published espresso parameters, with dose, beverage yield and shot-time ranges kept intact.

Use a clean precision basket suited to the published dose. Grind, distribute and tamp; place a cup on a scale and tare before extracting. These preparation cues are our guidance, not additional competition specifications.

A later published house guide, not the 2004 winning routine. The year identifies the brewer’s championship. The source also suggests up to 50 g yield for a more diluted cup. Pressure and a specific grind setting are not documented. Adjust grind to taste; the timer does not control the machine.

Water temperature
93–94 °C
Pressure
Not documented
Difficulty
Some practice

Original coffee: Not documented

Published brewing steps

  1. When ready · Prepare the dose

    Use 19–20 g of coffee in the 20 g precision basket. Prepare the puck and tare the cup on your scale.

  2. When ready · Extract by beverage weight

    Start the machine and shot clock together. Aim for 42–45 g of espresso in the cup in 25–35 seconds; stop the machine yourself.

  3. When ready · Taste and adjust

    Taste after cooling. Adjust grind for the next shot while keeping track of the published dose and yield ranges.

Source reviewed 2026-10-27. Instructions paraphrased by Solution Coffee.

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Keep the published measurements

Espresso beverage yield is not brewing water. Use the published dose and yield with your basket; dial in grind by taste rather than applying the filter-water calculator.

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