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Cake day: January 14th, 2024

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  • If the extraction is not working, you have 4 options.

    1. Grind the beans smaller
    2. Use a higher temperature liquid for the extraction
    3. Extract for a longer
    4. Extract under higher pressure

    Basically, extractions happen based on surface area, wet time, solvent time and pressure.

    You don’t have an espresso machine, so pressure is out. There is only so hot you can make milk before the sugars start burning. That leaves grind size and extraction time. Test each one independently before combining.

    I’m actually driving a Brazil right now that had almost no flavor until I reduced the grind size by 25%. Once I did, it all the sudden had flavor. Good luck!