Table of contents:#

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Get to Know the Tools
  • Basics about Espresso Machines
    • Espresso Machine Anatomy
    • Espresso Machine Types
  • Basics about Espresso Grinders
    • Espresso Grinder Anatomy
    • Espresso Grinder Types
  • Instruments you Should Know About
    • Checklist of items for coffee bar
    • Which Steam Wand is Best?
    • Tampers 🎥
    • Baskets for portafilters
    • Portafilters
• 3. Get to Know Espresso
  • What is Espresso?
  • Barista jargon
  • Arabica and Robusta
  • Light Roast vs. Dark Roast
  • Single Origin vs. Blended Coffee
  • Coffee processing: washed, natural and honey
• 4. Water Quality
• 5. Puck Prep
  • How to Tamp Correctly
  • How to Prepare Your Puck 🎥
• 6. Recipes for espresso
  • Shot Black?
  • Basic Parameters for Coffee (Temperature, Grind, Ratio) 
  • Ristretto, espresso, lungo
  • Dialing in (calibrating) your shot
• 7. Milk Texturing
  • Equipment you need to texture milk
  • Pitchers sizes and spouts
  • How to hold a pitcher
  • How much foam is needed?
  • Let’s texture milk! 🎥
  • Questions for texturing milk
  • Mistakes revealed 🎥
• 8. How to Pour Latte Art
  • Types of free-pour latte art
  • Latte Art, Water Practice 1
  • Latte Art, Water Practice 2
  • Heart: the mother of all latte arts
  • Heart Shape: mistakes revealed
  • Tulip shapes
  • Tulips: mistakes revealed (new) 🎥
  • Fine lines, wings and wiggles
  • Layered heart
  • Layered heart: mistakes revealed
  • Born of Winged Tulips
  • Rosetta
  • Rosetta: mistakes revealed
• 9. Maintaining Equipment and Supplies
  • Cleaning equipment and supplies
  • Group head cleaning (new)
  • Portafilter, basket and drip tray cleaning
  • Grinder maintenance
• 10. Additional Words from the Author
  • What's it like to work in a café as a barista?
  • How was this book conceived?
  • Acknowledgments