We think we've finally worked out what happens to your coffee grinds, when you include shaking in your espresso prep routine. It's definitely not deification. After this new experiment it looks like shaking liberates fines...| Barista Hustle
Last month, we wrote about why you might want to shake your grounds before making espresso. Lance Hedrick’s testing showed that shaking was somehow dramatically increasing extraction in his espressos, while simultaneously decreasing shot time.| Barista Hustle
Densification results in more spherical coffee particles, which allows them to pack together more evenly. This in turn would allow water to flow more evenly through the puck.| Barista Hustle