Testing: Weighing Beans vs. Weighing Grounds

Written by Kat
The Espresso Afficionado
Published on Mar 22, 2011
Kat is a passionate coffee enthusiast and seasoned blogger. Read her posts for insights on brew methods, coffee recipes, and machine reviews.
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If you're going to get all pseudo-scientific around your espresso extraction, should you weigh out your beans and then grind them, or weigh your grounds as they're coming out of the chute? Does one way produce a practically better shot than the other? Gail tries out both methods and does a taste test.

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